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From: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@intel.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, mdf@kernel.org,
	linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: trix@redhat.com, lgoncalv@redhat.com, yilun.xu@intel.com,
	hao.wu@intel.com
Subject: [PATCH v10 2/2] Documentation: fpga: dfl: Add description for DFL UIO support
Date: Mon,  1 Feb 2021 13:38:03 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1612157883-18616-3-git-send-email-yilun.xu@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1612157883-18616-1-git-send-email-yilun.xu@intel.com>

This patch adds description for UIO support for dfl devices on DFL
bus.

Signed-off-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
---
v2: no doc in v1, add it for v2.
v3: some documentation fixes.
v4: documentation change since the driver matching is changed.
v5: no change.
v6: improve the title of the userspace driver support section.
    some word improvement.
v7: rebased to next-20210119
v8: some doc fixes.
v9: some doc change since we switch to the driver in drivers/uio.
v10: no change.
---
 Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst b/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst
index c41ac76..e35cf87 100644
--- a/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ 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 hardwares and provides
@@ -530,6 +531,28 @@ 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.
+
+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
-- 
2.7.4


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-02-01  5:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-01  5:38 [PATCH v10 0/2] UIO support for dfl devices Xu Yilun
2021-02-01  5:38 ` [PATCH v10 1/2] uio: uio_dfl: add userspace i/o driver for DFL bus Xu Yilun
2021-02-01 14:12   ` Tom Rix
2021-02-01  5:38 ` Xu Yilun [this message]
2021-02-01 12:59   ` [PATCH v10 2/2] Documentation: fpga: dfl: Add description for DFL UIO support Wu, Hao
2021-02-02  1:59     ` Xu Yilun

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