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diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/README.rst b/samples/vfio-mdev/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b52eb37739 --- /dev/null +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +Using the mtty vfio-mdev sample code +==================================== + +mtty is a sample vfio-mdev driver that demonstrates how to use the mediated +device framework. + +The sample driver creates an mdev device that simulates a serial port over a PCI +card. + +1. Build and load the mtty.ko module. + + This step creates a dummy device, /sys/devices/virtual/mtty/mtty/ + + Files in this device directory in sysfs are similar to the following:: + + # tree /sys/devices/virtual/mtty/mtty/ + /sys/devices/virtual/mtty/mtty/ + |-- mdev_supported_types + | |-- mtty-1 + | | |-- available_instances + | | |-- create + | | |-- device_api + | | |-- devices + | | `-- name + | `-- mtty-2 + | |-- available_instances + | |-- create + | |-- device_api + | |-- devices + | `-- name + |-- mtty_dev + | `-- sample_mtty_dev + |-- power + | |-- autosuspend_delay_ms + | |-- control + | |-- runtime_active_time + | |-- runtime_status + | `-- runtime_suspended_time + |-- subsystem -> ../../../../class/mtty + `-- uevent + +2. Create a mediated device by using the dummy device that you created in the + previous step:: + + # echo "83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001" > \ + /sys/devices/virtual/mtty/mtty/mdev_supported_types/mtty-2/create + +3. Add parameters to qemu-kvm:: + + -device vfio-pci,\ + sysfsdev=/sys/bus/mdev/devices/83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001 + +4. Boot the VM. + + In the Linux guest VM, with no hardware on the host, the device appears + as follows:: + + # lspci -s 00:05.0 -xxvv + 00:05.0 Serial controller: Device 4348:3253 (rev 10) (prog-if 02 [16550]) + Subsystem: Device 4348:3253 + Physical Slot: 5 + Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- + Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- + Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- + <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- + Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 + Region 0: I/O ports at c150 [size=8] + Region 1: I/O ports at c158 [size=8] + Kernel driver in use: serial + 00: 48 43 53 32 01 00 00 02 10 02 00 07 00 00 00 00 + 10: 51 c1 00 00 59 c1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 + 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 43 53 32 + 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00 + + In the Linux guest VM, dmesg output for the device is as follows: + + serial 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, high) -> IRQ 10 + 0000:00:05.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xc150 (irq = 10) is a 16550A + 0000:00:05.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xc158 (irq = 10) is a 16550A + + +5. In the Linux guest VM, check the serial ports:: + + # setserial -g /dev/ttyS* + /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4 + /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xc150, IRQ: 10 + /dev/ttyS2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xc158, IRQ: 10 + +6. Using minicom or any terminal emulation program, open port /dev/ttyS1 or + /dev/ttyS2 with hardware flow control disabled. + +7. Type data on the minicom terminal or send data to the terminal emulation + program and read the data. + + Data is loop backed from hosts mtty driver. + +8. Destroy the mediated device that you created:: + + # echo 1 > /sys/bus/mdev/devices/83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001/remove + |