Documentation: fpga: move fpga overview to driver-api
Start of moving Documentation/fpga/*.txt to driver-api, including: - Add new directory driver-api/fpga - Add new file driver-api/fpga/index.rst - Add driver-api/fpga to driver-api/index.rst - Move Documentation/fpga/overview.txt to driver-api/fpga/intro.rst - Formatting and rewrites so that intro.rst will build cleanly and form a good introduction to the rest of the docs to be added. Signed-off-by: Alan Tull <atull@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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FPGA Subsystem
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:Author: Alan Tull
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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intro
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Introduction
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============
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The FPGA subsystem supports reprogramming FPGAs dynamically under
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Linux. Some of the core intentions of the FPGA subsystems are:
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* The FPGA subsystem is vendor agnostic.
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* The FPGA subsystem separates upper layers (userspace interfaces and
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enumeration) from lower layers that know how to program a specific
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FPGA.
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* Code should not be shared between upper and lower layers. This
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should go without saying. If that seems necessary, there's probably
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framework functionality that that can be added that will benefit
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other users. Write the linux-fpga mailing list and maintainers and
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seek out a solution that expands the framework for broad reuse.
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* Generally, when adding code, think of the future. Plan for re-use.
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The framework in the kernel is divided into:
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FPGA Manager
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------------
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If you are adding a new FPGA or a new method of programming a FPGA,
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this is the subsystem for you. Low level FPGA manager drivers contain
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the knowledge of how to program a specific device. This subsystem
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includes the framework in fpga-mgr.c and the low level drivers that
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are registered with it.
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FPGA Bridge
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FPGA Bridges prevent spurious signals from going out of a FPGA or a
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region of a FPGA during programming. They are disabled before
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programming begins and re-enabled afterwards. An FPGA bridge may be
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actual hard hardware that gates a bus to a cpu or a soft ("freeze")
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bridge in FPGA fabric that surrounds a partial reconfiguration region
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of an FPGA. This subsystem includes fpga-bridge.c and the low level
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drivers that are registered with it.
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FPGA Region
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If you are adding a new interface to the FPGA framework, add it on top
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of a FPGA region to allow the most reuse of your interface.
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The FPGA Region framework (fpga-region.c) associates managers and
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bridges as reconfigurable regions. A region may refer to the whole
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FPGA in full reconfiguration or to a partial reconfiguration region.
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The Device Tree FPGA Region support (of-fpga-region.c) handles
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reprogramming FPGAs when device tree overlays are applied.
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dmaengine/index
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slimbus
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soundwire/index
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fpga/index
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.. only:: subproject and html
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Linux kernel FPGA support
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Alan Tull 2017
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The main point of this project has been to separate the out the upper layers
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that know when to reprogram a FPGA from the lower layers that know how to
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reprogram a specific FPGA device. The intention is to make this manufacturer
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agnostic, understanding that of course the FPGA images are very device specific
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themselves.
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The framework in the kernel includes:
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* low level FPGA manager drivers that know how to program a specific device
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* the fpga-mgr framework they are registered with
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* low level FPGA bridge drivers for hard/soft bridges which are intended to
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be disable during FPGA programming
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* the fpga-bridge framework they are registered with
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* the fpga-region framework which associates and controls managers and bridges
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as reconfigurable regions
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* the of-fpga-region support for reprogramming FPGAs when device tree overlays
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are applied.
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I would encourage you the user to add code that creates FPGA regions rather
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that trying to control managers and bridges separately.
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