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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.