| What: /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/ |
| Date: September 2020 |
| Contact: Justin Ernst <justin.ernst@hpe.com> |
| Description: |
| The /sys/firmware/sgi_uv directory contains information |
| about the UV platform. |
| |
| Under that directory are a number of read-only attributes:: |
| |
| archtype |
| hub_type |
| hubless |
| partition_id |
| coherence_id |
| uv_type |
| |
| The archtype entry contains the UV architecture type that |
| is used to select arch-dependent addresses and features. |
| It can be set via the OEM_ID in the ACPI MADT table or by |
| UVsystab entry both passed from UV BIOS. |
| |
| The hub_type entry is used to select the type of hub which is |
| similar to uv_type but encoded in a binary format. Include |
| the file uv_hub.h to get the definitions. |
| |
| The hubless entry basically is present and set only if there |
| is no hub. In this case the hub_type entry is not present. |
| |
| The partition_id entry contains the partition id. |
| UV systems can be partitioned into multiple physical |
| machines, which each partition running a unique copy |
| of the operating system. Each partition will have a unique |
| partition id. |
| |
| The coherence_id entry contains the coherence id. |
| A partitioned UV system can have one or more coherence |
| domains. The coherence id indicates which coherence domain |
| this partition is in. |
| |
| The uv_type entry contains the hub revision number. |
| This value can be used to identify the UV system version:: |
| |
| "0.*" = Hubless UV ('*' is subtype) |
| "3.0" = UV2 |
| "5.0" = UV3 |
| "7.0" = UV4 |
| "7.1" = UV4a |
| "9.0" = UV5 |
| |
| The /sys/firmware/sgi_uv directory also contains two directories:: |
| |
| hubs/ |
| pcibuses/ |
| |
| The hubs directory contains a number of hub objects, each representing |
| a UV Hub visible to the BIOS. Each hub object's name is appended by a |
| unique ordinal value (ex. /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/hubs/hub_5) |
| |
| Each hub object directory contains a number of read-only attributes:: |
| |
| cnode |
| location |
| name |
| nasid |
| shared |
| this_partition |
| |
| The cnode entry contains the cnode number of the corresponding hub. |
| If a cnode value is not applicable, the value returned will be -1. |
| |
| The location entry contains the location string of the corresponding hub. |
| This value is used to physically identify a hub within a system. |
| |
| The name entry contains the name of the corresponding hub. This name can |
| be two variants:: |
| |
| "UVHub x.x" = A 'node' ASIC, connecting a CPU to the interconnect |
| fabric. The 'x.x' value represents the ASIC revision. |
| (ex. 'UVHub 5.0') |
| |
| "NLxRouter" = A 'router ASIC, only connecting other ASICs to |
| the interconnect fabric. The 'x' value representing |
| the fabric technology version. (ex. 'NL8Router') |
| |
| The nasid entry contains the nasid number of the corresponding hub. |
| If a nasid value is not applicable, the value returned will be -1. |
| |
| The shared entry contains a boolean value describing whether the |
| corresponding hub is shared between system partitions. |
| |
| The this_partition entry contains a boolean value describing whether |
| the corresponding hub is local to the current partition. |
| |
| Each hub object directory also contains a number of port objects, |
| each representing a fabric port on the corresponding hub. |
| A port object's name is appended by a unique ordinal value |
| (ex. /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/hubs/hub_5/port_3) |
| |
| Each port object directory contains a number of read-only attributes:: |
| |
| conn_hub |
| conn_port |
| |
| The conn_hub entry contains a value representing the unique |
| ordinal value of the hub on the other end of the fabric |
| cable plugged into the port. If the port is disconnected, |
| the value returned will be -1. |
| |
| The conn_port entry contains a value representing the unique |
| ordinal value of the port on the other end of the fabric cable |
| plugged into the port. If the port is disconnected, the value |
| returned will be -1. |
| |
| Ex: |
| A value of '3' is read from: |
| /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/hubs/hub_5/port_3/conn_hub |
| |
| and a value of '6' is read from: |
| /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/hubs/hub_5/port_3/conn_port |
| |
| representing that this port is connected to: |
| /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/hubs/hub_3/port_6 |
| |
| The pcibuses directory contains a number of PCI bus objects. |
| Each PCI bus object's name is appended by its PCI bus address. |
| (ex. pcibus_0003:80) |
| |
| Each pcibus object has a number of possible read-only attributes:: |
| |
| type |
| location |
| slot |
| ppb_addr |
| iio_stack |
| |
| The type entry contains a value describing the type of IO at |
| the corresponding PCI bus address. Known possible values |
| across all UV versions are:: |
| |
| BASE IO |
| PCIe IO |
| PCIe SLOT |
| NODE IO |
| Riser |
| PPB |
| |
| The location entry contains the location string of the UV Hub |
| of the CPU physically connected to the corresponding PCI bus. |
| |
| The slot entry contains the physical slot number of the |
| corresponding PCI bus. This value is used to physically locate |
| PCI cards within a system. |
| |
| The ppb_addr entry contains the PCI address string of the |
| bridged PCI bus. This entry is only present when the PCI bus |
| object type is 'PPB'. |
| |
| The iio_stack entry contains a value describing the IIO stack |
| number that the corresponding PCI bus object is connected to. |
