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General description

CHARON-AXP supports emulation of DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter via CHARON PCI Pass Through mode (using a specific CHARON PCI Pass Through driver).

CHARON PCI Pass Through mode enables connection between the virtual DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter and the physical DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter plugged into a hosting server PCI bus.

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Loading DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter

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Note

In AlphaStation 400 configuration use the following syntax for DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter loading:

load defpa FDDI irq_bus = isa



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Configuration parameters

The DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter emulation has only one configuration parameter:

host_bus_location

Parameterhost_bus_location
TypeText String
Value

Establish connection between virtual DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter and physical DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter installed on CHARON host (pass through mode)

Syntax:

load defpa <controller name> host_bus_location="PCI bus X, device Y, function Z"

where:

ParameterDescription
"PCI bus X"PCI bus number of the host DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter
"device Y"PCI bus device number of the host DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter
"function Z"The "function" parameter of the the host DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter

Example:

load defpa FDDI host_bus_location="PCI bus 3, device 1, function 0"

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Installation of  DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter

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Upon completion, a new device will appear in the device manager with the CHARON logo on it.

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Mapping to host DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter

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(warning) Non-US-EN installations of Windows may present “Location:” string in local language, but "host_bus_location" parameter requires English notation, so the words “PCI”, “bus”, “device”, and “function” must be specified in English.

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