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authorFrank Li2022-02-22 10:23:55 -0600
committerJon Mason2022-08-09 17:54:10 -0400
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Documentation: PCI: Add specification for the PCI vNTB function device
Add specification for the PCI vNTB function device. The endpoint function driver and the host PCI driver should be created based on this specification. Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>
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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/index.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/index.rst
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@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ PCI Endpoint Framework
pci-test-howto
pci-ntb-function
pci-ntb-howto
+ pci-vntb-function
+ pci-vntb-howto
function/binding/pci-test
function/binding/pci-ntb
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-function.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-function.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=================
+PCI vNTB Function
+=================
+
+:Author: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
+
+The difference between PCI NTB function and PCI vNTB function is
+
+PCI NTB function need at two endpoint instances and connect HOST1
+and HOST2.
+
+PCI vNTB function only use one host and one endpoint(EP), use NTB
+connect EP and PCI host
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+
+ +------------+ +---------------------------------------+
+ | | | |
+ +------------+ | +--------------+
+ | NTB | | | NTB |
+ | NetDev | | | NetDev |
+ +------------+ | +--------------+
+ | NTB | | | NTB |
+ | Transfer | | | Transfer |
+ +------------+ | +--------------+
+ | | | | |
+ | PCI NTB | | | |
+ | EPF | | | |
+ | Driver | | | PCI Virtual |
+ | | +---------------+ | NTB Driver |
+ | | | PCI EP NTB |<------>| |
+ | | | FN Driver | | |
+ +------------+ +---------------+ +--------------+
+ | | | | | |
+ | PCI BUS | <-----> | PCI EP BUS | | Virtual PCI |
+ | | PCI | | | BUS |
+ +------------+ +---------------+--------+--------------+
+ PCI RC PCI EP
+
+Constructs used for Implementing vNTB
+=====================================
+
+ 1) Config Region
+ 2) Self Scratchpad Registers
+ 3) Peer Scratchpad Registers
+ 4) Doorbell (DB) Registers
+ 5) Memory Window (MW)
+
+
+Config Region:
+--------------
+
+It is same as PCI NTB Function driver
+
+Scratchpad Registers:
+---------------------
+
+ It is appended after Config region.
+
+ +--------------------------------------------------+ Base
+ | |
+ | |
+ | |
+ | Common Config Register |
+ | |
+ | |
+ | |
+ +-----------------------+--------------------------+ Base + span_offset
+ | | |
+ | Peer Span Space | Span Space |
+ | | |
+ | | |
+ +-----------------------+--------------------------+ Base + span_offset
+ | | | + span_count * 4
+ | | |
+ | Span Space | Peer Span Space |
+ | | |
+ +-----------------------+--------------------------+
+ Virtual PCI Pcie Endpoint
+ NTB Driver NTB Driver
+
+
+Doorbell Registers:
+-------------------
+
+ Doorbell Registers are used by the hosts to interrupt each other.
+
+Memory Window:
+--------------
+
+ Actual transfer of data between the two hosts will happen using the
+ memory window.
+
+Modeling Constructs:
+====================
+
+32-bit BARs.
+
+====== ===============
+BAR NO CONSTRUCTS USED
+====== ===============
+BAR0 Config Region
+BAR1 Doorbell
+BAR2 Memory Window 1
+BAR3 Memory Window 2
+BAR4 Memory Window 3
+BAR5 Memory Window 4
+====== ===============
+
+64-bit BARs.
+
+====== ===============================
+BAR NO CONSTRUCTS USED
+====== ===============================
+BAR0 Config Region + Scratchpad
+BAR1
+BAR2 Doorbell
+BAR3
+BAR4 Memory Window 1
+BAR5
+====== ===============================
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst
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+.. 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
+
+In order to configure NTB specific attributes, a new sub-directory to func1
+should be created::
+
+ # mkdir functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/
+
+The NTB function driver will populate this directory with various 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 virutal 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>`