From 977f1efbb443109164fe678e666f0dace8fb2af2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: IgnoreWarnings <pascal.bauer@rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 17:53:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ensure loading of vfio modules

Signed-off-by: IgnoreWarnings <pascal.bauer@rwth-aachen.de>
---
 fpga/lib/pcie_card.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fpga/lib/pcie_card.cpp b/fpga/lib/pcie_card.cpp
index 5bd58c0ce..fc326c658 100644
--- a/fpga/lib/pcie_card.cpp
+++ b/fpga/lib/pcie_card.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <villas/fpga/core.hpp>
 #include <villas/fpga/node.hpp>
 #include <villas/fpga/pcie_card.hpp>
+#include <villas/kernel/kernel.hpp>
 #include <villas/kernel/pci.hpp>
 #include <villas/kernel/vfio_container.hpp>
 #include <villas/memory.hpp>
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ PCIeCardFactory::make(json_t *json_card, std::string card_name,
                       const std::filesystem::path &searchPath) {
   auto logger = getStaticLogger();
 
+  // make sure the vfio container has the required modules
+  kernel::loadModule("vfio_pcie");
+  kernel::loadModule("vfio_iommu_type1");
+
   json_t *json_ips = nullptr;
   json_t *json_paths = nullptr;
   const char *pci_slot = nullptr;