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NTB_HW_AMD(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual NTB_HW_AMD(4) NAME ntb_hw_amd -- AMD Non-Transparent Bridge driver SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device ntb device ntb_hw_amd Or, to load the driver as a module at boot, place the following line in loader.conf(5): ntb_hw_amd_load="YES" The following sysctls are supported in this driver dev.ntb_hw.X.info Reading this sysctl will give the basic details like the number of mem- ory windows, scratchpads and doorbells exposed by the NTB on the local host to access the devices beyond the bridge. It also provides details about the masked doorbells, translation address and size limit of each exposed memory window and link status information. DESCRIPTION The ntb_hw_amd driver provides support for the Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) hardware in AMD EPYC processor family. The Non-Transparent Bridge does not look as a regular PCI bridge, but as PCI endpoint de- vice, hiding the devices behind it. The driver hides details of hard- ware on the other side, but exposes memory windows, scratchpads and doorbells to access the other side via hardware independent KPI to ntb(4) subsystem. The hardware provides 2 (both 64-bit) or 3 (one 32-bit and two 64-bit) memory windows to the other system's memory, up to 16 scratchpad regis- ters and 16 doorbells to communicate with and interrupt the other sys- tem respectively. CONFIGURATION The NTB configuration should be set by BIOS. This includes enabling NTB, choosing topology (only NTB-to-Root Port mode is supported now), role of the host in the topology. This needs to be done on both sys- tems. The BAR size for memory windows is configured to 1 MiB by default. SEE ALSO if_ntb(4), ntb(4), ntb_transport(4) AUTHORS The ntb_hw_amd driver was developed by AMD and originally written by Rajesh Kumar <rajesh1.kumar@amd.com>. Reviewed by Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>, Conrad E. Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> and Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>. FreeBSD 14.3 August 29, 2019 NTB_HW_AMD(4)
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