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diff --git a/Documentation/ntb.txt b/Documentation/ntb.txt index e5d1591478ca..b48249a7b607 100644 --- a/Documentation/ntb.txt +++ b/Documentation/ntb.txt @@ -64,6 +64,38 @@ Module Parameters: * dyndbg - It is suggested to specify dyndbg=+p when loading this module, and then to observe debugging output on the console. +### NTB Tool Test Client (ntb\_tool) + +The Tool test client serves for debugging, primarily, ntb hardware and drivers. +The Tool provides access through debugfs for reading, setting, and clearing the +NTB doorbell, and reading and writing scratchpads. + +The Tool does not currently have any module parameters. + +Debugfs Files: + +* *debugfs*/ntb\_tool/*hw*/ - A directory in debugfs will be created for each + NTB device probed by the tool. This directory is shortened to *hw* + below. +* *hw*/db - This file is used to read, set, and clear the local doorbell. Not + all operations may be supported by all hardware. To read the doorbell, + read the file. To set the doorbell, write `s` followed by the bits to + set (eg: `echo 's 0x0101' > db`). To clear the doorbell, write `c` + followed by the bits to clear. +* *hw*/mask - This file is used to read, set, and clear the local doorbell mask. + See *db* for details. +* *hw*/peer\_db - This file is used to read, set, and clear the peer doorbell. + See *db* for details. +* *hw*/peer\_mask - This file is used to read, set, and clear the peer doorbell + mask. See *db* for details. +* *hw*/spad - This file is used to read and write local scratchpads. To read + the values of all scratchpads, read the file. To write values, write a + series of pairs of scratchpad number and value + (eg: `echo '4 0x123 7 0xabc' > spad` + # to set scratchpads `4` and `7` to `0x123` and `0xabc`, respectively). +* *hw*/peer\_spad - This file is used to read and write peer scratchpads. See + *spad* for details. + ## NTB Hardware Drivers NTB hardware drivers should register devices with the NTB core driver. After |