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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..70d3bc9089 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst @@ -0,0 +1,164 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=================================================================== +PCI Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) Endpoint Function (EPF) User Guide +=================================================================== + +:Author: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com> + +This document is a guide to help users use pci-epf-vntb function driver +and ntb_hw_epf host driver for NTB functionality. The list of steps to +be followed in the host side and EP side is given below. For the hardware +configuration and internals of NTB using configurable endpoints see +Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-function.rst + +Endpoint Device +=============== + +Endpoint Controller Devices +--------------------------- + +To find the list of endpoint controller devices in the system:: + + # ls /sys/class/pci_epc/ + 5f010000.pcie_ep + +If PCI_ENDPOINT_CONFIGFS is enabled:: + + # ls /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/controllers + 5f010000.pcie_ep + +Endpoint Function Drivers +------------------------- + +To find the list of endpoint function drivers in the system:: + + # ls /sys/bus/pci-epf/drivers + pci_epf_ntb pci_epf_test pci_epf_vntb + +If PCI_ENDPOINT_CONFIGFS is enabled:: + + # ls /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions + pci_epf_ntb pci_epf_test pci_epf_vntb + + +Creating pci-epf-vntb Device +---------------------------- + +PCI endpoint function device can be created using the configfs. To create +pci-epf-vntb device, the following commands can be used:: + + # mount -t configfs none /sys/kernel/config + # cd /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/ + # mkdir functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1 + +The "mkdir func1" above creates the pci-epf-ntb function device that will +be probed by pci_epf_vntb driver. + +The PCI endpoint framework populates the directory with the following +configurable fields:: + + # ls functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1 + baseclass_code deviceid msi_interrupts pci-epf-ntb.0 + progif_code secondary subsys_id vendorid + cache_line_size interrupt_pin msix_interrupts primary + revid subclass_code subsys_vendor_id + +The PCI endpoint function driver populates these entries with default values +when the device is bound to the driver. The pci-epf-vntb driver populates +vendorid with 0xffff and interrupt_pin with 0x0001:: + + # cat functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/vendorid + 0xffff + # cat functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/interrupt_pin + 0x0001 + + +Configuring pci-epf-vntb Device +------------------------------- + +The user can configure the pci-epf-vntb device using its configfs entry. In order +to change the vendorid and the deviceid, the following +commands can be used:: + + # echo 0x1957 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/vendorid + # echo 0x0809 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/deviceid + +The PCI endpoint framework also automatically creates a sub-directory in the +function attribute directory. This sub-directory has the same name as the name +of the function device and is populated with the following NTB specific +attributes that can be configured by the user:: + + # ls functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/ + db_count mw1 mw2 mw3 mw4 num_mws + spad_count + +A sample configuration for NTB function is given below:: + + # echo 4 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/db_count + # echo 128 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/spad_count + # echo 1 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/num_mws + # echo 0x100000 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/mw1 + +A sample configuration for virtual NTB driver for virtual PCI bus:: + + # echo 0x1957 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/vntb_vid + # echo 0x080A > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/vntb_pid + # echo 0x10 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/vbus_number + +Binding pci-epf-ntb Device to EP Controller +-------------------------------------------- + +NTB function device should be attached to PCI endpoint controllers +connected to the host. + + # ln -s controllers/5f010000.pcie_ep functions/pci-epf-ntb/func1/primary + +Once the above step is completed, the PCI endpoint controllers are ready to +establish a link with the host. + + +Start the Link +-------------- + +In order for the endpoint device to establish a link with the host, the _start_ +field should be populated with '1'. For NTB, both the PCI endpoint controllers +should establish link with the host (imx8 don't need this steps):: + + # echo 1 > controllers/5f010000.pcie_ep/start + +RootComplex Device +================== + +lspci Output at Host side +------------------------- + +Note that the devices listed here correspond to the values populated in +"Creating pci-epf-ntb Device" section above:: + + # lspci + 00:00.0 PCI bridge: Freescale Semiconductor Inc Device 0000 (rev 01) + 01:00.0 RAM memory: Freescale Semiconductor Inc Device 0809 + +Endpoint Device / Virtual PCI bus +================================= + +lspci Output at EP Side / Virtual PCI bus +----------------------------------------- + +Note that the devices listed here correspond to the values populated in +"Creating pci-epf-ntb Device" section above:: + + # lspci + 10:00.0 Unassigned class [ffff]: Dawicontrol Computersysteme GmbH Device 1234 (rev ff) + +Using ntb_hw_epf Device +----------------------- + +The host side software follows the standard NTB software architecture in Linux. +All the existing client side NTB utilities like NTB Transport Client and NTB +Netdev, NTB Ping Pong Test Client and NTB Tool Test Client can be used with NTB +function device. + +For more information on NTB see +:doc:`Non-Transparent Bridge <../../driver-api/ntb>` |