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27.Dd October 4, 2022
28.Dt PCI 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pci
32.Nd generic PCI/PCIe bus driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile the PCI bus driver into the kernel,
35place the following line in your
36kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd device pci
39.Ed
40.Pp
41To compile in support for Single Root I/O Virtualization
42.Pq SR-IOV :
43.Bd -ragged -offset indent
44.Cd options PCI_IOV
45.Ed
46.Pp
47To compile in support for native PCI-express HotPlug:
48.Bd -ragged -offset indent
49.Cd options PCI_HP
50.Ed
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Nm
54driver provides support for
55.Tn PCI
56and
57.Tn PCIe
58devices in the kernel and limited access to
59.Tn PCI
60devices for userland.
61.Pp
62The
63.Nm
64driver provides a
65.Pa /dev/pci
66character device that can be used by userland programs to read and write
67.Tn PCI
68configuration registers.
69Programs can also use this device to get a list of all
70.Tn PCI
71devices, or all
72.Tn PCI
73devices that match various patterns.
74.Pp
75Since the
76.Nm
77driver provides a write interface for
78.Tn PCI
79configuration registers, system administrators should exercise caution when
80granting access to the
81.Nm
82device.
83If used improperly, this driver can allow userland applications to
84crash a machine or cause data loss.
85In particular, driver only allows operations on the opened
86.Pa /dev/pci
87to modify system state if the file descriptor was opened for writing.
88For instance, the
89.Dv PCIOCREAD
90and
91.Dv PCIOCBARMMAP
92operations require a writeable descriptor, because reading a config register
93or a BAR read access could have function-specific side-effects.
94.Pp
95The
96.Nm
97driver implements the
98.Tn PCI
99bus in the kernel.
100It enumerates any devices on the
101.Tn PCI
102bus and gives
103.Tn PCI
104client drivers the chance to attach to them.
105It assigns resources to children, when the BIOS does not.
106It takes care of routing interrupts when necessary.
107It reprobes the unattached
108.Tn PCI
109children when
110.Tn PCI
111client drivers are dynamically
112loaded at runtime.
113The
114.Nm
115driver also includes support for PCI-PCI bridges,
116various platform-specific Host-PCI bridges,
117and basic support for
118.Tn PCI
119VGA adapters.
120.Sh IOCTLS
121The following
122.Xr ioctl 2
123calls are supported by the
124.Nm
125driver.
126They are defined in the header file
127.In sys/pciio.h .
128.Bl -tag -width 012345678901234
129.It PCIOCGETCONF
130This
131.Xr ioctl 2
132takes a
133.Va pci_conf_io
134structure.
135It allows the user to retrieve information on all
136.Tn PCI
137devices in the system, or on
138.Tn PCI
139devices matching patterns supplied by the user.
140The call may set
141.Va errno
142to any value specified in either
143.Xr copyin 9
144or
145.Xr copyout 9 .
146The
147.Va pci_conf_io
148structure consists of a number of fields:
149.Bl -tag -width match_buf_len
150.It pat_buf_len
151The length, in bytes, of the buffer filled with user-supplied patterns.
152.It num_patterns
153The number of user-supplied patterns.
154.It patterns
155Pointer to a buffer filled with user-supplied patterns.
156.Va patterns
157is a pointer to
158.Va num_patterns
159.Va pci_match_conf
160structures.
161The
162.Va pci_match_conf
163structure consists of the following elements:
164.Bl -tag -width pd_vendor
165.It pc_sel
166.Tn PCI
167domain, bus, slot and function.
168.It pd_name
169.Tn PCI
170device driver name.
171.It pd_unit
172.Tn PCI
173device driver unit number.
174.It pc_vendor
175.Tn PCI
176vendor ID.
177.It pc_device
178.Tn PCI
179device ID.
180.It pc_class
181.Tn PCI
182device class.
183.It flags
184The flags describe which of the fields the kernel should match against.
185A device must match all specified fields in order to be returned.
186The match flags are enumerated in the
187.Va pci_getconf_flags
188structure.
189Hopefully the flag values are obvious enough that they do not need to
190described in detail.
191.El
192.It match_buf_len
193Length of the
194.Va matches
195buffer allocated by the user to hold the results of the
196.Dv PCIOCGETCONF
197query.
198.It num_matches
199Number of matches returned by the kernel.
200.It matches
201Buffer containing matching devices returned by the kernel.
