On Fri 2015-07-24 07:39:15, atull wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi Pavel, > > Thanks for your your feedback in cleaning up these docs. > > > Hi! > > > > > +What: /sys/class/fpga_manager/<fpga>/state > > > +Date: July 2015 > > > +KernelVersion: 4.2 > > > +Contact: Alan Tull <atull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > +Description: Read fpga manager state as a string. > > > > fpga->FPGA. > > Yep > > > > > > + Valid states may vary by manufacturer; superset is: > > > + * unknown = can't determine state > > > + * power off = FPGA power is off > > > + * power up = FPGA reports power is up > > > + * reset = FPGA held in reset state > > > + * firmware request = firmware class request in progress > > > + * firmware request error = firmware request failed > > > + * write init = FPGA being prepared for programming > > > + * write init error = Error while preparing FPGA for > > > + programming > > > + * write = FPGA ready to receive image data > > > + * write error = Error while programming > > > + * write complete = Doing post programming steps > > > + * write complete error = Error while doing post programming > > > + * operating = FPGA is programmed and operating > > > > If I can make my intent clear, maybe we can figure out what will be most > useful here. > > The intent is to provide enough detail that if something goes wrong with > the FPGA programming (something that the driver can't take care of) then > userspace can know that. Such as if the firmware request fails, that > could be due to not being able to find the firmware file. > > > This will need some more details. "firmware request" is hardly a > > hardware state, does it belong here? > > This is a superset of FPGA states and fpga manager driver states as the > fpga manager driver is walking through the steps to get the FPGA into > a known operating state. So it's a sequence, though some steps may get > skipped. If there is an error, then userspace can know what step failed. > > Maybe this should be separated into fpga_state for hardware state and > fpga_mgr_status (to report what step of progress the fpga manager driver > is at during programming). I want this to be useful and still not be > device (FPGA) specific. > > > Is power off or on while firmware > > is being requested? > > On. It's a sequence. Aha. Ok, so maybe noting that states normally go in the sequence (with exception of various errors) would be enough? Thanks, Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
