A CXL memory device (AKA Type 3) is a CXL component that contains some
combination of volatile and persistent memory. It also implements the
previously defined mailbox interface as well as the memory device
firmware interface.
Although the memory device is configured like a normal PCIe device, the
memory traffic is on an entirely separate bus conceptually (using the
same physical wires as PCIe, but different protocol).
Once the CXL topology is fully configure and address decoders committed,
the guest physical address for the memory device is part of a larger
window which is owned by the platform. The creation of these windows
is later in this series.
The following example will create a 256M device in a 512M window:
-object "memory-backend-file,id=cxl-mem1,share,mem-path=cxl-type3,size=512M"
-device "cxl-type3,bus=rp0,memdev=cxl-mem1,id=cxl-pmem0"
Note: Dropped PCDIMM info interfaces for now. They can be added if
appropriate at a later date.
Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Message-Id: <20220429144110.25167-18-Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
A CXL 2.0 component is any entity in the CXL topology. All components
have a analogous function in PCIe. Except for the CXL host bridge, all
have a PCIe config space that is accessible via the common PCIe
mechanisms. CXL components are enumerated via DVSEC fields in the
extended PCIe header space. CXL components will minimally implement some
subset of CXL.mem and CXL.cache registers defined in 8.2.5 of the CXL
2.0 specification. Two headers and a utility library are introduced to
support the minimum functionality needed to enumerate components.
The cxl_pci header manages bits associated with PCI, specifically the
DVSEC and related fields. The cxl_component.h variant has data
structures and APIs that are useful for drivers implementing any of the
CXL 2.0 components. The library takes care of making use of the DVSEC
bits and the CXL.[mem|cache] registers. Per spec, the registers are
little endian.
None of the mechanisms required to enumerate a CXL capable hostbridge
are introduced at this point.
Note that the CXL.mem and CXL.cache registers used are always 4B wide.
It's possible in the future that this constraint will not hold.
Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Adam Manzanares <a.manzanares@samsung.com>
Message-Id: <20220429144110.25167-3-Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
