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doc: fix missing note on UIO module in Linux guide
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The docs on binding drivers was updated as part of the removal of the
igb_uio module from the main DPDK repo. As part of that update, a note
about uio_pci_generic requiring legacy interrupts was removed, but
should have been kept.

Fixes: 56bb584 ("kernel/linux: remove igb_uio")

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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bruce-richardson authored and kevintraynor committed Mar 21, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ It can be loaded as shown below:
sudo modprobe uio
sudo insmod igb_uio.ko
.. note::

For some devices which lack support for legacy interrupts, e.g. virtual function
(VF) devices, the ``igb_uio`` module may be needed in place of ``uio_pci_generic``.

.. note::

If UEFI secure boot is enabled,
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