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diff --git a/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst b/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..80255e2dc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst @@ -0,0 +1,687 @@ +================================================= +FPGA Device Feature List (DFL) Framework Overview +================================================= + +Authors: + +- Enno Luebbers <enno.luebbers@intel.com> +- Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> +- Wu Hao <hao.wu@intel.com> +- Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@intel.com> + +The Device Feature List (DFL) FPGA framework (and drivers according to +this framework) hides the very details of low layer hardware and provides +unified interfaces to userspace. Applications could use these interfaces to +configure, enumerate, open and access FPGA accelerators on platforms which +implement the DFL in the device memory. Besides this, the DFL framework +enables system level management functions such as FPGA reconfiguration. + + +Device Feature List (DFL) Overview +================================== +Device Feature List (DFL) defines a linked list of feature headers within the +device MMIO space to provide an extensible way of adding features. Software can +walk through these predefined data structures to enumerate FPGA features: +FPGA Interface Unit (FIU), Accelerated Function Unit (AFU) and Private Features, +as illustrated below:: + + Header Header Header Header + +----------+ +-->+----------+ +-->+----------+ +-->+----------+ + | Type | | | Type | | | Type | | | Type | + | FIU | | | Private | | | Private | | | Private | + +----------+ | | Feature | | | Feature | | | Feature | + | Next_DFH |--+ +----------+ | +----------+ | +----------+ + +----------+ | Next_DFH |--+ | Next_DFH |--+ | Next_DFH |--> NULL + | ID | +----------+ +----------+ +----------+ + +----------+ | ID | | ID | | ID | + | Next_AFU |--+ +----------+ +----------+ +----------+ + +----------+ | | Feature | | Feature | | Feature | + | Header | | | Register | | Register | | Register | + | Register | | | Set | | Set | | Set | + | Set | | +----------+ +----------+ +----------+ + +----------+ | Header + +-->+----------+ + | Type | + | AFU | + +----------+ + | Next_DFH |--> NULL + +----------+ + | GUID | + +----------+ + | Header | + | Register | + | Set | + +----------+ + +FPGA Interface Unit (FIU) represents a standalone functional unit for the +interface to FPGA, e.g. the FPGA Management Engine (FME) and Port (more +descriptions on FME and Port in later sections). + +Accelerated Function Unit (AFU) represents an FPGA programmable region and +always connects to a FIU (e.g. a Port) as its child as illustrated above. + +Private Features represent sub features of the FIU and AFU. They could be +various function blocks with different IDs, but all private features which +belong to the same FIU or AFU, must be linked to one list via the Next Device +Feature Header (Next_DFH) pointer. + +Each FIU, AFU and Private Feature could implement its own functional registers. +The functional register set for FIU and AFU, is named as Header Register Set, +e.g. FME Header Register Set, and the one for Private Feature, is named as +Feature Register Set, e.g. FME Partial Reconfiguration Feature Register Set. + +This Device Feature List provides a way of linking features together, it's +convenient for software to locate each feature by walking through this list, +and can be implemented in register regions of any FPGA device. + + +Device Feature Header - Version 0 +================================= +Version 0 (DFHv0) is the original version of the Device Feature Header. +All multi-byte quantities in DFHv0 are little-endian. +The format of DFHv0 is shown below:: + + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 Type 60|59 DFH VER 52|51 Rsvd 41|40 EOL|39 Next 16|15 REV 12|11 ID 0| 0x00 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 GUID_L 0| 0x08 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 GUID_H 0| 0x10 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +- Offset 0x00 + + * Type - The type of DFH (e.g. FME, AFU, or private feature). + * DFH VER - The version of the DFH. + * Rsvd - Currently unused. + * EOL - Set if the DFH is the end of the Device Feature List (DFL). + * Next - The offset in bytes of the next DFH in the DFL from the DFH start, + and the start of a DFH must be aligned to an 8 byte boundary. + If EOL is set, Next is the size of MMIO of the last feature in the list. + * REV - The revision of the feature associated with this header. + * ID - The feature ID if Type is private feature. + +- Offset 0x08 + + * GUID_L - Least significant 64 bits of a 128-bit Globally Unique