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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-ntb-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-ntb-howto.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1884bf29c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-ntb-howto.rst @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=================================================================== +PCI Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) Endpoint Function (EPF) User Guide +=================================================================== + +:Author: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com> + +This document is a guide to help users use pci-epf-ntb 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-ntb-function.rst + +Endpoint Device +=============== + +Endpoint Controller Devices +--------------------------- + +For implementing NTB functionality at least two endpoint controller devices +are required. + +To find the list of endpoint controller devices in the system:: + + # ls /sys/class/pci_epc/ + 2900000.pcie-ep 2910000.pcie-ep + +If PCI_ENDPOINT_CONFIGFS is enabled:: + + # ls /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/controllers + 2900000.pcie-ep 2910000.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_ntb + +If PCI_ENDPOINT_CONFIGFS is enabled:: + + # ls /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions + pci_epf_ntb pci_epf_ntb + + +Creating pci-epf-ntb Device +---------------------------- + +PCI endpoint function device can be created using the configfs. To create +pci-epf-ntb device, the following commands can be used:: + + # mount -t configfs none /sys/kernel/config + # cd /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/ + # mkdir functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1 + +The "mkdir func1" above creates the pci-epf-ntb function device that will +be probed by pci_epf_ntb 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-ntb driver populates +vendorid with 0xffff and interrupt_pin with 0x0001:: + + # cat functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/vendorid + 0xffff + # cat functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/interrupt_pin + 0x0001 + + +Configuring pci-epf-ntb Device +------------------------------- + +The user can configure the pci-epf-ntb device using its configfs entry. In order +to change the vendorid and the deviceid, the following +commands can be used:: + + # echo 0x104c > functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/vendorid + # echo 0xb00d > functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/deviceid + +In order to configure NTB specific attributes, a new sub-directory to func1 +should be created:: + + # mkdir functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.0/ + +The NTB function driver will populate this directory with various attributes +that can be configured by the user:: + + # ls functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.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_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.0/db_count + # echo 128 > functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.0/spad_count + # echo 2 > functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.0/num_mws + # echo 0x100000 > functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.0/mw1 + # echo 0x100000 > functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.0/mw2 + +Binding pci-epf-ntb Device to EP Controller +-------------------------------------------- + +NTB function device should be attached to two PCI endpoint controllers +connected to the two hosts. Use the 'primary' and 'secondary' entries +inside NTB function device to attach one PCI endpoint controller to +primary interface and the other PCI endpoint controller to the secondary +interface:: + + # ln -s controllers/2900000.pcie-ep/ functions/pci-epf-ntb/func1/primary + # ln -s controllers/2910000.pcie-ep/ functions/pci-epf-ntb/func1/secondary + +Once the above step is completed, both 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:: + + # echo 1 > controllers/2900000.pcie-ep/start + # echo 1 > controllers/2910000.pcie-ep/start + + +RootComplex Device +================== + +lspci Output +------------ + +Note that the devices listed here correspond to the values populated in +"Creating pci-epf-ntb Device" section above:: + + # lspci + 0000:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments Device b00d + 0000:01:00.0 RAM memory: Texas Instruments Device b00d + + +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>` |