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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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Introduction | ||
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The FPGA subsystem supports reprogramming FPGAs dynamically under | ||
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 | ||
enumeration) from lower layers that know how to program a specific | ||
FPGA. | ||
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* 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. | ||
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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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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. | ||
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FPGA Bridge | ||
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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. | ||
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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 | ||
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 | ||
bridges as reconfigurable regions. A region may refer to the whole | ||
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 | ||
reprogramming FPGAs when device tree overlays are applied. |
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