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NTB_TRANSPORT(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual NTB_TRANSPORT(4)
NAME ntb_transport - Packet-oriented transport for Non-Transparent Bridges
SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device ntb device ntb_transport
Or, to load the driver as a module at boot, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
ntb_transport_load="YES"
The following tunables are settable from the loader(8):
hw.ntb_transport.debug_level Driver debug level. The default value is 0, higher means more verbose.
hw.ntb_transport.max_mw_size Limits maximum memory window usage. Allocation of big physically contiguous memory buffer may be a problem, while too big buffers makes no much sense for low latency network interface.
hint.ntb_transport.X.config Configures a set of the transport consumers, separated by commas. Each consumer can be configured as: "[<name>][:<queues>]", where: name is a name of the driver to attach (empty means any), queues is a number of queues to allocate (empty means automatic). The default configuration is empty string, which means single consumer with one queue per memory window, allowing any driver to attach.
hint.ntb_transport.X.compact Non-zero value enables compact version of scratchpad protocol, using half as many registers. Enabled automatically if there is not enough registers to negotiate all available memory windows. The compact version does not support memory windows of 4GB and above.
DESCRIPTION The ntb_transport driver attaches on top of the ntb driver to utilize its resources to create a set of bidirectional queues, delivering packets between the systems. The primary purpose of this driver is to be used by if_ntb network interface, but other consumers may also be developed using KPI.
Each ntb_transport require from underlying ntb instance: o 1 or more memory windows; o 6 scratchpads, plus 2 more for each additional memory window, or 3 plus 1 in case of compact protocol; o 1 doorbell for each memory window or configured queue.
SEE ALSO if_ntb(4), ntb(4), ntb_hw_amd(4), ntb_hw_intel(4), ntb_hw_plx(4)
AUTHORS The ntb_transport driver was developed by Intel and originally written by