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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f30333ce8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +FPGA Region +=========== + +Overview +-------- + +This document is meant to be a 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 is for partial + reconfiguration. + +How to program an 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 an FPGA +---------------------- + +.. 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 |