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- MEN Chameleon Bus
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- =================
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-Table of Contents
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-1 Introduction
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- 1.1 Scope of this Document
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- 1.2 Limitations of the current implementation
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-2 Architecture
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- 2.1 MEN Chameleon Bus
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- 2.2 Carrier Devices
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- 2.3 Parser
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-3 Resource handling
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- 3.1 Memory Resources
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- 3.2 IRQs
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-4 Writing an MCB driver
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- 4.1 The driver structure
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- 4.2 Probing and attaching
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- 4.3 Initializing the driver
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-1 Introduction
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-===============
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- This document describes the architecture and implementation of the MEN
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- Chameleon Bus (called MCB throughout this document).
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-1.1 Scope of this Document
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- This document is intended to be a short overview of the current
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- implementation and does by no means describe the complete possibilities of MCB
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- based devices.
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-1.2 Limitations of the current implementation
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- The current implementation is limited to PCI and PCIe based carrier devices
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- that only use a single memory resource and share the PCI legacy IRQ. Not
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- implemented are:
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- - Multi-resource MCB devices like the VME Controller or M-Module carrier.
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- - MCB devices that need another MCB device, like SRAM for a DMA Controller's
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- buffer descriptors or a video controller's video memory.
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- - A per-carrier IRQ domain for carrier devices that have one (or more) IRQs
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- per MCB device like PCIe based carriers with MSI or MSI-X support.
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-
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-2 Architecture
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-===============
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- MCB is divided into 3 functional blocks:
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- - The MEN Chameleon Bus itself,
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- - drivers for MCB Carrier Devices and
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- - the parser for the Chameleon table.
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-2.1 MEN Chameleon Bus
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+MEN Chameleon Bus
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+=================
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+
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+.. Table of Contents
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+ =================
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+ 1 Introduction
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+ 1.1 Scope of this Document
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+ 1.2 Limitations of the current implementation
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+ 2 Architecture
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+ 2.1 MEN Chameleon Bus
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+ 2.2 Carrier Devices
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+ 2.3 Parser
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+ 3 Resource handling
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+ 3.1 Memory Resources
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+ 3.2 IRQs
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+ 4 Writing an MCB driver
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+ 4.1 The driver structure
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+ 4.2 Probing and attaching
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+ 4.3 Initializing the driver
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+
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+
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+Introduction
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+============
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+
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+This document describes the architecture and implementation of the MEN
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+Chameleon Bus (called MCB throughout this document).
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+
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+Scope of this Document
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----------------------
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- The MEN Chameleon Bus is an artificial bus system that attaches to a so
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- called Chameleon FPGA device found on some hardware produced my MEN Mikro
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- Elektronik GmbH. These devices are multi-function devices implemented in a
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- single FPGA and usually attached via some sort of PCI or PCIe link. Each
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- FPGA contains a header section describing the content of the FPGA. The
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- header lists the device id, PCI BAR, offset from the beginning of the PCI
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- BAR, size in the FPGA, interrupt number and some other properties currently
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- not handled by the MCB implementation.
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-
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-2.2 Carrier Devices
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+
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+This document is intended to be a short overview of the current
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+implementation and does by no means describe the complete possibilities of MCB
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+based devices.
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+
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+Limitations of the current implementation
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+-----------------------------------------
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+
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+The current implementation is limited to PCI and PCIe based carrier devices
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+that only use a single memory resource and share the PCI legacy IRQ. Not
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+implemented are:
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+
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+- Multi-resource MCB devices like the VME Controller or M-Module carrier.
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+- MCB devices that need another MCB device, like SRAM for a DMA Controller's
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+ buffer descriptors or a video controller's video memory.
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+- A per-carrier IRQ domain for carrier devices that have one (or more) IRQs
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+ per MCB device like PCIe based carriers with MSI or MSI-X support.
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+
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+Architecture
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+============
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+
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+MCB is divided into 3 functional blocks:
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+
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+- The MEN Chameleon Bus itself,
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+- drivers for MCB Carrier Devices and
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+- the parser for the Chameleon table.
