82 lines
2.7 KiB
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82 lines
2.7 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: xpci.4,v 1.1 2011/01/11 00:45:05 jym Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Jean-Yves Migeon <jym@NetBSD.org>.
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.\"
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.Dd January 8, 2011
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.Dt XPCI 4 xen
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm xpci
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.Nd Xen frontend paravirtualized PCI pass-through driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "xpci* at xenbus?"
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.Cd "pci* at xpci?"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver is the frontend part of the PCI pass-through functionality
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that can be used by
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.Tn Xen
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guest domains to communicate with PCI devices.
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.Pp
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From a guest point of view,
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.Nm
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is similar to a
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.Xr pci 4
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bus, except that the guest talks with the PCI backend driver
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instead of the real physical device directly.
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.Pp
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When the host domain is
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.Nx ,
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the
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.Nm
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driver is backed by a
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.Xr pciback 4
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driver within the dom0.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pci 4 ,
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.Xr pciback 4 ,
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.Xr xenbus 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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driver first appeared in
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.Nx 5.1 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Manuel Bouyer Aq bouyer@NetBSD.org .
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.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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As PCI passthrough offers the possibility for guest domains
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to send arbitrary PCI commands to a physical device, this has
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direct impact on the overall stability and security of the system.
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For example, in case of erroneous or malicious commands, the device
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could overwrite physical memory portions, via DMA.
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