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Jon Mason fce8a7bb5b PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support 
A PCI-Express non-transparent bridge (NTB) is a point-to-point PCIe bus
connecting 2 systems, providing electrical isolation between the two subsystems.
A non-transparent bridge is functionally similar to a transparent bridge except
that both sides of the bridge have their own independent address domains.  The
host on one side of the bridge will not have the visibility of the complete
memory or I/O space on the other side of the bridge.  To communicate across the
non-transparent bridge, each NTB endpoint has one (or more) apertures exposed to
the local system.  Writes to these apertures are mirrored to memory on the
remote system.  Communications can also occur through the use of doorbell
registers that initiate interrupts to the alternate domain, and scratch-pad
registers accessible from both sides.

The NTB device driver is needed to configure these memory windows, doorbell, and
scratch-pad registers as well as use them in such a way as they can be turned
into a viable communication channel to the remote system.  ntb_hw.[ch]
determines the usage model (NTB to NTB or NTB to Root Port) and abstracts away
the underlying hardware to provide access and a common interface to the doorbell
registers, scratch pads, and memory windows.  These hardware interfaces are
exported so that other, non-mainlined kernel drivers can access these.
ntb_transport.[ch] also uses the exported interfaces in ntb_hw.[ch] to setup a
communication channel(s) and provide a reliable way of transferring data from
one side to the other, which it then exports so that "client" drivers can access
them.  These client drivers are used to provide a standard kernel interface
(i.e., Ethernet device) to NTB, such that Linux can transfer data from one
system to the other in a standard way.

Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-01-17 19:11:14 -08:00
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acpi Merge branch 'acpi-assorted' 2013-01-04 23:10:29 +01:00
amba Drivers: amba: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:02 -08:00
ata Drivers: ata: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:03 -08:00
atm Drivers: atm: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:04 -08:00
auxdisplay Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
base Merge branch 'pm-sleep' 2013-01-06 00:36:17 +01:00
bcma Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-01-08 07:31:49 -08:00
block Drivers: block: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:15 -08:00
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-12-12 18:07:07 -08:00
bus Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
cdrom Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
char Drivers: char: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:15 -08:00
clk ARM: arm-soc fixes for 3.8-rc 2013-01-08 18:53:56 -08:00
clocksource Drivers: clocksource: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:15 -08:00
connector Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
cpufreq cpufreq / governor: Fix problem with cpufreq_ondemand or cpufreq_conservative 2013-01-03 13:11:19 +01:00
cpuidle cpuidle: fix lock contention in the idle path 2013-01-03 13:11:06 +01:00
crypto Drivers: crypto: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:02 -08:00
dca
devfreq Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
dio
dma ARM: arm-soc fixes for 3.8-rc 2013-01-08 18:53:56 -08:00
edac Two error path fixes causing a crash and a Kconfig fix for an issue 2013-01-09 08:43:56 -08:00
eisa
extcon extcon: arizona: Support direct microphone measurement via HPDET 2013-01-15 15:42:18 +09:00
firewire Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-12-13 12:00:02 -08:00
firmware Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
gpio Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
gpu Merge branch 'drm-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux 2013-01-08 16:08:10 -08:00
hid Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
hsi Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
hv Drivers: hv: remove unused variable in vmbus_recvpacket_raw() 2013-01-17 11:46:09 -08:00
hwmon Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
hwspinlock
i2c i2c: remove __dev* attributes from subsystem 2012-12-22 20:13:45 +01:00
ide Drivers: ide: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:03 -08:00
idle intel_idle: pr_debug information need separated 2013-01-03 13:11:05 +01:00
iio Drivers: iio: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:03 -08:00
infiniband Drivers: infinband: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:15 -08:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2013-01-04 10:30:11 -08:00
iommu Drivers: iommu: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:14 -08:00
