From: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>
To: "Manivannan Sadhasivam" <mani@kernel.org>,
"Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kwilczynski@kernel.org>,
"Kishon Vijay Abraham I" <kishon@kernel.org>,
"Frank Li" <Frank.Li@kernel.org>, "Jon Mason" <jdmason@kudzu.us>,
"Dave Jiang" <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
"Allen Hubbe" <allenbh@gmail.com>,
"Niklas Cassel" <cassel@kernel.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ntb@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH v3 7/7] Documentation: PCI: endpoint: Document vNTB DMA export
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 03:26:57 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831182657.329614-8-den@valinux.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831182657.329614-1-den@valinux.co.jp>
Document the dma_bar attribute and the requirements for exporting endpoint
DMA channels. Also document how the selected BAR may be shared with an MW.
Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>
---
Changes in v3:
- New patch split from the DMA export patch.
- Document dma_bar as the only knob and describe DMA/MW BAR sharing.
Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst
index 3679f5c30254..3a01327208cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ of the function device and is populated with the following NTB specific
attributes that can be configured by the user::
# ls functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/
- ctrl_bar db_count mw1_bar mw2_bar mw3_bar mw4_bar spad_count
- db_bar mw1 mw2 mw3 mw4 num_mws vbus_number
- vntb_vid vntb_pid
+ ctrl_bar dma_bar mw2 mw3_bar num_mws vntb_pid
+ db_bar mw1 mw2_bar mw4 spad_count vntb_vid
+ db_count mw1_bar mw3 mw4_bar vbus_number
A sample configuration for NTB function is given below::
@@ -105,6 +105,24 @@ By default, each construct is assigned a BAR, as needed and in order.
Should a specific BAR setup be required by the platform, BAR may be assigned
to each construct using the related ``XYZ_bar`` entry.
+To export DMA channels, select their BAR before binding the function::
+
+ # echo 5 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/dma_bar
+
+This currently supports the unrolled DesignWare eDMA layout. If any DMA
+resource has no fixed BAR assignment, the EPC must support subrange and
+dynamic inbound mappings.
+
+Leaving ``dma_bar`` unassigned disables DMA export.
+With a separate DMA BAR, an older ``ntb_hw_epf`` peer can ignore the extension
+and continue using legacy NTB. A peer that understands the extension treats the
+advertised DMA type as required and fails probe if its support is unavailable.
+
+``dma_bar`` may instead select an MW BAR, placing the DMA resources after that
+MW. Any rounded-up tail is scratch-backed. This requires an updated peer because
+older peers treat the whole BAR as an MW. Control and doorbell BARs cannot be
+shared.
+
A sample configuration for virtual NTB driver for virtual PCI bus::
# echo 0x1957 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/vntb_vid
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 18:26 [PATCH v3 0/7] PCI: endpoint: Remote DMA support via vNTB Koichiro Den
2026-08-31 18:26 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] PCI: endpoint: Add DMA auxiliary resource metadata Koichiro Den
2026-08-31 18:26 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] PCI: dwc: Expose endpoint DMA resources Koichiro Den
2026-08-31 18:26 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Move epf_ntb_is_bar_used() up Koichiro Den
2026-08-31 18:26 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Export endpoint DMA channels Koichiro Den
2026-09-03 21:20 ` Frank Li
2026-09-04 1:34 ` Koichiro Den
2026-08-31 18:26 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Allow DMA and MW to share a BAR Koichiro Den
2026-08-31 18:26 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] NTB: ntb_hw_epf: Discover vNTB-embedded DMA Koichiro Den
2026-08-31 18:26 ` Koichiro Den [this message]
2026-09-03 11:43 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] PCI: endpoint: Remote DMA support via vNTB Manivannan Sadhasivam
2026-09-03 15:13 ` Koichiro Den
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