202The items in this buffer are of type
203.Va pci_conf ,
204which consists of the following items:
205.Bl -tag -width pc_subvendor
206.It pc_sel
207.Tn PCI
208domain, bus, slot and function.
209.It pc_hdr
210.Tn PCI
211header type.
212.It pc_subvendor
213.Tn PCI
214subvendor ID.
215.It pc_subdevice
216.Tn PCI
217subdevice ID.
218.It pc_vendor
219.Tn PCI
220vendor ID.
221.It pc_device
222.Tn PCI
223device ID.
224.It pc_class
225.Tn PCI
226device class.
227.It pc_subclass
228.Tn PCI
229device subclass.
230.It pc_progif
231.Tn PCI
232device programming interface.
233.It pc_revid
234.Tn PCI
235revision ID.
236.It pd_name
237Driver name.
238.It pd_unit
239Driver unit number.
240.El
241.It offset
242The offset is passed in by the user to tell the kernel where it should
243start traversing the device list.
244The value passed out by the kernel
245points to the record immediately after the last one returned.
246The user may
247pass the value returned by the kernel in subsequent calls to the
248.Dv PCIOCGETCONF
249ioctl.
250If the user does not intend to use the offset, it must be set to zero.
251.It generation
252.Tn PCI
253configuration generation.
254This value only needs to be set if the offset is set.
255The kernel will compare the current generation number of its internal
256device list to the generation passed in by the user to determine whether
257its device list has changed since the user last called the
258.Dv PCIOCGETCONF
259ioctl.
260If the device list has changed, a status of
261.Va PCI_GETCONF_LIST_CHANGED
262will be passed back.
263.It status
264The status tells the user the disposition of his request for a device list.
265The possible status values are:
266.Bl -ohang
267.It PCI_GETCONF_LAST_DEVICE
268This means that there are no more devices in the PCI device list matching
269the specified criteria after the
270ones returned in the
271.Va matches
272buffer.
273.It PCI_GETCONF_LIST_CHANGED
274This status tells the user that the
275.Tn PCI
276device list has changed since his last call to the
277.Dv PCIOCGETCONF
278ioctl and he must reset the
279.Va offset
280and
281.Va generation
282to zero to start over at the beginning of the list.
283.It PCI_GETCONF_MORE_DEVS
284This tells the user that his buffer was not large enough to hold all of the
285remaining devices in the device list that match his criteria.
286.It PCI_GETCONF_ERROR
287This indicates a general error while servicing the user's request.
288If the
289.Va pat_buf_len
290is not equal to
291.Va num_patterns
292times
293.Fn sizeof "struct pci_match_conf" ,
294.Va errno
295will be set to
296.Er EINVAL .
297.El
298.El
299.It PCIOCREAD
300This
301.Xr ioctl 2
302reads the
303.Tn PCI
304configuration registers specified by the passed-in
305.Va pci_io
306structure.
307The
308.Va pci_io
309structure consists of the following fields:
310.Bl -tag -width pi_width
311.It pi_sel
312A
313.Va pcisel
314structure which specifies the domain, bus, slot and function the user would
315like to query.
316If the specific bus is not found, errno will be set to ENODEV and -1 returned
317from the ioctl.
318.It pi_reg
319The
320.Tn PCI
321configuration registers the user would like to access.
322.It pi_width
323The width, in bytes, of the data the user would like to read.
324This value
325may be either 1, 2, or 4.
3263-byte reads and reads larger than 4 bytes are
327not supported.
328If an invalid width is passed, errno will be set to EINVAL.
329.It pi_data
330The data returned by the kernel.
331.El
332.It PCIOCWRITE
333This
334.Xr ioctl 2
335allows users to write to the
336.Tn PCI
337configuration registers specified in the passed-in
338.Va pci_io
339structure.
340The
341.Va pci_io
342structure is described above.
343The limitations on data width described for
344reading registers, above, also apply to writing
345.Tn PCI
346configuration registers.
347.It PCIOCATTACHED
348This
349.Xr ioctl 2
350allows users to query if a driver is attached to the
351.Tn PCI
352device specified in the passed-in
353.Va pci_io
354structure.
355The
356.Va pci_io
357structure is described above, however, the
358.Va pi_reg
359and
360.Va pi_width
361fields are not used.
362The status of the device is stored in the
363.Va pi_data
364field.
