1.7. Installing the Linux Kernel Driver
Before you can test the design example in hardware, you must install the Linux kernel driver. You can use this driver to perform the following tests:
- A PCIe* link test that performs 100 writes and reads
- Memory space DWORD1 reads and writes
- Configuration Space DWORD reads and writes
In addition, you can use the driver to change the value of the following parameters:
- The BAR being used
- The selects device by specifying the bus, device and function (BDF) numbers for the required device
The driver also allows you to enable SR-IOV for H-Tile devices.
Complete the following steps to install the kernel driver:
1 Throughout this user guide, the terms word, DWORD and QWORD have the same meaning that they have in the PCI Express Base Specification. A word is 16 bits, a DWORD is 32 bits, and a QWORD is 64 bits.