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28.Dd May 29, 2020
29.Dt IOVCTL.CONF 5
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm iovctl.conf
33.Nd IOVCTL configuration file
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The
36.Nm
37file is the configuration file for the
38.Xr iovctl 8
39program.
40This file specifies configuration parameters for a single Physical Function
41.Pq PF
42device.
43To configure SR-IOV on multiple PF devices, use one configuration file for each
44PF.
45The locations of all
46.Xr iovctl 8
47configuration files are specified in
48.Xr rc.conf 5 .
49.Pp
50The
51.Nm
52file uses UCL format.
53UCL syntax is documented at the official UCL website:
54http://github.com/vstakhov/libucl.
55.Pp
56There are three types of sections in the
57.Nm
58file.
59A section is a key at the top level of the file with a list as its value.
60The list may contain the keys specified in the
61.Sx OPTIONS
62section of this manual page.
63Individual PF driver implementations may specify additional device-specific
64configuration keys that they will accept.
65The order in which sections appear in
66.Nm
67is ignored.
68No two sections may have the same key.
69For example, two sections for VF-1 must not be defined.
70.Pp
71The first section type is the PF section.
72This section always has the key "PF"; therefore, only one such section may be
73defined.
74This section defines configuration parameters that apply to the PF as a whole.
75.Pp
76The second section type is the VF section.
77This section has the key "VF-" followed by a VF index.
78VF indices start at 0 and always increment by 1.
79Valid VF indices are in the range of 0 to
80.Pq num_vfs - 1 .
81The VF index must be given as a decimal integer with no leading zeros.
82This section defines configuration parameters that apply to a single VF.
83.Pp
84The third section type is the default section.
85This section always has the key "DEFAULT"; therefore, only one such section may
86be specified.
87This section defines default configuration parameters that apply to all VFs.
88All configuration keys that are valid to be applied to a VF are valid in this
89section.
90An individual VF section may override a default specified in this section by
91providing a different value for the configuration parameter.
92Note that the default section applies to ALL VFs.
93The default section must appear before any VF sections.
94The default section may appear before or after the PF section.
95.Pp
96The following option types are supported:
97.Bl -tag -width indent
98.It boolean
99Accepts a boolean value of true or false.
100.It mac-addr
101Accepts a unicast MAC address specified as a string of the form
102xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx, where xx is one or two hexadecimal digits.
103.It string
104Accepts any string value.
105.It uint8_t
106Accepts any integer in the range 0 to 255, inclusive.
107.It uint16_t
108Accepts any integer in the range 0 to 65535, inclusive.
109.It uint32_t
110Accepts any integer in the range 0 to
111.Pq 2**32 - 1 ,
112inclusive.
113.It uint64_t
114Accepts any integer in the range 0 to
115.Pq 2**64 - 1 ,
116inclusive.
117.El
118.Sh OPTIONS
119The following parameters are accepted by all PF drivers:
120.Bl -tag -width indent
121.It device Pq string
122This parameter specifies the name of the PF device.
123This parameter is required to be specified.
124.It num_vfs Pq uint16_t
125This parameter specifies the number of VF children to create.
126This parameter may not be zero.
127The maximum value of this parameter is device-specific.
128.El
129.Pp
130The following parameters are accepted by all VFs:
131.Bl -tag -width indent
132.It passthrough Pq boolean
133This parameter controls whether the VF is reserved for the use of the
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135hypervisor as a PCI passthrough device.
136If this parameter is set to true, then the VF will be reserved as a PCI
137passthrough device and it will not be accessible from the host OS.
138The default value of this parameter is false.
139.El
140.Pp
141See the PF driver manual page for configuration parameters specific to
142particular hardware.
143.Sh EXAMPLES
144This sample file will create 3 VFs as children of the ix0 device.
145VF-1 and VF-2 are set as
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147passthrough devices through the use of the default section.
148VF-0 is not configured as a passthrough device as it explicitly overrides the
149default.
150VF-0 also sets a device-specific parameter named mac-addr.
151.Bd -literal -offset ident
152PF {
153	device : "ix0";
154	num_vfs : 3;
155}
156
157DEFAULT {
158	passthrough : true;
159}
160
161VF-0 {
162	mac-addr : "02:56:48:7e:d9:f7";
163	passthrough : false;
164}
165.Ed
166.Sh SEE ALSO
167.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
168.Xr iovctl 8
169.Sh AUTHORS
170This manual page was written by
171.An Ryan Stone Aq Mt rstone@FreeBSD.org .
172