365A value of 0 indicates no driver is attached, while a value larger than 0
366indicates that a driver is attached.
367.It PCIOCBARMMAP
368This
369.Xr ioctl 2
370command allows userspace processes to
371.Xr mmap 2
372the memory-mapped PCI BAR into its address space.
373The input parameters and results are passed in the
374.Va pci_bar_mmap
375structure, which has the following fields:
376.Bl -tag -width Vt struct pcise pbm_sel
377.It Vt uint64_t	pbm_map_base
378Reports the established mapping base to the caller.
379If
380.Va PCIIO_BAR_MMAP_FIXED
381flag was specified, then this field must be filled before the call
382with the desired address for the mapping.
383.It Vt uint64_t pbm_map_length
384Reports the mapped length of the BAR, in bytes.
385Its .Vt uint64_t value is always multiple of machine pages.
386.It Vt int64_t pbm_bar_length
387Reports length of the bar as exposed by the device.
388.It Vt int pbm_bar_off
389Reports offset from the mapped base to the start of the
390first register in the bar.
391.It Vt struct pcisel pbm_sel
392Should be filled before the call.
393Describes the device to operate on.
394.It Vt int pbm_reg
395The BAR index to mmap.
396.It Vt int pbm_flags
397Flags which augments the operation.
398See below.
399.It Vt int pbm_memattr
400The caching attribute for the mapping.
401Typical values are
402.Dv VM_MEMATTR_UNCACHEABLE
403for control registers BARs, and
404.Dv VM_MEMATTR_WRITE_COMBINING
405for frame buffers.
406Regular memory-like BAR should be mapped with
407.Dv VM_MEMATTR_DEFAULT
408attribute.
409.El
410.Pp
411Currently defined flags are:
412.Bl -tag -width PCIIO_BAR_MMAP_ACTIVATE
413.It PCIIO_BAR_MMAP_FIXED
414The resulted mappings should be established at the address
415specified by the
416.Va pbm_map_base
417member, otherwise fail.
418.It PCIIO_BAR_MMAP_EXCL
419Must be used together with
420.Dv PCIIO_BAR_MMAP_FIXED
421If the specified base contains already established mappings, the
422operation fails instead of implicitly unmapping them.
423.It PCIIO_BAR_MMAP_RW
424The requested mapping allows both reading and writing.
425Without the flag, read-only mapping is established.
426Note that it is common for the device registers to have side-effects
427even on reads.
428.It PCIIO_BAR_MMAP_ACTIVATE
429(Unimplemented) If the BAR is not activated, activate it in the course
430of mapping.
431Currently attempt to mmap an inactive BAR results in error.
432.El
433.It PCIOCBARIO
434This
435.Xr ioctl 2
436command allows users to read from and write to BARs.
437The I/O request parameters are passed in a
438.Va struct pci_bar_ioreq
439structure, which has the following fields:
440.Bl -tag
441.It Vt struct pcisel pbi_sel
442Describes the device to operate on.
443.It Vt int pbi_op
444The operation to perform.
445Currently supported values are
446.Dv PCIBARIO_READ
447and
448.Dv PCIBARIO_WRITE .
449.It Vt uint32_t pbi_bar
450The index of the BAR on which to operate.
451.It Vt uint32_t pbi_offset
452The offset into the BAR at which to operate.
453.It Vt uint32_t pbi_width
454The size, in bytes, of the I/O operation.
4551-byte, 2-byte, 4-byte and 8-byte perations are supported.
456.It Vt uint32_t pbi_value
457For reads, the value is returned in this field.
458For writes, the caller specifies the value to be written in this field.
459.Pp
460Note that this operation maps and unmaps the corresponding resource and
461so is relatively expensive for memory BARs.
462The
463.Va PCIOCBARMMAP
464.Xr ioctl 2
465can be used to create a persistent userspace mapping for such BARs instead.
466.El
467.El
468.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
469Tunables can be set at the
470.Xr loader 8
471prompt before booting the kernel, or stored in
472.Xr loader.conf 5 .
473The current value of these tunables can be examined at runtime via
474.Xr sysctl 8
475nodes of the same name.
476Unless otherwise specified,
477each of these tunables is a boolean that can be enabled by setting the
478tunable to a non-zero value.
479.Bl -tag -width indent
480.It Va hw.pci.clear_bars Pq Defaults to 0
481Ignore any firmware-assigned memory and I/O port resources.
