From 66c472cdb62d7b00de55722a772f7dfecf88abd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Tull Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 18:50:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst | 10 +++++ Documentation/driver-api/fpga/intro.rst | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/driver-api/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/fpga/overview.txt | 23 ----------- 4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/fpga/intro.rst delete mode 100644 Documentation/fpga/overview.txt diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..71e568aea6cd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +============== +FPGA Subsystem +============== + +:Author: Alan Tull + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + intro 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. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst index 6d8352c0f354..ed40ec090299 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ available subsections can be seen below. dmaengine/index slimbus soundwire/index + fpga/index .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/fpga/overview.txt b/Documentation/fpga/overview.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0f1236e7e675..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/fpga/overview.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ -Linux kernel FPGA support - -Alan Tull 2017 - -The main point of this project has been to separate the out the upper layers -that know when to reprogram a FPGA from the lower layers that know how to -reprogram a specific FPGA device. The intention is to make this manufacturer -agnostic, understanding that of course the FPGA images are very device specific -themselves. - -The framework in the kernel includes: -* low level FPGA manager drivers that know how to program a specific device -* the fpga-mgr framework they are registered with -* low level FPGA bridge drivers for hard/soft bridges which are intended to - be disable during FPGA programming -* the fpga-bridge framework they are registered with -* the fpga-region framework which associates and controls managers and bridges - as reconfigurable regions -* the of-fpga-region support for reprogramming FPGAs when device tree overlays - are applied. - -I would encourage you the user to add code that creates FPGA regions rather -that trying to control managers and bridges separately.