Identifier + (present only if Type is FME or AFU). + +- Offset 0x10 + + * GUID_H - Most significant 64 bits of a 128-bit Globally Unique Identifier + (present only if Type is FME or AFU). + + +Device Feature Header - Version 1 +================================= +Version 1 (DFHv1) of the Device Feature Header adds the following functionality: + +* Provides a standardized mechanism for features to describe + parameters/capabilities to software. +* Standardize the use of a GUID for all DFHv1 types. +* Decouples the DFH location from the register space of the feature itself. + +All multi-byte quantities in DFHv1 are little-endian. +The format of Version 1 of the Device Feature Header (DFH) is shown below:: + + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 Type 60|59 DFH VER 52|51 Rsvd 41|40 EOL|39 Next 16|15 REV 12|11 ID 0| 0x00 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 GUID_L 0| 0x08 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 GUID_H 0| 0x10 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 Reg Address/Offset 1| Rel 0| 0x18 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 Reg Size 32|Params 31|30 Group 16|15 Instance 0| 0x20 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 Next 35|34RSV33|EOP32|31 Param Version 16|15 Param ID 0| 0x28 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 Parameter Data 0| 0x30 + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + ... + + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 Next 35|34RSV33|EOP32|31 Param Version 16|15 Param ID 0| + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + |63 Parameter Data 0| + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +- Offset 0x00 + + * Type - The type of DFH (e.g. FME, AFU, or private feature). + * DFH VER - The version of the DFH. + * Rsvd - Currently unused. + * EOL - Set if the DFH is the end of the Device Feature List (DFL). + * Next - The offset in bytes of the next DFH in the DFL from the DFH start, + and the start of a DFH must be aligned to an 8 byte boundary. + If EOL is set, Next is the size of MMIO of the last feature in the list. + * REV - The revision of the feature associated with this header. + * ID - The feature ID if Type is private feature. + +- Offset 0x08 + + * GUID_L - Least significant 64 bits of a 128-bit Globally Unique Identifier. + +- Offset 0x10 + + * GUID_H - Most significant 64 bits of a 128-bit Globally Unique Identifier. + +- Offset 0x18 + + * Reg Address/Offset - If Rel bit is set, then the value is the high 63 bits + of a 16-bit aligned absolute address of the feature's registers. Otherwise + the value is the offset from the start of the DFH of the feature's registers. + +- Offset 0x20 + + * Reg Size - Size of feature's register set in bytes. + * Params - Set if DFH has a list of parameter blocks. + * Group - Id of group if feature is part of a group. + * Instance - Id of feature instance within a group. + +- Offset 0x28 if feature has parameters + + * Next - Offset to the next parameter block in 8 byte words. If EOP set, + size in 8 byte words of last parameter. + * Param Version - Version of Param ID. + * Param ID - ID of parameter. + +- Offset 0x30 + + * Parameter Data - Parameter data whose size and format is defined by + version and ID of the parameter. + + +FIU - FME (FPGA Management Engine) +================================== +The FPGA Management Engine performs reconfiguration and other infrastructure +functions. Each FPGA device only has one FME. + +User-space applications can acquire exclusive access to the FME using open(), +and release it using close(). + +The following functions are exposed through ioctls: + +- Get driver API version (DFL_FPGA_GET_API_VERSION) +- Check for extensions (DFL_FPGA_CHECK_EXTENSION) +- Program bitstream (DFL_FPGA_FME_PORT_PR) +- Assign port to PF (DFL_FPGA_FME_PORT_ASSIGN) +- Release port from PF (DFL_FPGA_FME_PORT_RELEASE) +- Get number of irqs of FME global error (DFL_FPGA_FME_ERR_GET_IRQ_NUM) +- Set interrupt trigger for FME error (DFL_FPGA_FME_ERR_SET_IRQ) + +More functions are exposed through sysfs +(/sys/class/fpga_region/regionX/dfl-fme.n/): + + Read bitstream ID (bitstream_id) + bitstream_id indicates version of the static FPGA region. + + Read bitstream metadata (bitstream_metadata) + bitstream_metadata includes detailed information of static FPGA region, + e.g. synthesis date and seed. + + Read number of ports (ports_num) + one FPGA device may have more than one port, this sysfs interface indicates + how many ports the FPGA device has. + + Global error reporting management (errors/) + error reporting sysfs interfaces allow user to read errors detected by the + hardware, and clear the logged errors. + + Power management (dfl_fme_power hwmon) + power management hwmon sysfs