482This forces the
483.Tn PCI
484bus driver to allocate resource ranges for memory and I/O port resources
485from scratch.
486.It Va hw.pci.clear_buses Pq Defaults to 0
487Ignore any firmware-assigned bus number registers in PCI-PCI bridges.
488This forces the
489.Tn PCI
490bus driver and PCI-PCI bridge driver to allocate bus numbers for secondary
491buses behind PCI-PCI bridges.
492.It Va hw.pci.clear_pcib Pq Defaults to 0
493Ignore any firmware-assigned memory and I/O port resource windows in PCI-PCI
494bridges.
495This forces the PCI-PCI bridge driver to allocate memory and I/O port resources
496for resource windows from scratch.
497.Pp
498By default the PCI-PCI bridge driver will allocate windows that
499contain the firmware-assigned resources devices behind the bridge.
500In addition, the PCI-PCI bridge driver will suballocate from existing window
501regions when possible to satisfy a resource request.
502As a result,
503both
504.Va hw.pci.clear_bars
505and
506.Va hw.pci.clear_pcib
507must be enabled to fully ignore firmware-supplied resource assignments.
508.It Va hw.pci.default_vgapci_unit Pq Defaults to -1
509By default,
510the first
511.Tn PCI
512VGA adapter encountered by the system is assumed to be the boot display device.
513This tunable can be set to choose a specific VGA adapter by specifying the
514unit number of the associated
515.Va vgapci Ns Ar X
516device.
517.It Va hw.pci.do_power_nodriver Pq Defaults to 0
518Place devices into a low power state
519.Pq D3
520when a suitable device driver is not found.
521Can be set to one of the following values:
522.Bl -tag -width indent
523.It 3
524Powers down all
525.Tn PCI
526devices without a device driver.
527.It 2
528Powers down most devices without a device driver.
529PCI devices with the display, memory, and base peripheral device classes
530are not powered down.
531.It 1
532Similar to a setting of 2 except that storage controllers are also not
533powered down.
534.It 0
535All devices are left fully powered.
536.El
537.Pp
538A
539.Tn PCI
540device must support power management to be powered down.
541Placing a device into a low power state may not reduce power consumption.
542.It Va hw.pci.do_power_resume Pq Defaults to 1
543Place
544.Tn PCI
545devices into the fully powered state when resuming either the system or an
546individual device.
547Setting this to zero is discouraged as the system will not attempt to power
548up non-powered PCI devices after a suspend.
549.It Va hw.pci.do_power_suspend Pq Defaults to 1
550Place
551.Tn PCI
552devices into a low power state when suspending either the system or individual
553devices.
554Normally the D3 state is used as the low power state,
555but firmware may override the desired power state during a system suspend.
556.It Va hw.pci.enable_ari Pq Defaults to 1
557Enable support for PCI-express Alternative RID Interpretation.
558This is often used in conjunction with SR-IOV.
559.It Va hw.pci.enable_io_modes Pq Defaults to 1
560Enable memory or I/O port decoding in a PCI device's command register if it has
561firmware-assigned memory or I/O port resources.
562The firmware
563.Pq BIOS
564in some systems does not enable memory or I/O port decoding for some devices
565even when it has assigned resources to the device.
566This enables decoding for such resources during bus probe.
567.It Va hw.pci.enable_msi Pq Defaults to 1
568Enable support for Message Signalled Interrupts
569.Pq MSI .
570MSI interrupts can be disabled by setting this tunable to 0.
571.It Va hw.pci.enable_msix Pq Defaults to 1
572Enable support for extended Message Signalled Interrupts
573.Pq MSI-X .
574MSI-X interrupts can be disabled by setting this tunable to 0.
575.It Va hw.pci.enable_pcie_ei Pq Defaults to 0
576Enable support for PCI-express Electromechanical Interlock.
577.It Va hw.pci.enable_pcie_hp Pq Defaults to 1
578Enable support for native PCI-express HotPlug.
579.It Va hw.pci.honor_msi_blacklist Pq Defaults to 1
580MSI and MSI-X interrupts are disabled for certain chipsets known to have
581broken MSI and MSI-X implementations when this tunable is set.
582It can be set to zero to permit use of MSI and MSI-X interrupts if the
583chipset match is a false positive.
584.It Va hw.pci.iov_max_config Pq Defaults to 1MB
585The maximum amount of memory permitted for the configuration parameters
586used when creating Virtual Functions via SR-IOV.
