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31.Dd December 12, 2016
32.Dt XDMA 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm xdma
36.Nd DMA abstraction layer
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38To compile xDMA device support into the kernel, place the following line
39in your kernel configuration file:
40.Bd -ragged -offset indent
41.Cd "device xdma"
42.Ed
43.Pp
44To compile xDMA FDT-based test driver, place the following line as well:
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46.Cd "device xdma_test"
47.Ed
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49xDMA is a DMA framework designed to abstract the interaction between device
50drivers and DMA engines.
51.Pp
52xDMA defines an interface for efficient interaction between the device driver
53and DMA controller.
54The
55.Nm
56device provides a virtual DMA controller and virtual channels called xchans.
57The controller provides virtual channels management (allocation, deallocation,
58configuration) and interrupt notification esteblishment needed to receive
59events from the hardware DMA controller.
60.Nm
61supports the following transfer types:
62.Bl -hang -offset indent -width xxxxxxxx
63.It Nm Cyclic
64A non-stop periodic transfer designed for applications like audio.
65.It Nm Memcpy
66A memory-to-memory transfer.
67.El
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr bus_dma 9
70.Sh HISTORY
71Support for xDMA first appeared in
72.Fx 12.0 .
73.Sh AUTHORS
74.An -nosplit
75.Fx
76xDMA framework was first added by
77.An Ruslan Bukin Aq Mt br@FreeBSD.org .
78