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DDI_DMA_ATTR(9S)					      DDI_DMA_ATTR(9S)

NAME
       ddi_dma_attr - DMA attributes structure

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/ddidmareq.h>

INTERFACE LEVEL
       Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI)

DESCRIPTION
       A  ddi_dma_attr_t  structure  describes device- and DMA engine-specific
       attributes necessary to allocate DMA resources for a device. The driver
       might  have  to	extend	the  attributes with bus-specific information,
       depending on the bus to which the device is connected.

STRUCTURE MEMBERS
	 uint_t	     dma_attr_version;	    /* version number */
	 uint64_t    dma_attr_addr_lo;	    /* low DMA address range */
	 uint64_t    dma_attr_addr_hi;	    /* high DMA address range */
	 uint64_t    dma_attr_count_max;    /* DMA counter register */
	 uint64_t    dma_attr_align;	    /* DMA address alignment */
	 uint_t	     dma_attr_burstsizes;   /* DMA burstsizes */
	 uint32_t    dma_attr_minxfer;	    /* min effective DMA size */
	 uint64_t    dma_attr_maxxfer;	    /* max DMA xfer size */
	 uint64_t    dma_attr_seg;	    /* segment boundary */
	 int	     dma_attr_sgllen;	    /* s/g list length */
	 uint32_t    dma_attr_granular;	    /* granularity of device */
	 uint_t	     dma_attr_flags;	    /* DMA transfer flags */

       The dma_attr_version stores the version number of  this	DMA  attribute
       structure. It should be set to DMA_ATTR_V0.

       The  dma_attr_addr_lo  and  dma_attr_addr_hi fields specify the address
       range the device's DMA engine can access.  The  dma_attr_addr_lo	 field
       describes  the  inclusive  lower	 64-bit boundary. The dma_attr_addr_hi
       describes the inclusive upper 64-bit boundary. The system ensures  that
       allocated   DMA	 resources   are   within  the	range  specified.  See
       ddi_dma_cookie(9S).

       The dma_attr_count_max describes	 an  inclusive	upper  bound  for  the
       device's	 DMA  counter register. For example, 0xFFFFFF would describe a
       DMA engine with a 24-bit	 counter  register.  DMA  resource  allocation
       functions  have	to  break up a DMA object into multiple DMA cookies if
       the size of the object exceeds the size of the DMA counter register.

       The dma_attr_align specifies alignment requirements for	allocated  DMA
       resources.  This	 field can be used to force more restrictive alignment
       than imposed by dma_attr_burstsizes or dma_attr_minxfer, such as align‐
       ment  at	 a page boundary. Most drivers set this field to 1, indicating
       byte alignment.

       The dma_attr_align only specifies alignment requirements for  allocated
       DMA  resources.	The  buffer  passed to ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(9F) or
       ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle(9F) must have an equally restrictive  alignment
       (see ddi_dma_mem_alloc(9F)).

       The  dma_attr_burstsizes	 field	describes the possible burst sizes the
       DMA engine of a device can accept. The format  of  the  data  sizes  is
       binary, encoded in terms of powers of two. When DMA resources are allo‐
       cated, the system can modify the burstsizes value to reflect the system
       limits. The driver must use the allowable burstsizes to program the DMA
       engine. See ddi_dma_burstsizes(9F).

       The dma_attr_minxfer field describes the minimum effective  DMA	access
       size in units of bytes. DMA resources can be modified, depending on the
       presence and use of I/O caches and write buffers between the DMA engine
       and  the	 memory	 object. This field is used to determine alignment and
       padding requirements for ddi_dma_mem_alloc(9F).

       The dma_attr_maxxfer field describes the maximum effective  DMA	access
       size in units of bytes.

       The  dma_attr_seg  field	 specifies  segment  boundary restrictions for
       allocated DMA resources. The system allocates  DMA  resources  for  the
       device  so that the object does not span the segment boundary specified
       by dma_attr_seg. For example, a value of	 0xFFFF	 means	DMA  resources
       must  not  cross a 64-Kbyte boundary. DMA resource allocation functions
       might have to break up a	 DMA  object  into  multiple  DMA  cookies  to
       enforce	segment boundary restrictions. In this case, the transfer must
       be performed using scatter-gather I/O or multiple DMA windows.

       The dma_attr_sgllen  field  describes  the  length  of  the  DMA	 scat‐
       ter/gather list of a device. Possible values are as follows:

       < 0
	      Device  DMA  engine is not constrained by the size, for example,
	      withDMA chaining.

       = 0
	      Reserved.

       = 1
	      Device DMA engine does not support scatter/gather such as	 third
	      party DMA.