587This tunable can also be changed at runtime via
588.Xr sysctl 8 .
589.It Va hw.pci.realloc_bars Pq Defaults to 0
590Attempt to allocate a new resource range during the initial device scan
591for any memory or I/O port resources with firmware-assigned ranges that
592conflict with another active resource.
593.It Va hw.pci.usb_early_takeover Pq Defaults to 1 on Tn amd64 and Tn i386
594Disable legacy device emulation of USB devices during the initial device
595scan.
596Set this tunable to zero to use USB devices via legacy emulation when
597using a custom kernel without USB controller drivers.
598.It Va hw.pci<D>.<B>.<S>.INT<P>.irq
599These tunables can be used to override the interrupt routing for legacy
600PCI INTx interrupts.
601Unlike other tunables in this list,
602these do not have corresponding sysctl nodes.
603The tunable name includes the address of the PCI device as well as the
604pin of the desired INTx IRQ to override:
605.Bl -tag -width indent
606.It <D>
607The domain
608.Pq or segment
609of the PCI device in decimal.
610.It <B>
611The bus address of the PCI device in decimal.
612.It <S>
613The slot of the PCI device in decimal.
614.It <P>
615The interrupt pin of the PCI slot to override.
616One of
617.Ql A ,
618.Ql B ,
619.Ql C ,
620or
621.Ql D .
622.El
623.Pp
624The value of the tunable is the raw IRQ value to use for the INTx interrupt
625pin identified by the tunable name.
626Mapping of IRQ values to platform interrupt sources is machine dependent.
627.El
628.Sh DEVICE WIRING
629You can wire the device unit at a given location with device.hints.
630Entries of the form
631.Va hints.<name>.<unit>.at="pci<B>:<S>:<F>"
632or
633.Va hints.<name>.<unit>.at="pci<D>:<B>:<S>:<F>"
634will force the driver
635.Va name
636to probe and attach at unit
637.Va unit
638for any PCI device found to match the specification, where:
639.Bl -tag -width -indent
640.It <D>
641The domain
642.Pq or segment
643of the PCI device in decimal.
644Defaults to 0 if unspecified
645.It <B>
646The bus address of the PCI device in decimal.
647.It <S>
648The slot of the PCI device in decimal.
649.It <F>
650The function of the PCI device in decimal.
651.El
652.Pp
653The code to do the matching requires an exact string match.
654Do not specify the angle brackets
655.Pq < >
656in the hints file.
657Wiring multiple devices to the same
658.Va name
659and
660.Va unit
661produces undefined results.
662.Ss Examples
663Given the following lines in
664.Pa /boot/device.hints :
665.Cd hint.nvme.3.at="pci6:0:0"
666.Cd hint.igb.8.at="pci14:0:0"
667If there is a device that supports
668.Xr igb 4
669at PCI bus 14 slot 0 function 0,
670then it will be assigned igb8 for probe and attach.
671Likewise, if there is an
672.Xr nvme 4
673card at PCI bus 6 slot 0 function 0,
674then it will be assigned nvme3 for probe and attach.
675If another type of card is in either of these locations, the name and
676unit of that card will be the default names and will be unaffected by
677these hints.
678If other igb or nvme cards are located elsewhere, they will be
679assigned their unit numbers sequentially, skipping the unit numbers
680that have 'at' hints.
681.Sh FILES
682.Bl -tag -width /dev/pci -compact
683.It Pa /dev/pci
684Character device for the
685.Nm
686driver.
687.El
688.Sh SEE ALSO
689.Xr pciconf 8
690.Sh HISTORY
691The
692.Nm
693driver (not the kernel's
694.Tn PCI
695support code) first appeared in
696.Fx 2.2 ,
697and was written by Stefan Esser and Garrett Wollman.
698Support for device listing and matching was re-implemented by
699Kenneth Merry, and first appeared in
700.Fx 3.0 .
701.Sh AUTHORS
702.An Kenneth Merry Aq Mt ken@FreeBSD.org
703.Sh BUGS
704It is not possible for users to specify an accurate offset into the device
705list without calling the
706.Dv PCIOCGETCONF
707at least once, since they have no way of knowing the current generation
708number otherwise.
709This probably is not a serious problem, though, since
710users can easily narrow their search by specifying a pattern or patterns
711for the kernel to match against.
712