interfaces allow user to read power management + information (power consumption, thresholds, threshold status, limits, etc.) + and configure power thresholds for different throttling levels. + + Thermal management (dfl_fme_thermal hwmon) + thermal management hwmon sysfs interfaces allow user to read thermal + management information (current temperature, thresholds, threshold status, + etc.). + + Performance reporting + performance counters are exposed through perf PMU APIs. Standard perf tool + can be used to monitor all available perf events. Please see performance + counter section below for more detailed information. + + +FIU - PORT +========== +A port represents the interface between the static FPGA fabric and a partially +reconfigurable region containing an AFU. It controls the communication from SW +to the accelerator and exposes features such as reset and debug. Each FPGA +device may have more than one port, but always one AFU per port. + + +AFU +=== +An AFU is attached to a port FIU and exposes a fixed length MMIO region to be +used for accelerator-specific control registers. + +User-space applications can acquire exclusive access to an AFU attached to a +port by using open() on the port device node and release it using close(). + +The following functions are exposed through ioctls: + +- Get driver API version (DFL_FPGA_GET_API_VERSION) +- Check for extensions (DFL_FPGA_CHECK_EXTENSION) +- Get port info (DFL_FPGA_PORT_GET_INFO) +- Get MMIO region info (DFL_FPGA_PORT_GET_REGION_INFO) +- Map DMA buffer (DFL_FPGA_PORT_DMA_MAP) +- Unmap DMA buffer (DFL_FPGA_PORT_DMA_UNMAP) +- Reset AFU (DFL_FPGA_PORT_RESET) +- Get number of irqs of port error (DFL_FPGA_PORT_ERR_GET_IRQ_NUM) +- Set interrupt trigger for port error (DFL_FPGA_PORT_ERR_SET_IRQ) +- Get number of irqs of UINT (DFL_FPGA_PORT_UINT_GET_IRQ_NUM) +- Set interrupt trigger for UINT (DFL_FPGA_PORT_UINT_SET_IRQ) + +DFL_FPGA_PORT_RESET: + reset the FPGA Port and its AFU. Userspace can do Port + reset at any time, e.g. during DMA or Partial Reconfiguration. But it should + never cause any system level issue, only functional failure (e.g. DMA or PR + operation failure) and be recoverable from the failure. + +User-space applications can also mmap() accelerator MMIO regions. + +More functions are exposed through sysfs: +(/sys/class/fpga_region/<regionX>/<dfl-port.m>/): + + Read Accelerator GUID (afu_id) + afu_id indicates which PR bitstream is programmed to this AFU. + + Error reporting (errors/) + error reporting sysfs interfaces allow user to read port/afu errors + detected by the hardware, and clear the logged errors. + + +DFL Framework Overview +====================== + +:: + + +----------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ + | FME | | AFU | | AFU | | AFU | + | Module | | Module | | Module | | Module | + +----------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ + +-----------------------+ + | FPGA Container Device | Device Feature List + | (FPGA Base Region) | Framework + +-----------------------+ + ------------------------------------------------------------------ + +----------------------------+ + | FPGA DFL Device Module | + | (e.g. PCIE/Platform Device)| + +----------------------------+ + +------------------------+ + | FPGA Hardware Device | + +------------------------+ + +DFL framework in kernel provides common interfaces to create container device +(FPGA base region), discover feature devices and their private features from the +given Device Feature Lists and create platform devices for feature devices +(e.g. FME, Port and AFU) with related resources under the container device. It +also abstracts operations for the private features and exposes common ops to +feature device drivers. + +The FPGA DFL Device could be different hardware, e.g. PCIe device, platform +device and etc. Its driver module is always loaded first once the device is +created by the system. This driver plays an infrastructural role in the +driver architecture. It locates the DFLs in the device memory, handles them +and related resources to common interfaces from DFL framework for enumeration. +(Please refer to drivers/fpga/dfl.c for detailed enumeration APIs). + +The FPGA Management Engine (FME) driver is a platform driver which is loaded +automatically after FME platform device creation from the DFL device module. It +provides the key features for FPGA management, including: + + a) Expose static FPGA region information, e.g. version and metadata. + Users can read related information via sysfs interfaces exposed + by FME driver. + + b) Partial Reconfiguration. The FME driver creates FPGA manager, FPGA + bridges and FPGA regions during PR sub feature initialization. Once + it receives a DFL_FPGA_FME_PORT_PR ioctl from user, it invokes