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PVSCSI(4)		    Kernel Interfaces Manual		     PVSCSI(4)

NAME
       pvscsi -- VMware	Paravirtual SCSI Controller

SYNOPSIS
       To  compile  this  driver  into the kernel, place the following line in
       your kernel configuration file:

	     device pci
	     device scbus
	     device pvscsi

       Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at	boot time,  place  the
       following line in loader.conf(5):

	     pvscsi_load="YES"

       The following tunables are settable from	the loader(8):

       hw.pvscsi.request_ring_pages
       controls	 how  many pages are allocated for the device request ring.  A
       non-positive value will cause the driver	to choose the value  based  on
       device  capabilities.   A  non-zero  value will use that	many number of
       pages up	to a maximum of	32.  The default setting is 0.

       hw.pvscsi.max_queue_depth
       controls	the queue size for the adapter.	  A  non-positive  value  will
       cause  the  driver  to choose the value based on	number of request ring
       pages.  A non-zero value	will set the queue size	up to  a  maximum  al-
       lowed by	the number of request ring pages.  Default is 0.

       hw.pvscsi.use_msg
       setting	to  nonzero  value enables the use of the PVSCSI message queue
       allowing	for disk hot-add and remove without manual rescan needed.  De-
       fault is	1.

       hw.pvscsi.use_msi
       setting to nonzero value	enables	the use	of MSI interrupts.  Default is
       1.

       hw.pvscsi.use_msix
       setting to nonzero value	enables	the use	of MSI-X interrupts.   Default
       is 1.

       hw.pvscsi.use_req_call_threshold
       setting to nonzero value	enables	the request call threshold functional-
       ity.  TODO.  Default is 1.

DESCRIPTION
       The pvscsi driver provides support for the VMware Paravirtual SCSI Con-
       troller (PVSCSI)	in virtual machines by VMware.

SEE ALSO
       cam(4), da(4)

HISTORY
       The pvscsi driver first appeared	in FreeBSD 13.0.

AUTHORS
       Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@vmware.com>.

FreeBSD	14.3		       December	5, 2018			     PVSCSI(4)

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