       > 1
	      Device DMA engine uses scatter/gather. The dma_attr_sgllen value
	      is the maximum number of entries in the list.

       The dma_attr_granular field describes the  granularity  of  the	device
       transfer	 size  in  units  of  bytes.  When  the	 system	 allocates DMA
       resources, the size of a single segment is a  multiple  of  the	device
       granularity.  If	 dma_attr_sgllen is larger than 1 within a window, the
       sum of the sizes for a subgroup of segments is a multiple of the device
       granularity.

       All  driver requests for DMA resources must be a multiple of the granu‐
       larity of the device transfer size.

       The dma_attr_flags field can be set to a combination of:

       DDI_DMA_FORCE_PHYSICAL

	   Some platforms, such as  SPARC  systems,  support  what  is	called
	   Direct Virtual Memory Access (DVMA). On these platforms, the device
	   is provided with a virtual address by the system in order  to  per‐
	   form	 the  transfer. In this case, the underlying platform provides
	   an IOMMU, which translates accesses to these virtual addresses into
	   the proper physical addresses. Some of these platforms also support
	   DMA. DDI_DMA_FORCE_PHYSICAL indicates that the system should return
	   physical  rather  than virtual I/O addresses if the system supports
	   both. If the system does not support physical DMA, the return value
	   from	 ddi_dma_alloc_handle(9F)  is  DDI_DMA_BADATTR.	 In this case,
	   the driver has to clear DDI_DMA_FORCE_PHYSICAL and retry the opera‐
	   tion.

       DDI_DMA_FLAGERR

	   Using  this	value  indicates  that the driver is hardened: able to
	   cope with the incorrect results of DMA operations that might result
	   from	 an  I/O  fault. The value also indicates that the driver will
	   use ddi_fm_dma_err_get(9F) to check DMA handles  for	 faults	 on  a
	   regular basis.

	   If a DMA error is detected during a DMA access to an area mapped by
	   such a handle, the system should not panic if possible, but	should
	   instead mark the DMA handle as having faulted.

	   This	 value	is  advisory:  it tells the system that the driver can
	   continue in the face of I/O faults. It does not guarantee that  the
	   system  will	 not panic, as that depends on the nature of the fault
	   and the capabilities of the system.	It is quite legitimate for  an
	   implementation to ignore this flag and panic anyway.

       DDI_DMA_RELAXED_ORDERING

	   This	 optional  flag	 can be set if the DMA transactions associated
	   with this handle are not  required  to  observe  strong  DMA	 write
	   ordering among themselves, nor with DMA write transactions of other
	   handles.

	   The flag allows the host bridge to transfer data to and from memory
	   more efficiently and might result in better DMA performance on some
	   platforms.

	   Drivers for devices with hardware support, such as marking the  bus
	   transactions	 relaxed ordered, should not use this flag. Such driv‐
	   ers should use the hardware capability instead.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Initializing the ddi_dma_attr_t Structure

       Assume a device has the following DMA characteristics:

	   o	  Full 32-bit range addressable

	   o	  24-bit DMA counter register

	   o	  Byte alignment

	   o	  4- and 8-byte burst sizes support

	   o	  Minimum effective transfer size of 1 bytes

	   o	  64 Mbyte minus 1 (26-bit) maximum transfer size limit

	   o	  Maximum segment size of 32 Kbyte

	   o	  17 scatter/gather list elements

	   o	  512-byte device transfer size granularity

       The corresponding ddi_dma_attr_t structure is initialized as follows:

	 static ddi_dma_attr_t dma_attrs = {
		  DMA_ATTR_V0		   /* version number */
		  (uint64_t)0x0,	   /* low address */
		  (uint64_t)0xffffffff,	   /* high address */
		  (uint64_t)0xffffff,	   /* DMA counter max */
		  (uint64_t)0x1		   /* alignment */
		  0x0c,			   /* burst sizes */
		  0x1,			   /* minimum transfer size */
		  (uint64_t)0x3ffffff,	   /* maximum transfer size */
		  (uint64_t)0x7fff,	   /* maximum segment size */
		  17,			   /* scatter/gather list lgth */
		  512			   /* granularity */
		  0			   /* DMA flags */
	 };

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
       │  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
       ├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability │ Committed	      │
       └────────────────────┴─────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       attributes(5), ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(9F),  ddi_dma_alloc_handle(9F),
       ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle(9F),		       ddi_dma_burstsizes(9F),
       ddi_dma_mem_alloc(9F), ddi_dma_nextcookie(9F),  ddi_fm_dma_err_get(9F),
       ddi_dma_cookie(9S)

       Writing Device Drivers

				 Feb 12, 2009		      DDI_DMA_ATTR(9S)
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