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28.Dd August 29, 2019
29.Dt NTB_HW_AMD 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ntb_hw_amd
33.Nd AMD Non-Transparent Bridge driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into your kernel,
36place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd "device ntb"
39.Cd "device ntb_hw_amd"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Or, to load the driver as a module at boot, place the following line in
43.Xr loader.conf 5 :
44.Bd -literal -offset indent
45ntb_hw_amd_load="YES"
46.Ed
47.Pp
48The following sysctls are supported in this driver
49.Bl -ohang
50.It Va dev.ntb_hw.X.info
51Reading this sysctl will give the basic details like the number of memory
52windows, scratchpads and doorbells exposed by the NTB on the local host to
53access the devices beyond the bridge.
54It also provides details about the masked doorbells, translation address and
55size limit of each exposed memory window and link status information.
56.El
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58The
59.Nm ntb_hw_amd
60driver provides support for the Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) hardware in
61AMD EPYC processor family.
62The Non-Transparent Bridge does not look as a regular PCI bridge, but as PCI
63endpoint device, hiding the devices behind it.
64The driver hides details of hardware on the other side, but exposes memory windows,
65scratchpads and doorbells to access the other side via hardware independent
66KPI to
67.Xr ntb 4
68subsystem.
69.Pp
70The hardware provides 2 (both 64-bit) or 3 (one 32-bit and two 64-bit) memory
71windows to the other system's memory, up to 16 scratchpad registers and 16
72doorbells to communicate with and interrupt the other system respectively.
73.Sh CONFIGURATION
74The NTB configuration should be set by BIOS.
75This includes enabling NTB, choosing topology (only NTB-to-Root Port
76mode is supported now), role of the host in the topology.
77This needs to be done on both systems.
78.Pp
79The BAR size for memory windows is configured to 1 MiB by default.
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr if_ntb 4 ,
82.Xr ntb 4 ,
83.Xr ntb_transport 4
84.Sh AUTHORS
85.An -nosplit
86The
87.Nm
88driver was developed by AMD and originally written by
89.An Rajesh Kumar Aq Mt rajesh1.kumar@amd.com .
90Reviewed by
91.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org ,
92.An Conrad E. Meyer Aq Mt cem@FreeBSD.org
93and
94.An Warner Losh Aq Mt imp@FreeBSD.org .
95