NFU Specification

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Simple overview:

  • NFU server -- "adjacent" to IBP depot.
  • NFU Op -- lightweight program, written in C, or Java, depending on server.
  • NFU client -- launches nfuOps and exchanges data with it.
    • Two types of data exchange:
    • 1. variable exchange
      • IBP_VAL_[IN,OUT,INOUT]
      • variable/values exchanged directly between nfu client and nfu Op
    • 2. IBP Cap handling
      • IBP_REF_[RD,WR,RDWR]
      • client sends an IBP Cap to server, NFU server returns pointer to mmap of the allocation