From: Alan Tull <atull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Add a document spelling out usage of the FPGA Area for
reprogramming FPGA's under Device Tree control.
Signed-off-by: Alan Tull <atull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v9: Initial version of this patch in patchset
v10: s/fpga/FPGA/g
improve formatting
some rewriting
move to staging/simple-fpga-bus
v11: No change in this patch for v11 of the patch set
v12: Moved out of staging
Small changes due to using FPGA bridge framework and not
representing the bridges as resets.
v13: Fix some nits
v14: fpga-area instead of simple-fpga-bus
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+FPGA Area
+
+Alan Tull 2015
+
+Overview
+========
+
+An FPGA Area details information about a section of an FPGA including the FPGA
+image needed to program it and the hardware contained once it is programmed.
+
+Loading a Device Tree overlay which contains an FPGA Area will cause the
+FPGA to be programmed and the children of the FPGA Area will get probed.
+
+There may be FPGA Bridges involved to prevent spurious data from going out onto
+the processor bus during FPGA programming. If so, the FPGA Area will need to
+disable and enable bridges that will only affect the child devices that are
+below the FPGA Area. In the case of partial reconfiguration, bridges will
+be required within the FPGA design such that the active sections of the
+FPGA are on the bus while sections that are not programmed or being
+reprogrammed at the moment are isolated.
+
+Removing the overlay will result in the child devices getting removed and the
+bridges disabled. Note that in the case of partial reconfiguration the rest of
+the FPGA continues to function as normal while this is happening.
+
+Below are more details on the structuring of the Device Tree for this.
+
+Terminology
+===========
+
+Full Reconfiguration
+ * The entire FPGA is reprogrammed.
+
+Partial Reconfiguration (PR)
+ * Part of the FPGA is reprogrammed while the rest of the FPGA is live and
+ active. Not all FPGA's support this.
+
+Associated Blocks
+=================
+
+FPGA Manager Framework
+ * An FPGA Manager is a hardware block that programs an FPGA under the control
+ of a host processor.
+ * The FPGA Manager Framework provides drivers and functions to program an
+ FPGA.
+
+FPGA Bridge Framework
+ * Provides drivers and functions to control bridges that enable/disable
+ data to the FPGA.
+ * FPGA bridges should be disabled while the FPGA is being programmed to
+ prevent spurious data on the bus.
+ * FPGA bridges are not needed in implementations where the FPGA Manager
+ handles this.
+
+Device Tree
+===========
+
+For the purposes of this document, I'm dividing the Device Tree (DT) into two parts,
+each with its own requirements. The two parts are:
+ * The live DT prior to the overlay being added
+ * The overlay containing an FPGA Area
+
+The live DT will contain:
+ * FPGA Manager
+ * FPGA Bridges as children of the FPGA Manager (optional, architecture specific)
+
+The live Device Tree must contain an FPGA Manager to handle programming the FPGA.
+If FPGA Bridges need to be involved, they show up in the DT as direct children
+of the FPGA Manager. During full reconfiguration, the FPGA Area will disable
+any bridges that are direct children of the manager during full reconfiguration
+and will re-enable them afterwards.
+
+The insertion point in the live tree will also need the "simple-bus"
+compatibility string to enable populating the child nodes for the overlay.
+That includes the nodes for the FPGA Manager and controlling FPGA Bridges
+as explained below.
+
+The Device Tree Overlay will contain:
+ * "target-path"
+ The insertion point where the the contents of the overlay will go into the
+ live tree.
+ * "ranges"
+ * "firmware-name"
+ Specifies the name of the FPGA image file on the firmware search
+ path. The search path is described in the firmware class documentation.
+ * "partial-reconfig"
+ This binding is a boolean and should be present if partial reconfiguration
+ is to be done.
+ * child nodes corresponding to hardware that will be loaded in this
+ region of the FPGA.
+
+Supported use models
+====================
+
+Here's a list of the superset of supported use models. We may need to add
+more. Some uses are specific to one FPGA or another.
+
+ * No FPGA Bridges
+ In this case, the FPGA Manager which programs the FPGA also handles the
+ bridges and no FPGA Bridge devices are needed for full reconfiguration.
+
+ The DT overlay will specify the FPGA Manager as the overlay target.
+
+ * Full reconfiguration with bridges
+ In the case, there are several bridges between the processor and FPGA,
+ that need to be disabled during full reconfiguration.
+ The DT before the overlay is applied will have an FPGA Manager. The
+ immediate children of the manager will be the FPGA Bridges that need to be
+ disabled during FPGA programming.
+
+ The DT overlay will specify one of those bridges as the overlay target,
+ typically the bridge that allows memory mapped register access ("the
+ controlling bridge").
+
+ * Partial reconfiguration with bridges in the FPGA
+ In this case, the FPGA can have more than one section that will be
+ reprogrammed separately. Other sections may be active on the bus while FPGA
+ is being programmed. To manage this, FPGA Bridges need to exist on the FPGA
+ that can freeze all the buses going to one FPGA area while the buses are
+ enabled for other sections.
