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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/pciback.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/pciback.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..abf5c170 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/pciback.4 @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: pciback.4,v 1.5 2014/03/18 18:20:39 riastradh Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Jean-Yves Migeon <jym@NetBSD.org>. +.\" +.\" 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 NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. 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 FOUNDATION 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. +.\" +.Dd January 8, 2011 +.Dt PCIBACK 4 xen +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pciback +.Nd Xen backend paravirtualized PCI pass-through driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "pciback* at pci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver is the backend part of the PCI pass-through functionality +that can be used by the +.Tn Xen +dom0 to export +.Xr pci 4 +devices to a guest domain. +To export a PCI device to a guest domain, the device has to be +attached to +.Nm +in the dom0. +.Pp +When the guest domain is +.Nx , +the device attached to the +.Nm +driver will attach to a +.Xr xpci 4 +bus inside the guest domain. +.Sh EXAMPLES +To attach a device to the +.Nm +driver, +follow these steps: +.Bl -enum -offset indent -compact +.It +look for the device PCI ID, via +.Xr pcictl 8 . +.It +edit +.Xr boot.cfg 5 +and add the PCI ID to the list of PCI IDs that you want to +attach to +.Nm , +in bus:device.function notation. +The list is passed to dom0 module via the +.Ic pciback.hide +parameter: +.Dl pciback.hide=(bus:dev.fun)(bus:dev.func)(...) +See also +.Xr boot 8 . +.It +reboot dom0. +.It +add the PCI ID to the list of PCI devices in the domain +configuration file: +.Dl pci = ['bus:dev.fun', '...'] +.It +start the guest domain. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr xpci 4 , +.Xr boot 8 , +.Xr pcictl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Nx 5.1 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Manuel Bouyer Aq Mt bouyer@NetBSD.org . +.Sh CAVEATS +Currently, to attach a device to the +.Nm +backend, this procedure has to be performed at +.Xr boot 8 +time. +In the future, it will be possible to do it without requiring +a dom0 reboot. +.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS +As PCI passthrough offers the possibility for guest domains +to send arbitrary PCI commands to a physical device, this has +direct impact on the overall stability and security of the system. +For example, in case of erroneous or malicious commands, the device +could overwrite physical memory portions, via DMA. |
