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borrow
borrowed

In SmartIO, device are borrowed to gain temporary access to the device.

borrower
borrow
lender
lending side
borrow side

See section SmartIO Core Concepts

device lending

Device lending is a feature of SmartIO that enables remote devices to be assigned to a system as a local PCIe device.

fabric device id
fdid

id specifying a single SmartIO device in a fabric.

SmartIO
sio
dis_sio

Dolphin SmartIO refers to the SmartIO component of eXpressWare

target device
target devices
target device driver
target driver

In SmartIO, the target device refers to the device that is borrowed. For device lending target device driver refers to the device driver that binds to a borrowed, remote device.

virtual device
vdev

When a device is borrowed, a virtual device may appear on the borrowing system as a representation of the target device.