+
+Controlling Bridge
+==================
+
+It is possible that there are multiple FPGA Bridges connecting the processor
+and FPGA. In a text based hierarchy, it is difficult to show this properly
+so what we do is consider the bridge that handles register access to be
+the controlling bridge. The overlay is targeted to be inserted under the
+controlling bridge. Other bridges are on the same level of the device tree
+as the controlling bridge, i.e. all are children of the FPGA Manager. The
+ranges property handles mapping memory ranges through multiple bridges.
+
+Sequence
+========
+
+Load the DT overlay. One way to do that from user space is to use Pantelis
+Antoniou's DT-Overlay configfs interface. In that case the sequence from
+userspace is:
+
+ $ mkdir /config/device-tree/overlays/1
+ $ echo "some_overlay.dtb.o" > /config/device-tree/overlays/1/path
+
+This causes the FPGA Area to be probed and will do the following:
+ 1. Disable the FPGA bridges.
+ 2. Use the the FPGA manager core to program the FPGA.
+ 3. Enable the FPGA bridges.
+ 4. Call of_platform_populate resulting in device drivers getting probed.
+
+Removing the overlay is done by:
+
+ $ rmdir /config/device-tree/overlays/1
+
+This causes the child nodes to be removed and then the bridges are disabled.
+
+Device Tree Examples
+====================
+
+The intention of this section is to give some simple examples, focusing on
+the placement of the elements detailed above in, especially:
+ * FPGA Managers
+ * FPGA Bridges in some cases
+ * FPGA Areas and associated properties
+ * simple-bus
+ * ranges
+ * target-path
+
+Please note the "simple-bus" compatible string added for FPGA Managers and for
+FPGA Bridges where the overlay is targeted for insertion. This is required for
+populating the child nodes.
+
+Device Tree Example: Partial Reconfiguration with no Bridges
+============================================================
+
+Live Device Tree contains:
+ fpgamgr@0 {
+ compatible = "altr,socfpga-a10-fpga-mgr", "simple-bus";
+ clocks = <&l4_mp_clk>;
+ resets = <&rst FPGAMGR_RESET>;
+ reset-names = "fpgamgr";
+ reg = <0xffd03000 0x1000
+ 0xffcfe400 0x1000>;
+
+ #address-cells = <0x1>;
+ #size-cells = <0x1>;
+ ranges;
+ };
+
+DT Overlay contains:
+/dts-v1/;
+/plugin/;
+/ {
+ fragment@0 {
+ target-path="/soc/fpgamgr@0"; /* targeted to the manager */
+ __overlay__ {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ area@0 {
+ compatible = "fpga-area";
+
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+ ranges = <0x10010 0xff210010 0x10>;
+
+ firmware-name = "fit_pr_v1.rbf";
+ partial-reconfig;
+
+ gpio@0x100010010 {
+ compatible = "altr,pio-1.0";
+ reg = <0x10010 0x10>;
+ altr,ngpio = <4>;
+ #gpio-cells = <0x2>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+ };
+};
+
+
+Device Tree Example: Full Reconfiguration with Bridges
+======================================================
+
+Live Device Tree contains:
+ fpgamgr@0 {
+ compatible = "altr,socfpga-fpga-mgr", "simple-bus";
+ reg = <0xFF706000 0x1000
+ 0xFFB90000 0x1000>;
+ interrupts = <0 175 4>;
+
+ #address-cells = <0x1>;
+ #size-cells = <0x1>;
+ ranges;
+
+ bridge@0 {
+ /* both the manager and the controlling bridge have
+ * the added simple-bus compatible to allow child
+ * devices to be populated. */
+ compatible = "altr,socfpga-lwhps2fpga-bridge",
+ "simple-bus";
+ resets = <&rst LWHPS2FPGA_RESET>;
+ reset-names = "lwhps2fpga";
+ clocks = <&l4_main_clk>;
+ #address-cells = <0x1>;
+ #size-cells = <0x1>;
+ ranges;
+ };
+
+ bridge@1 {
+ /* In the case of full reconfiguration, both bridge@0
+ * and bridge@1 will be disabled during FPGA
+ * programming and enabled afterwards. */
+ compatible = "altr,socfpga-hps2fpga-bridge";
+ resets = <&rst HPS2FPGA_RESET>;
+ reset-names = "hps2fpga";
+ clocks = <&l4_main_clk>;
+ };
+ };
+
+DT Overlay contains:
+/dts-v1/;
+/plugin/;
+/ {
+ fragment@0 {
+ target-path="/soc/fpgamgr@0/bridge@0"; /* controlling bridge */
+ __overlay__ {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ area@0 {
+ compatible = "fpga-area";
+
+ #address-cells = <2>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+ /* Note that two ranges are mapped due to the
+ * two bridges. */
+ ranges = <0 0x00000000 0xc0000000 0x00010000>,
+ <1 0x00020000 0xff220000 0x00000008>;
+
+ firmware-name = "soc_system.rbf";
+
+ onchip_memory2_0: memory@000000000 {
+ device_type = "memory";
+ compatible = "altr,onchipmem-15.1";
+ reg = <0 0x00000000 0x00010000>;
+ };
+
+ jtag_uart: serial@0x100020000 {
+ compatible = "altr,juart-1.0";
+ reg = <1 0x00020000 0x00000008>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
+ interrupts = <0 42 4>;
+ clocks = <&osc2>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+ };
+};
+
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