From: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>
To: "Frank Li" <Frank.Li@kernel.org>,
"Manivannan Sadhasivam" <mani@kernel.org>,
"Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kwilczynski@kernel.org>,
"Kishon Vijay Abraham I" <kishon@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 v6 8/8] Documentation: PCI: endpoint: Document vNTB DMA export
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:49:48 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020054948.1218370-9-den@valinux.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020054948.1218370-1-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 since v5:
- No changes.
Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst
index 3679f5c30254..7ca4e1ff095c 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 +105,31 @@ 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, set ``dma_bar`` before binding the function.
+For example::
+
+ # echo 5 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/dma_bar
+
+This currently supports the unrolled DesignWare eDMA layout. The EPC must
+support subrange and dynamic inbound mappings.
+
+``dma_bar`` cannot select the control or doorbell BAR.
+Any rounded-up BAR tail is scratch-backed.
+
+Leaving ``dma_bar`` unassigned disables DMA export.
+With a separate DMA BAR, an older ``ntb_hw_epf`` peer can ignore the extension
+and continue without DMA. A peer that understands the extension also continues
+without DMA if the advertised type is unavailable or no DMA IRQ can be
+allocated.
+
+If no spare BAR is available, ``dma_bar`` can select the BAR of one MW instead.
+DMA resources then follow that MW. In this configuration:
+
+* The shared MW size must be a power of two and its translation must cover the
+ full configured size.
+* An updated peer is required because older peers treat the whole BAR as an
+ MW.
+
A sample configuration for virtual NTB driver for virtual PCI bus::
# echo 0x1957 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/vntb_vid
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 5:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 5:49 [PATCH v6 0/8] PCI: endpoint: Remote DMA support via vNTB Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 5:49 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] PCI: endpoint: Add DMA auxiliary resource metadata Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 5:49 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] PCI: dwc: Expose endpoint DMA resources Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 5:49 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Move epf_ntb_is_bar_used() up Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 5:49 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] PCI: endpoint: Add pci-epf-ntb.h for the shared NTB control layout Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 5:49 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Export endpoint DMA channels Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 17:00 ` Frank Li
2026-10-20 5:49 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] NTB: ntb_hw_epf: Discover vNTB-embedded DMA Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 17:03 ` Frank Li
2026-10-20 5:49 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] PCI/NTB: endpoint: Allow DMA and MW to share a BAR Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 17:11 ` Frank Li
2026-10-21 1:39 ` Koichiro Den
2026-10-20 5:49 ` Koichiro Den [this message]
2026-10-20 18:49 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] Documentation: PCI: endpoint: Document vNTB DMA export Frank Li
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