the + common interface function from FPGA Region to complete the partial + reconfiguration of the PR bitstream to the given port. + +Similar to the FME driver, the FPGA Accelerated Function Unit (AFU) driver is +probed once the AFU platform device is created. The main function of this module +is to provide an interface for userspace applications to access the individual +accelerators, including basic reset control on port, AFU MMIO region export, dma +buffer mapping service functions. + +After feature platform devices creation, matched platform drivers will be loaded +automatically to handle different functionalities. Please refer to next sections +for detailed information on functional units which have been already implemented +under this DFL framework. + + +Partial Reconfiguration +======================= +As mentioned above, accelerators can be reconfigured through partial +reconfiguration of a PR bitstream file. The PR bitstream file must have been +generated for the exact static FPGA region and targeted reconfigurable region +(port) of the FPGA, otherwise, the reconfiguration operation will fail and +possibly cause system instability. This compatibility can be checked by +comparing the compatibility ID noted in the header of PR bitstream file against +the compat_id exposed by the target FPGA region. This check is usually done by +userspace before calling the reconfiguration IOCTL. + + +FPGA virtualization - PCIe SRIOV +================================ +This section describes the virtualization support on DFL based FPGA device to +enable accessing an accelerator from applications running in a virtual machine +(VM). This section only describes the PCIe based FPGA device with SRIOV support. + +Features supported by the particular FPGA device are exposed through Device +Feature Lists, as illustrated below: + +:: + + +-------------------------------+ +-------------+ + | PF | | VF | + +-------------------------------+ +-------------+ + ^ ^ ^ ^ + | | | | + +-----|------------|---------|--------------|-------+ + | | | | | | + | +-----+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ | + | | FME | | Port0 | | Port1 | | Port2 | | + | +-----+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ | + | ^ ^ ^ | + | | | | | + | +-------+ +------+ +-------+ | + | | AFU | | AFU | | AFU | | + | +-------+ +------+ +-------+ | + | | + | DFL based FPGA PCIe Device | + +---------------------------------------------------+ + +FME is always accessed through the physical function (PF). + +Ports (and related AFUs) are accessed via PF by default, but could be exposed +through virtual function (VF) devices via PCIe SRIOV. Each VF only contains +1 Port and 1 AFU for isolation. Users could assign individual VFs (accelerators) +created via PCIe SRIOV interface, to virtual machines. + +The driver organization in virtualization case is illustrated below: +:: + + +-------++------++------+ | + | FME || FME || FME | | + | FPGA || FPGA || FPGA | | + |Manager||Bridge||Region| | + +-------++------++------+ | + +-----------------------+ +--------+ | +--------+ + | FME | | AFU | | | AFU | + | Module | | Module | | | Module | + +-----------------------+ +--------+ | +--------+ + +-----------------------+ | +-----------------------+ + | FPGA Container Device | | | FPGA Container Device | + | (FPGA Base Region) | | | (FPGA Base Region) | + +-----------------------+ | +-----------------------+ + +------------------+ | +------------------+ + | FPGA PCIE Module | | Virtual | FPGA PCIE Module | + +------------------+ Host | Machine +------------------+ + -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ + +---------------+ | +---------------+ + | PCI PF Device | | | PCI VF Device | + +---------------+ | +---------------+ + +FPGA PCIe device driver is always loaded first once an FPGA PCIe PF or VF device +is detected. It: + +* Finishes enumeration on both FPGA PCIe PF and VF device using common + interfaces from DFL framework. +* Supports SRIOV. + +The FME device driver plays a management role in this driver architecture, it +provides ioctls to release Port from PF and assign Port to PF. After release +a port from PF, then it's safe to expose this port through a VF via PCIe SRIOV +sysfs interface. + +To enable accessing an accelerator from applications running in a VM, the +respective AFU's port needs to be assigned to a VF using the following steps: + +#. The PF owns all AFU ports by default. Any port that needs to be + reassigned to a VF must first be released through the + DFL_FPGA_FME_PORT_RELEASE ioctl on the FME device. + +#. Once N ports are released from PF, then user can use command below + to enable SRIOV and VFs. Each VF owns only one Port with AFU. + + :: + + echo N > $PCI_DEVICE_PATH/sriov_numvfs + +#. Pass through the VFs to VMs + +#. The AFU under VF is accessible from applications in VM (using the + same driver inside the VF). + +Note that an FME can't be assigned to a VF, thus PR and other management +functions are only available via the PF. + +Device enumeration +================== +This section introduces how applications enumerate the fpga device from +the sysfs hierarchy under /sys/class/fpga_region. + +In the example below, two DFL based FPGA devices are installed in the host. Each +fpga device has one FME and two ports (AFUs). + +FPGA regions are created under /sys/class/fpga_region/:: + + /sys/class/fpga_region/region0 + /sys/class/fpga_region/region1 + /sys/class/fpga_region/region2 + ... + +Application needs to search each regionX folder, if feature device is found, +(e.g. "dfl-port.n" or "dfl-fme.m" is found), then it's the base +fpga region which represents the FPGA device. + +Each base region has one FME and two ports (AFUs) as child devices:: + + /sys/class/fpga_region/region0/dfl-fme.0 + /sys/class/fpga_region/region0/dfl-port.0 + /sys/class/fpga_region/region0/dfl-port.1 + ... + + /sys/class/fpga_region/region3/dfl-fme.1 + /sys/class/fpga_region/region3/dfl-port.2 + /sys/class/fpga_region/region3/dfl-port.3 + ... + +In general, the FME/AFU sysfs interfaces are named as follows:: + + /sys/class/fpga_region/<regionX>/<dfl-fme.n>/ + /sys/class/fpga_region/<regionX>/<dfl-port.m>/ + +with 'n' consecutively numbering all FMEs and 'm' consecutively numbering all +ports. + +The device nodes used for ioctl() or mmap() can be referenced through:: + + /sys/class/fpga_region/<regionX>/<dfl-fme.n>/dev + /sys/class/fpga_region/<regionX>/<dfl-port.n>/dev + + +Performance Counters +==================== +Performance reporting is one private feature implemented in FME. It could +supports several independent, system-wide, device counter sets in hardware to +monitor and count for performance events, including "basic", "cache", "fabric", +"vtd" and "vtd_sip" counters. Users could use standard perf tool to monitor +FPGA cache hit/miss rate, transaction number, interface clock counter of AFU +and other FPGA performance events. + +Different FPGA devices may have different counter sets, depending on hardware +implementation. E.g., some discrete FPGA cards don't have any cache. User could +use "perf list" to check which perf events are supported by target hardware. + +In order to allow user to use standard perf API to access these performance +counters, driver creates a perf PMU, and related sysfs interfaces in +/sys/bus/event_source/devices/dfl_fme* to describe available perf events and +configuration options. + +The "format" directory describes the format of the config field of struct +perf_event_attr. There are 3 bitfields for config: "evtype" defines which type +the perf event belongs to; "event" is the identity of the event within its +category; "portid" is introduced to decide counters set to monitor on FPGA +overall data or a specific port. + +The "events" directory describes the configuration templates for all available +events which can be used with perf tool directly. For example, fab_mmio_read +has the configuration "event=0x06,evtype=0x02,portid=0xff", which shows this +event belongs to fabric type (0x02), the local event id is 0x06 and it is for +overall monitoring (portid=0xff). + +Example usage of perf:: + + $# perf list |grep dfl_fme + + dfl_fme0/fab_mmio_read/ [Kernel PMU event] + <...> + dfl_fme0/fab_port_mmio_read,portid=?/ [Kernel PMU event] + <...> + + $# perf stat -a -e dfl_fme0/fab_mmio_read/ <command> + or + $# perf stat -a -e dfl_fme0/event=0x06,evtype=0x02,portid=0xff/ <command> + or + $# perf stat -a -e dfl_fme0/config=0xff2006/ <command> + +Another example, fab_port_mmio_read monitors mmio read of a specific port. So +its configuration template is "event=0x06,evtype=0x01,portid=?". The portid +should be explicitly set. + +Its usage of perf:: + + $# perf stat -a -e dfl_fme0/fab_port_mmio_read,portid=0x0/ <command> + or + $# perf stat -a -e dfl_fme0/event=0x06,evtype=0x02,portid=0x0/ <command> + or + $# perf stat -a -e dfl_fme0/config=0x2006/ <command> + +Please note for fabric counters, overall perf events (fab_*) and port perf +events (fab_port_*) actually share one set of counters in hardware, so it can't +monitor both at the same time. If this set of counters is configured to monitor +overall data, then per port perf data is not supported. See below example:: + + $# perf stat -e dfl_fme0/fab_mmio_read/,dfl_fme0/fab_port_mmio_write,\ + portid=0/ sleep 1 + + Performance counter stats for 'system wide': + + 3 dfl_fme0/fab_mmio_read/ + <not supported> dfl_fme0/fab_port_mmio_write,portid=0x0/ + + 1.001750904 seconds time elapsed + +The driver also provides a "cpumask" sysfs attribute, which contains only one +CPU id used to access these perf events. Counting on multiple CPU is not allowed +since they are system-wide counters on FPGA device. + +The current driver does not support sampling. So "perf record" is unsupported. + + +Interrupt support +================= +Some FME and AFU private features are able to generate interrupts. As mentioned +above, users could call ioctl (DFL_FPGA_*_GET_IRQ_NUM) to know whether or how +many interrupts are supported for this private feature. Drivers also implement +an eventfd based interrupt handling mechanism for users to get notified when +interrupt happens. Users could set eventfds to driver via +ioctl (DFL_FPGA_*_SET_IRQ), and then poll/select on these eventfds waiting for +notification. +In Current DFL, 3 sub features (Port error, FME global error and AFU interrupt) +support interrupts. + + +Add new FIUs support +==================== +It's possible that developers made some new function blocks (FIUs) under this +DFL framework, then new platform device driver needs to be developed for the +new feature dev (FIU) following the same way as existing feature dev drivers +(e.g. FME and Port/AFU platform device driver). Besides that, it requires +modification on DFL framework enumeration code too, for new FIU type detection +and related platform devices creation. + + +Add new private features support +================================ +In some cases, we may need to add some new private features to existing FIUs +(e.g. FME or Port). Developers don't need to touch enumeration code in DFL +framework, as each private feature will be parsed automatically and related +mmio resources can be found under FIU platform device created by DFL framework. +Developer only needs to provide a sub feature driver with matched feature id. +FME Partial Reconfiguration Sub Feature driver (see drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-pr.c) +could be a reference. + +Please refer to below link to existing feature id table and guide for new feature +ids application. +https://github.com/OPAE/dfl-feature-id + + +Location of DFLs on a PCI Device +================================ +The original method for finding a DFL on a PCI device assumed the start of the +first DFL to offset 0 of bar 0. If the first node of the DFL is an FME, +then further DFLs in the port(s) are specified in FME header registers. +Alternatively, a PCIe vendor specific capability structure can be used to +specify the location of all the DFLs on the device, providing flexibility +for the type of starting node in the DFL. Intel has reserved the +VSEC ID of 0x43 for this purpose. The vendor specific +data begins with a 4 byte vendor specific register for the number of DFLs followed 4 byte +Offset/BIR vendor specific registers for each DFL. Bits 2:0 of Offset/BIR register +indicates the BAR, and bits 31:3 form the 8 byte aligned offset where bits 2:0 are +zero. +:: + + +----------------------------+ + |31 Number of DFLS 0| + +----------------------------+ + |31 Offset 3|2 BIR 0| + +----------------------------+ + . . . + +----------------------------+ + |31 Offset 3|2 BIR 0| + +----------------------------+ + +Being able to specify more than one DFL per BAR has been considered, but it +was determined the use case did not provide value. Specifying a single DFL +per BAR simplifies the implementation and allows for extra error checking. + + +Userspace driver support for DFL devices +======================================== +The purpose of an FPGA is to be reprogrammed with newly developed hardware +components. New hardware can instantiate a new private feature in the DFL, and +then present a DFL device in the system. In some cases users may need a +userspace driver for the DFL device: + +* Users may need to run some diagnostic test for their hardware. +* Users may prototype the kernel driver in user space. +* Some hardware is designed for specific purposes and does not fit into one of + the standard kernel subsystems. + +This requires direct access to MMIO space and interrupt handling from +userspace. The uio_dfl module exposes the UIO device interfaces for this +purpose. + +Currently the uio_dfl driver only supports the Ether Group sub feature, which +has no irq in hardware. So the interrupt handling is not added in this driver. + +UIO_DFL should be selected to enable the uio_dfl module driver. To support a +new DFL feature via UIO direct access, its feature id should be added to the +driver's id_table. + + +Open discussion +=============== +FME driver exports one ioctl (DFL_FPGA_FME_PORT_PR) for partial reconfiguration +to user now. In the future, if unified user interfaces for reconfiguration are +added, FME driver should switch to them from ioctl interface. |