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1 PCI Express I/O Virtualization Howto
2 Copyright (C) 2009 Intel Corporation
3 Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@intel.com>
4
5
61. Overview
7
81.1 What is SR-IOV
9
10Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) is a PCI Express Extended
11capability which makes one physical device appear as multiple virtual
12devices. The physical device is referred to as Physical Function (PF)
13while the virtual devices are referred to as Virtual Functions (VF).
14Allocation of the VF can be dynamically controlled by the PF via
15registers encapsulated in the capability. By default, this feature is
16not enabled and the PF behaves as traditional PCIe device. Once it's
17turned on, each VF's PCI configuration space can be accessed by its own
18Bus, Device and Function Number (Routing ID). And each VF also has PCI
19Memory Space, which is used to map its register set. VF device driver
20operates on the register set so it can be functional and appear as a
21real existing PCI device.
22
232. User Guide
24
252.1 How can I enable SR-IOV capability
26
27The device driver (PF driver) will control the enabling and disabling
28of the capability via API provided by SR-IOV core. If the hardware
29has SR-IOV capability, loading its PF driver would enable it and all
30VFs associated with the PF.
31
322.2 How can I use the Virtual Functions
33
34The VF is treated as hot-plugged PCI devices in the kernel, so they
35should be able to work in the same way as real PCI devices. The VF
36requires device driver that is same as a normal PCI device's.
37
383. Developer Guide
39
403.1 SR-IOV API
41
42To enable SR-IOV capability:
43 int pci_enable_sriov(struct pci_dev *dev, int nr_virtfn);
44 'nr_virtfn' is number of VFs to be enabled.
45
46To disable SR-IOV capability:
47 void pci_disable_sriov(struct pci_dev *dev);
48
49To notify SR-IOV core of Virtual Function Migration:
50 irqreturn_t pci_sriov_migration(struct pci_dev *dev);
51
523.2 Usage example
53
54Following piece of code illustrates the usage of the SR-IOV API.
55
56static int __devinit dev_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
57{
58 pci_enable_sriov(dev, NR_VIRTFN);
59
60 ...
61
62 return 0;
63}
64
65static void __devexit dev_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
66{
67 pci_disable_sriov(dev);
68
69 ...
70}
71
72static int dev_suspend(struct pci_dev *dev, pm_message_t state)
73{
74 ...
75
76 return 0;
77}
78
79static int dev_resume(struct pci_dev *dev)
80{
81 ...
82
83 return 0;
84}
85
86static void dev_shutdown(struct pci_dev *dev)
87{
88 ...
89}
90
91static struct pci_driver dev_driver = {
92 .name = "SR-IOV Physical Function driver",
93 .id_table = dev_id_table,
94 .probe = dev_probe,
95 .remove = __devexit_p(dev_remove),
96 .suspend = dev_suspend,
97 .resume = dev_resume,
98 .shutdown = dev_shutdown,
99};