ipack ipack/devices/ipoctal: added shutdown callback 2013-01-15 18:24:39 -08:00
irqchip ARM: arm-soc: Device-tree updates, take 2 2012-12-14 14:42:53 -08:00
isdn Drivers: isdn: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:02 -08:00
leds leds: leds-gpio: set devm_gpio_request_one() flags param correctly 2013-01-02 17:58:41 -08:00
lguest lguest: fix typo 2012-12-18 15:19:06 +10:30
macintosh Drivers: macintosh: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:14 -08:00
md Miscellaneous device-mapper fixes, cleanups and performance improvements. 2012-12-21 17:08:06 -08:00
media Drivers: media: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:02 -08:00
memory Drivers: memory: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:14 -08:00
memstick
message Drivers: message: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:14 -08:00
mfd mfd: wm5102: Add microphone clamp control registers 2013-01-15 15:42:18 +09:00
misc VMCI: include slab.h into files using kmalloc/kfree 2013-01-17 12:07:39 -08:00
mmc Drivers: mmc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:14 -08:00
mtd Drivers: mtd: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:03 -08:00
net xen/netfront: improve truesize tracking 2013-01-07 19:51:19 -08:00
nfc Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
ntb PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support 2013-01-17 19:11:14 -08:00
nubus
of of: Fix export of of_find_matching_node_and_match() 2012-12-19 10:58:53 +00:00
oprofile
parisc Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
parport Drivers: parport: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:03 -08:00
pci PCI: Reduce Ricoh 0xe822 SD card reader base clock frequency to 50MHz 2012-12-26 10:43:06 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia/vrc4171: Add missing spinlock init 2013-01-17 12:07:34 -08:00
pinctrl ARM: arm-soc fixes for 3.8-rc 2013-01-08 18:53:56 -08:00
platform Drivers: platform: x86: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:03 -08:00
pnp PNP: Handle IORESOURCE_BITS in resource allocation 2013-01-03 13:10:53 +01:00
power ARM: arm-soc fixes for 3.8-rc 2013-01-08 18:53:56 -08:00
pps Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
ps3 Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
ptp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-12-12 18:07:07 -08:00
pwm pwm: Changes for v3.8-rc1 2012-12-19 08:19:07 -08:00
rapidio Driver core updates for 3.8-rc1 2012-12-11 13:13:55 -08:00
regulator Drivers: regulator: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:04 -08:00
remoteproc Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
rpmsg Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
rtc drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c: fix handling of data passed in struct rtc_time 2013-01-04 16:11:48 -08:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2012-12-13 14:20:19 -08:00
sbus Drivers: sbus: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:03 -08:00
scsi Drivers: scsi: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:01 -08:00
sfi
sh Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
sn Drivers: misc: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
spi spi/sh-hspi: fix return value check in hspi_probe(). 2012-12-19 15:11:41 +00:00
ssb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-01-08 07:31:49 -08:00
staging drm/prime: drop reference on imported dma-buf come from gem 2013-01-08 14:41:53 +10:00
target Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2012-12-15 14:25:10 -08:00
tc
thermal Drivers: thermal: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:02 -08:00
tty Merge branch 'omap-for-v3.8/fixes-for-merge-window' into omap-for-v3.8/fixes-for-merge-window-v2 2012-12-16 11:28:10 -08:00
uio ARM: arm-soc: SoC updates for 3.8 2012-12-12 12:05:15 -08:00
usb Drivers: usb: host: ehci-orion.c: remove __devinitdata marking 2013-01-03 15:57:02 -08:00
uwb
vfio vfio-pci: Enable device before attempting reset 2012-12-07 13:43:51 -07:00
vhost Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2012-12-15 14:25:10 -08:00
video ARM: arm-soc fixes for 3.8-rc 2013-01-08 18:53:56 -08:00
virt Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2012-12-18 09:58:09 -08:00
virtio Drivers: virtio: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:01 -08:00
vlynq Drivers: vlynq: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:01 -08:00
vme
w1 w1_therm: Retries: remove old code add CRC 2013-01-15 23:43:05 -08:00
watchdog watchdog: twl4030_wdt: add DT support 2013-01-02 12:07:05 +01:00
xen Drivers: xen: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:01 -08:00
zorro Drivers: zorro: remove CONFIG_HOTPLUG usage 2013-01-03 15:57:01 -08:00
Kconfig PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support 2013-01-17 19:11:14 -08:00
Makefile PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support 2013-01-17 19:11:14 -08:00