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Date:      Thu, 18 Aug 2016 09:33:22 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r304366 - stable/11/share/man/man4
Message-ID:  <201608180933.u7I9XM4W098537@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: mav
Date: Thu Aug 18 09:33:22 2016
New Revision: 304366
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/304366

Log:
  MFC r302520: Replace NTB man page with more detailed and up to date.
  
  Sponsored by:   iXsystems, Inc.

Added:
  stable/11/share/man/man4/if_ntb.4
     - copied unchanged from r302520, head/share/man/man4/if_ntb.4
  stable/11/share/man/man4/ntb_hw.4
     - copied unchanged from r302520, head/share/man/man4/ntb_hw.4
  stable/11/share/man/man4/ntb_transport.4
     - copied unchanged from r302520, head/share/man/man4/ntb_transport.4
Deleted:
  stable/11/share/man/man4/ntb.4
Modified:
  stable/11/share/man/man4/Makefile
Directory Properties:
  stable/11/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/11/share/man/man4/Makefile
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/share/man/man4/Makefile	Thu Aug 18 09:30:55 2016	(r304365)
+++ stable/11/share/man/man4/Makefile	Thu Aug 18 09:33:22 2016	(r304366)
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ MAN=	aac.4 \
 	ng_vlan.4 \
 	nmdm.4 \
 	nsp.4 \
-	${_ntb.4} \
+	${_ntb_hw.4} \
+	${_ntb_transport.4} \
+	${_if_ntb.4} \
 	null.4 \
 	numa.4 \
 	${_nvd.4} \
@@ -678,8 +680,7 @@ MLINKS+=netintro.4 net.4 \
 	netintro.4 networking.4
 MLINKS+=${_nfe.4} ${_if_nfe.4}
 MLINKS+=nge.4 if_nge.4
-MLINKS+=${_ntb.4} ${_if_ntb.4} \
-	${_ntb.4} ${_ntb_hw.4}
+MLINKS+=${_ntb_hw.4} ${_ntb.4}
 MLINKS+=${_nxge.4} ${_if_nxge.4}
 MLINKS+=ow.4 onewire.4
 MLINKS+=patm.4 if_patm.4
@@ -820,6 +821,7 @@ _if_ntb.4=	if_ntb.4
 _ioat.4=	ioat.4
 _ntb.4=		ntb.4
 _ntb_hw.4=	ntb_hw.4
+_ntb_transport.4=ntb_transport.4
 _qlxge.4=	qlxge.4
 _qlxgb.4=	qlxgb.4
 _qlxgbe.4=	qlxgbe.4

Copied: stable/11/share/man/man4/if_ntb.4 (from r302520, head/share/man/man4/if_ntb.4)
==============================================================================
--- /dev/null	00:00:00 1970	(empty, because file is newly added)
+++ stable/11/share/man/man4/if_ntb.4	Thu Aug 18 09:33:22 2016	(r304366, copy of r302520, head/share/man/man4/if_ntb.4)
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 10, 2016
+.Dt IF_NTB 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm if_ntb
+.Nd Virtual Ethernet interface for Non-Transparent Bridges
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+To compile this driver into your kernel,
+place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device if_ntb"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Or, to load the driver as a module at boot, place the following line in
+.Xr loader.conf 5 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+if_ntb_load="YES"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The following tunables are settable from the
+.Xr loader 8 :
+.Bl -ohang
+.It Va hw.if_ntb.num_queues
+Number of transport queues to use per interface.
+Default is 1.
+.El
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver attaches on top of the
+.Xr ntb_transport 4
+driver to utilize its resources to create virtual Ethernet interface between
+the systems.
+Interface capabilities depend on the underlying transport.
+Typical MTU is about 64KB to reduce overhead.
+By default one queue is used, but more may be configured.
+The MAC address for interface is randomly generated.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver does not implement any real hardware offload, but since PCIe link is
+protected by CRC32, in some situations it may be possible to save some CPU
+cycles by enabling fake checksum offload on both link sides via setting
+.Cm rxcsum
+and
+.Cm txcsum
+interface options.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ntb_transport 4
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+The
+.Nm
+driver was developed by Intel and originally written by
+.An Carl Delsey Aq Mt carl@FreeBSD.org .
+Later improvements were done by
+.An Conrad E. Meyer Aq Mt cem@FreeBSD.org
+and
+.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org .

