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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2c2aaca894bf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +FPGA Bridge +=========== + +API to implement a new FPGA bridge +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h + :functions: fpga_bridge + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h + :functions: fpga_bridge_ops + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_create + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_free + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_register + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_unregister + +API to control an FPGA bridge +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +You probably won't need these directly. FPGA regions should handle this. + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: of_fpga_bridge_get + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_get + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_put + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_get_to_list + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: of_fpga_bridge_get_to_list + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_enable + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c + :functions: fpga_bridge_disable diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bcf2dd24e179 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst @@ -0,0 +1,220 @@ +FPGA Manager +============ + +Overview +-------- + +The FPGA manager core exports a set of functions for programming an FPGA with +an image. The API is manufacturer agnostic. All manufacturer specifics are +hidden away in a low level driver which registers a set of ops with the core. +The FPGA image data itself is very manufacturer specific, but for our purposes +it's just binary data. The FPGA manager core won't parse it. + +The FPGA image to be programmed can be in a scatter gather list, a single +contiguous buffer, or a firmware file. Because allocating contiguous kernel +memory for the buffer should be avoided, users are encouraged to use a scatter +gather list instead if possible. + +The particulars for programming the image are presented in a structure (struct +fpga_image_info). This struct contains parameters such as pointers to the +FPGA image as well as image-specific particulars such as whether the image was +built for full or partial reconfiguration. + +How to support a new FPGA device +-------------------------------- + +To add another FPGA manager, write a driver that implements a set of ops. The +probe function calls fpga_mgr_register(), such as:: + + static const struct fpga_manager_ops socfpga_fpga_ops = { + .write_init = socfpga_fpga_ops_configure_init, + .write = socfpga_fpga_ops_configure_write, + .write_complete = socfpga_fpga_ops_configure_complete, + .state = socfpga_fpga_ops_state, + }; + + static int socfpga_fpga_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) + { + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev; + struct socfpga_fpga_priv *priv; + struct fpga_manager *mgr; + int ret; + + priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!priv) + return -ENOMEM; + + /* + * do ioremaps, get interrupts, etc. and save + * them in priv + */ + + mgr = fpga_mgr_create(dev, "Altera SOCFPGA FPGA Manager", + &socfpga_fpga_ops, priv); + if (!mgr) + return -ENOMEM; + + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, mgr); + + ret = fpga_mgr_register(mgr); + if (ret) + fpga_mgr_free(mgr); + + return ret; + } + + static int socfpga_fpga_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) + { + struct fpga_manager *mgr = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); + + fpga_mgr_unregister(mgr); + + return 0; + } + + +The ops will implement whatever device specific register writes are needed to +do the programming sequence for this particular FPGA. These ops return 0 for +success or negative error codes otherwise. + +The programming sequence is:: + 1. .write_init + 2. .write or .write_sg (may be called once or multiple times) + 3. .write_complete + +The .write_init function will prepare the FPGA to receive the image data. The +buffer passed into .write_init will be atmost .initial_header_size bytes long, +if the whole bitstream is not immediately available then the core code will +buffer up at least this much before starting. + +The .write function writes a buffer to the FPGA. The buffer may be contain the +whole FPGA image or may be a smaller chunk of an FPGA image. In the latter +case, this function is called multiple times for successive chunks. This interface +is suitable for drivers which use PIO. + +The .write_sg version behaves the same as .write except the input is a sg_table +scatter list. This interface is suitable for drivers which use DMA. + +The .write_complete function is called after all the image has been written +to put the FPGA into operating mode. + +The ops include a .state function which will read the hardware FPGA manager and +return a code of type enum fpga_mgr_states. It doesn't result in a change in +hardware state. + +How to write an image buffer to a supported FPGA +------------------------------------------------ + +Some sample code:: + + #include <linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h> + + struct fpga_manager *mgr; + struct fpga_image_info *info; + int ret; + + /* + * Get a reference to FPGA manager. The manager is not locked, so you can + * hold onto this reference without it preventing programming. + * + * This example uses the device node of the manager. Alternatively, use + * fpga_mgr_get(dev) instead if you have the device. + */ + mgr = of_fpga_mgr_get(mgr_node); + + /* struct with information about the FPGA image to program. */ + info = fpga_image_info_alloc(dev); + + /* flags indicates whether to do full or partial reconfiguration */ + info->flags = FPGA_MGR_PARTIAL_RECONFIG; + + /* + * At this point, indicate where the image is. This is pseudo-code; you're + * going to use one of these three. + */ + if (image is in a scatter gather table) { + + info->sgt = [your scatter gather table] + + } else if (image is in a buffer) { + + info->buf = [your image buffer] + info->count = [image buffer size] + + } else if (image is in a firmware file) { + + info->firmware_name = devm_kstrdup(dev, firmware_name, GFP_KERNEL); + + } + + /* Get exclusive control of FPGA manager */ + ret = fpga_mgr_lock(mgr); + + /* Load the buffer to the FPGA */ + ret = fpga_mgr_buf_load(mgr, &info, buf, count); + + /* Release the FPGA manager */ + fpga_mgr_unlock(mgr); + fpga_mgr_put(mgr); + + /* Deallocate the image info if you're done with it */ + fpga_image_info_free(info); + +API for implementing a new FPGA Manager driver +---------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h + :functions: fpga_manager + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h + :functions: fpga_manager_ops + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_create + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_free + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_register + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_unregister + +API for programming a FPGA +-------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h + :functions: fpga_image_info + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h + :functions: fpga_mgr_states + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_image_info_alloc + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_image_info_free + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: of_fpga_mgr_get + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_get + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_put + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_lock + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_unlock + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h + :functions: fpga_mgr_states + +Note - use :c:func:`fpga_region_program_fpga()` instead of :c:func:`fpga_mgr_load()` + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c + :functions: fpga_mgr_load diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f89e4a311722 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +FPGA Region +=========== + +Overview +-------- + +This document is meant to be an brief overview of the FPGA region API usage. A +more conceptual look at regions can be found in the Device Tree binding +document [#f1]_. + +For the purposes of this API document, let's just say that a region associates +an FPGA Manager and a bridge (or bridges) with a reprogrammable region of an +FPGA or the whole FPGA. The API provides a way to register a region and to +program a region. + +Currently the only layer above fpga-region.c in the kernel is the Device Tree +support (of-fpga-region.c) described in [#f1]_. The DT support layer uses regions +to program the FPGA and then DT to handle enumeration. The common region code +is intended to be used by other schemes that have other ways of accomplishing +enumeration after programming. + +An fpga-region can be set up to know the following things: + + * which FPGA manager to use to do the programming + + * which bridges to disable before programming and enable afterwards. + +Additional info needed to program the FPGA image is passed in the struct +fpga_image_info including: + + * pointers to the image as either a scatter-gather buffer, a contiguous + buffer, or the name of firmware file + + * flags indicating specifics such as whether the image if for partial + reconfiguration. + +How to program a FPGA using a region +------------------------------------ + +First, allocate the info struct:: + + info = fpga_image_info_alloc(dev); + if (!info) + return -ENOMEM; + +Set flags as needed, i.e.:: + + info->flags |= FPGA_MGR_PARTIAL_RECONFIG; + +Point to your FPGA image, such as:: + + info->sgt = &sgt; + +Add info to region and do the programming:: + + region->info = info; + ret = fpga_region_program_fpga(region); + +:c:func:`fpga_region_program_fpga()` operates on info passed in the +fpga_image_info (region->info). This function will attempt to: + + * lock the region's mutex + * lock the region's FPGA manager + * build a list of FPGA bridges if a method has been specified to do so + * disable the bridges + * program the FPGA + * re-enable the bridges + * release the locks + +Then you will want to enumerate whatever hardware has appeared in the FPGA. + +How to add a new FPGA region +---------------------------- + +An example of usage can be seen in the probe function of [#f2]_. + +.. [#f1] ../devicetree/bindings/fpga/fpga-region.txt +.. [#f2] ../../drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c + +API to program a FGPA +--------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c + :functions: fpga_region_program_fpga + +API to add a new FPGA region +---------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-region.h + :functions: fpga_region + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c + :functions: fpga_region_create + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c + :functions: fpga_region_free + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c + :functions: fpga_region_register + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c + :functions: fpga_region_unregister diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c51e5ebd544a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +============== +FPGA Subsystem +============== + +:Author: Alan Tull + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + intro + fpga-mgr + fpga-bridge + fpga-region diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/intro.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..51cd81dbb4dc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Introduction +============ + +The FPGA subsystem supports reprogramming FPGAs dynamically under +Linux. Some of the core intentions of the FPGA subsystems are: + +* The FPGA subsystem is vendor agnostic. + +* The FPGA subsystem separates upper layers (userspace interfaces and + enumeration) from lower layers that know how to program a specific + FPGA. + +* Code should not be shared between upper and lower layers. This + should go without saying. If that seems necessary, there's probably + framework functionality that that can be added that will benefit + other users. Write the linux-fpga mailing list and maintainers and + seek out a solution that expands the framework for broad reuse. + +* Generally, when adding code, think of the future. Plan for re-use. + +The framework in the kernel is divided into: + +FPGA Manager +------------ + +If you are adding a new FPGA or a new method of programming a FPGA, +this is the subsystem for you. Low level FPGA manager drivers contain +the knowledge of how to program a specific device. This subsystem +includes the framework in fpga-mgr.c and the low level drivers that +are registered with it. + +FPGA Bridge +----------- + +FPGA Bridges prevent spurious signals from going out of a FPGA or a +region of a FPGA during programming. They are disabled before +programming begins and re-enabled afterwards. An FPGA bridge may be +actual hard hardware that gates a bus to a cpu or a soft ("freeze") +bridge in FPGA fabric that surrounds a partial reconfiguration region +of an FPGA. This subsystem includes fpga-bridge.c and the low level +drivers that are registered with it. + +FPGA Region +----------- + +If you are adding a new interface to the FPGA framework, add it on top +of a FPGA region to allow the most reuse of your interface. + +The FPGA Region framework (fpga-region.c) associates managers and +bridges as reconfigurable regions. A region may refer to the whole +FPGA in full reconfiguration or to a partial reconfiguration region. + +The Device Tree FPGA Region support (of-fpga-region.c) handles +reprogramming FPGAs when device tree overlays are applied. |