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26.Dd May 29, 2020
27.Dt IOVCTL.CONF 5
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm iovctl.conf
31.Nd IOVCTL configuration file
32.Sh DESCRIPTION
33The
34.Nm
35file is the configuration file for the
36.Xr iovctl 8
37program.
38This file specifies configuration parameters for a single Physical Function
39.Pq PF
40device.
41To configure SR-IOV on multiple PF devices, use one configuration file for each
42PF.
43The locations of all
44.Xr iovctl 8
45configuration files are specified in
46.Xr rc.conf 5 .
47.Pp
48The
49.Nm
50file uses UCL format.
51UCL syntax is documented at the official UCL website:
52.Lk http://github.com/vstakhov/libucl .
53.Pp
54There are three types of sections in the
55.Nm
56file.
57A section is a key at the top level of the file with a list as its value.
58The list may contain the keys specified in the
59.Sx OPTIONS
60section of this manual page.
61Individual PF driver implementations may specify additional device-specific
62configuration keys that they will accept.
63The order in which sections appear in
64.Nm
65is ignored.
66No two sections may have the same key.
67For example, two sections for VF-1 must not be defined.
68.Pp
69The first section type is the PF section.
70This section always has the key "PF"; therefore, only one such section may be
71defined.
72This section defines configuration parameters that apply to the PF as a whole.
73.Pp
74The second section type is the VF section.
75This section has the key "VF-" followed by a VF index.
76VF indices start at 0 and always increment by 1.
77Valid VF indices are in the range of 0 to
78.Pq num_vfs - 1 .
79The VF index must be given as a decimal integer with no leading zeros.
80This section defines configuration parameters that apply to a single VF.
81.Pp
82The third section type is the default section.
83This section always has the key "DEFAULT"; therefore, only one such section may
84be specified.
85This section defines default configuration parameters that apply to all VFs.
86All configuration keys that are valid to be applied to a VF are valid in this
87section.
88An individual VF section may override a default specified in this section by
89providing a different value for the configuration parameter.
90Note that the default section applies to ALL VFs.
91The default section must appear before any VF sections.
92The default section may appear before or after the PF section.
93.Pp
94The following option types are supported:
95.Bl -tag -width indent
96.It boolean
97Accepts a boolean value of true or false.
98.It mac-addr
99Accepts a unicast MAC address specified as a string of the form
100xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx, where xx is one or two hexadecimal digits.
101.It string
102Accepts any string value.
103.It uint8_t
104Accepts any integer in the range 0 to 255, inclusive.
105.It uint16_t
106Accepts any integer in the range 0 to 65535, inclusive.
107.It uint32_t
108Accepts any integer in the range 0 to
109.Pq 2**32 - 1 ,
110inclusive.
111.It uint64_t
112Accepts any integer in the range 0 to
113.Pq 2**64 - 1 ,
114inclusive.
115.El
116.Sh OPTIONS
117The following parameters are accepted by all PF drivers:
118.Bl -tag -width indent
119.It device Pq string
120This parameter specifies the name of the PF device.
121This parameter is required to be specified.
122.It num_vfs Pq uint16_t
123This parameter specifies the number of VF children to create.
124This parameter may not be zero.
125The maximum value of this parameter is device-specific.
126.El
127.Pp
128The following parameters are accepted by all VFs:
129.Bl -tag -width indent
130.It passthrough Pq boolean
131This parameter controls whether the VF is reserved for the use of the
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133hypervisor as a PCI passthrough device.
134If this parameter is set to true, then the VF will be reserved as a PCI
135passthrough device and it will not be accessible from the host OS.
136The default value of this parameter is false.
137.El
138.Pp
139See the PF driver manual page for configuration parameters specific to
140particular hardware.
141.Sh EXAMPLES
142This sample file will create 3 VFs as children of the ix0 device.
143VF-1 and VF-2 are set as
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145passthrough devices through the use of the default section.
146VF-0 is not configured as a passthrough device as it explicitly overrides the
147default.
148VF-0 also sets a device-specific parameter named mac-addr.
149.Bd -literal -offset ident
150PF {
151	device : "ix0";
152	num_vfs : 3;
153}
154
155DEFAULT {
156	passthrough : true;
157}
158
159VF-0 {
160	mac-addr : "02:56:48:7e:d9:f7";
161	passthrough : false;
162}
163.Ed
164.Sh SEE ALSO
165.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
166.Xr iovctl 8
167.Sh AUTHORS
168This manual page was written by
169.An Ryan Stone Aq Mt rstone@FreeBSD.org .
170