nbft_desc_type(2)

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NAME

enum nbft_desc_type - NBFT Elements - Descriptor Types (Figure 5)

SYNOPSIS

enum nbft_desc_type {
NBFT_DESC_HEADER ,
NBFT_DESC_CONTROL ,
NBFT_DESC_HOST ,
NBFT_DESC_HFI ,
NBFT_DESC_SSNS ,
NBFT_DESC_SECURITY ,
NBFT_DESC_DISCOVERY ,
NBFT_DESC_HFI_TRINFO ,
NBFT_DESC_RESERVED_8 ,
NBFT_DESC_SSNS_EXT_INFO

};

Constants

NBFT_DESC_HEADER
Header: an ACPI structure header with some additional NBFT specific info.
NBFT_DESC_CONTROL
Control Descriptor: indicates the location of host, HFI, SSNS, security, and discovery descriptors.
NBFT_DESC_HOST
Host Descriptor: host information.
NBFT_DESC_HFI
HFI Descriptor: an indexable table of HFI Descriptors, one for each fabric interface on the host.
NBFT_DESC_SSNS
Subsystem Namespace Descriptor: an indexable table of SSNS Descriptors.
NBFT_DESC_SECURITY
Security Descriptor: an indexable table of Security descriptors.
NBFT_DESC_DISCOVERY
Discovery Descriptor: an indexable table of Discovery Descriptors.
NBFT_DESC_HFI_TRINFO
HFI Transport Descriptor: indicated by an HFI Descriptor, corresponds to a specific transport for a single HFI.
NBFT_DESC_RESERVED_8
Reserved.
NBFT_DESC_SSNS_EXT_INFO
SSNS Extended Info Descriptor: indicated by an SSNS Descriptor if required.
enum nbft_desc_type July 2026