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26.Dd August 29, 2019
27.Dt NTB_HW_AMD 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm ntb_hw_amd
31.Nd AMD Non-Transparent Bridge driver
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33To compile this driver into your kernel,
34place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
35.Bd -ragged -offset indent
36.Cd "device ntb"
37.Cd "device ntb_hw_amd"
38.Ed
39.Pp
40Or, to load the driver as a module at boot, place the following line in
41.Xr loader.conf 5 :
42.Bd -literal -offset indent
43ntb_hw_amd_load="YES"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46The following sysctls are supported in this driver
47.Bl -ohang
48.It Va dev.ntb_hw.X.info
49Reading this sysctl will give the basic details like the number of memory
50windows, scratchpads and doorbells exposed by the NTB on the local host to
51access the devices beyond the bridge.
52It also provides details about the masked doorbells, translation address and
53size limit of each exposed memory window and link status information.
54.El
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm ntb_hw_amd
58driver provides support for the Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) hardware in
59AMD EPYC processor family.
60The Non-Transparent Bridge does not look as a regular PCI bridge, but as PCI
61endpoint device, hiding the devices behind it.
62The driver hides details of hardware on the other side, but exposes memory windows,
63scratchpads and doorbells to access the other side via hardware independent
64KPI to
65.Xr ntb 4
66subsystem.
67.Pp
68The hardware provides 2 (both 64-bit) or 3 (one 32-bit and two 64-bit) memory
69windows to the other system's memory, up to 16 scratchpad registers and 16
70doorbells to communicate with and interrupt the other system respectively.
71.Sh CONFIGURATION
72The NTB configuration should be set by BIOS.
73This includes enabling NTB, choosing topology (only NTB-to-Root Port
74mode is supported now), role of the host in the topology.
75This needs to be done on both systems.
76.Pp
77The BAR size for memory windows is configured to 1 MiB by default.
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr if_ntb 4 ,
80.Xr ntb 4 ,
81.Xr ntb_transport 4
82.Sh AUTHORS
83.An -nosplit
84The
85.Nm
86driver was developed by AMD and originally written by
87.An Rajesh Kumar Aq Mt rajesh1.kumar@amd.com .
88Reviewed by
89.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org ,
90.An Conrad E. Meyer Aq Mt cem@FreeBSD.org
91and
92.An Warner Losh Aq Mt imp@FreeBSD.org .
93