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IOVCTL(8)		FreeBSD	System Manager's Manual		     IOVCTL(8)

NAME
     iovctl -- PCI SR-IOV configuration	utility

SYNOPSIS
     iovctl -C [-f config-file]	[-n]
     iovctl -D [-f config-file | -d device] [-n]
     iovctl -S [-f config-file | -d device]

DESCRIPTION
     The iovctl	utility	creates	or destroys PCI	Single-Root I/O	Virtualization
     (SR-IOV) Virtual Functions	(VFs).	When invoked with the -C flag, iovctl
     creates VFs as children of	the Physical Function (PF) configured in the
     specified configuration file.  When invoked with the -D flag, iovctl
     destroys all VFs that are children	of the specified device.  Available PF
     devices can be seen in /dev/iov/.

     The following options are available:

     -C	     Enable SR-IOV on the specified PF device and create VF children.
	     This operation will fail if the PF	already	has VF children.  This
	     option must be used in conjunction	with the -f option.

     -d	device
	     Specify the PF device to use for the given	operation.  device may
	     either be the name	of a PF	device,	or a full path name to a node
	     in	/dev/iov/.  This option	may not	be used	with the -C option.

     -D	     Delete all	VF children of the specified PF	device.	 This opera-
	     tion will fail if SR-IOV is not currently enabled on the speci-
	     fied device.

     -f	config-file
	     Specify the pathname of the configuration file.  For the -C
	     option, this file will be used to specify all configuration val-
	     ues.  For the -D and -S options, this file	will only be used to
	     specify the name of the PF	device.

	     See iovctl.conf for a description of the config file format and
	     documentation of the configuration	parameters that	apply to all
	     PF	drivers.  See the PF driver manual page	for configuration
	     parameters	specific to particular hardware.

     -n	     Perform a dry-run.	 Perform all validation	of the specified
	     action and	print what would be done, but do not perform the
	     actual creation or	destruction of VFs.  This option may not be
	     used with the -S flag.

     -S	     Read the configuration schema from	the specified device and print
	     its contents to stdout.  This action may be used to discover the
	     configuration parameters supported	on a given PF device.

SEE ALSO
     iovctl.conf(5), rc.conf(5)

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Ryan Stone	<rstone@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD	11.1			 July 8, 2015			  FreeBSD 11.1

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