Copied: stable/11/share/man/man4/ntb_hw.4 (from r302520, head/share/man/man4/ntb_hw.4)
==============================================================================
--- /dev/null	00:00:00 1970	(empty, because file is newly added)
+++ stable/11/share/man/man4/ntb_hw.4	Thu Aug 18 09:33:22 2016	(r304366, copy of r302520, head/share/man/man4/ntb_hw.4)
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 10, 2016
+.Dt NTB_HW 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ntb ,
+.Nm ntb_hw
+.Nd Intel(R) Non-Transparent Bridge driver
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+To compile this driver into your kernel,
+place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device ntb_hw"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Or, to load the driver as a module at boot, place the following line in
+.Xr loader.conf 5 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+ntb_hw_load="YES"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The following tunables are settable from the
+.Xr loader 8 :
+.Bl -ohang
+.It Va hw.ntb.debug_level
+Driver debug level.
+The default value is 0, higher means more verbose.
+.El
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The NTB allows you to connect two computer systems using a PCIe link if they
+have the correct equipment and connectors.
+The
+.Nm ntb_hw
+driver provides support for the Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) in the Intel S1200
+and Xeon E3/E5 processor families.
+The
+.Nm
+driver hides hardware details, exposing memory windows, scratchpads and
+doorbells via hardware independent KPI.
+.Pp
+The hardware provides 2-3 memory windows to the other system's memory,
+16 scratchpad registers and 14/34 doorbells to interrupt the other system.
+On Xeon processors one of memory windows is typically consumed by the driver
+to workaround multiple hardware erratas.
+.Sh CONFIGURATION
+Tne NTB configuration should be set by BIOS.
+It includes enabling NTB, choosing between NTB-to-NTB or NTB-to-Root Port mode,
+enabling split BAR mode (one of two 64-bit BARs can be split into two 32-bit
+ones) and configuring BAR sizes in bits (from 12 to 29/39) for both NTB sides.
+.Pp
+The recommended configuration is NTB-to-NTB mode, split bar is enabled and
+all BAR sizes are set to 20 (1 MiB).
+This needs to be done on both systems.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ntb_transport 4 ,
+.Xr if_ntb 4
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+The
+.Nm
+driver was developed by Intel and originally written by
+.An Carl Delsey Aq Mt carl@FreeBSD.org .
+Later improvements were done by
+.An Conrad E. Meyer Aq Mt cem@FreeBSD.org
+and
+.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org .
+.Sh BUGS
+NTB-to-Root Port mode is not yet supported, but it doesn't look very useful.
+.Pp
+On Xeon v2/v3/v4 processors split BAR mode should be enabled to allow
+SB01BASE_LOCKUP errata workaround to be applied by the driver.
+.Pp
+There is no way to protect your system from malicious behavior on the other
+system once the link is brought up.
+Anyone with root or kernel access on the other system can read or write to
+any location on your system.
+In other words, only connect two systems that completely trust each other.

Copied: stable/11/share/man/man4/ntb_transport.4 (from r302520, head/share/man/man4/ntb_transport.4)
==============================================================================
--- /dev/null	00:00:00 1970	(empty, because file is newly added)
+++ stable/11/share/man/man4/ntb_transport.4	Thu Aug 18 09:33:22 2016	(r304366, copy of r302520, head/share/man/man4/ntb_transport.4)
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 10, 2016
+.Dt NTB_TRANSPORT 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ntb_transport
+.Nd Packet-oriented transport for Non-Transparent Bridges
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+To load the driver as a module at boot, place the following line in
+.Xr loader.conf 5 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+ntb_transport_load="YES"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The following tunables are settable from the
+.Xr loader 8 :
+.Bl -ohang
+.It Va hw.ntb_transport.debug_level
+Driver debug level.
+The default value is 0, higher means more verbose.
+.It Va hw.ntb_transport.max_num_clients
+Number of bidirectional queues to setup.
+The default value is 0, that means one queue per available memory window.
+Maximal number is limited by number of doorbells.
+.El
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver attaches on top of the
+.Nm ntb
+driver to utilize its resources to create set of bidirectional queues,
+delivering packets between the systems.
+The primary purpose of this is to be used by
+.Nm if_ntb
+network interface, but other consumers may also be developed using KPI.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr if_ntb 4 ,
+.Xr ntb_hw 4
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+The
+.Nm
+driver was developed by Intel and originally written by
+.An Carl Delsey Aq Mt carl@FreeBSD.org .
+Later improvements were done by
+.An Conrad E. Meyer Aq Mt cem@FreeBSD.org
+and
+.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org .



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