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+
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+MEN Chameleon Bus
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+-----------------
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+
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+The MEN Chameleon Bus is an artificial bus system that attaches to a so
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+called Chameleon FPGA device found on some hardware produced my MEN Mikro
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+Elektronik GmbH. These devices are multi-function devices implemented in a
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+single FPGA and usually attached via some sort of PCI or PCIe link. Each
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+FPGA contains a header section describing the content of the FPGA. The
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+header lists the device id, PCI BAR, offset from the beginning of the PCI
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+BAR, size in the FPGA, interrupt number and some other properties currently
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+not handled by the MCB implementation.
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+
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+Carrier Devices
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+---------------
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+
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+A carrier device is just an abstraction for the real world physical bus the
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+Chameleon FPGA is attached to. Some IP Core drivers may need to interact with
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+properties of the carrier device (like querying the IRQ number of a PCI
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+device). To provide abstraction from the real hardware bus, an MCB carrier
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+device provides callback methods to translate the driver's MCB function calls
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+to hardware related function calls. For example a carrier device may
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+implement the get_irq() method which can be translated into a hardware bus
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+query for the IRQ number the device should use.
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+
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+Parser
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+------
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+
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+The parser reads the first 512 bytes of a Chameleon device and parses the
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+Chameleon table. Currently the parser only supports the Chameleon v2 variant
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+of the Chameleon table but can easily be adopted to support an older or
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+possible future variant. While parsing the table's entries new MCB devices
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+are allocated and their resources are assigned according to the resource
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+assignment in the Chameleon table. After resource assignment is finished, the
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+MCB devices are registered at the MCB and thus at the driver core of the
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+Linux kernel.
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+
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+Resource handling
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+=================
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+
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+The current implementation assigns exactly one memory and one IRQ resource
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+per MCB device. But this is likely going to change in the future.
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+
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+Memory Resources
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+----------------
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+
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+Each MCB device has exactly one memory resource, which can be requested from
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+the MCB bus. This memory resource is the physical address of the MCB device
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+inside the carrier and is intended to be passed to ioremap() and friends. It
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+is already requested from the kernel by calling request_mem_region().
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+
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+IRQs
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+----
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+
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+Each MCB device has exactly one IRQ resource, which can be requested from the
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+MCB bus. If a carrier device driver implements the ->get_irq() callback
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+method, the IRQ number assigned by the carrier device will be returned,
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+otherwise the IRQ number inside the Chameleon table will be returned. This
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+number is suitable to be passed to request_irq().
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+
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+Writing an MCB driver
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+=====================
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+
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+The driver structure
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--------------------
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--------------------
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- A carrier device is just an abstraction for the real world physical bus the
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- Chameleon FPGA is attached to. Some IP Core drivers may need to interact with
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- properties of the carrier device (like querying the IRQ number of a PCI
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- device). To provide abstraction from the real hardware bus, an MCB carrier
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- device provides callback methods to translate the driver's MCB function calls
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- to hardware related function calls. For example a carrier device may
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- implement the get_irq() method which can be translated into a hardware bus
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- query for the IRQ number the device should use.
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-
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-2.3 Parser
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------------
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- The parser reads the first 512 bytes of a Chameleon device and parses the
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- Chameleon table. Currently the parser only supports the Chameleon v2 variant
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- of the Chameleon table but can easily be adopted to support an older or
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- possible future variant. While parsing the table's entries new MCB devices
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- are allocated and their resources are assigned according to the resource
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- assignment in the Chameleon table. After resource assignment is finished, the
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- MCB devices are registered at the MCB and thus at the driver core of the
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- Linux kernel.
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-
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-3 Resource handling
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-====================
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- The current implementation assigns exactly one memory and one IRQ resource
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- per MCB device. But this is likely going to change in the future.
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-
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-3.1 Memory Resources
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+
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+Each MCB driver has a structure to identify the device driver as well as
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+device ids which identify the IP Core inside the FPGA. The driver structure
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+also contains callback methods which get executed on driver probe and
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+removal from the system::
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+
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+ static const struct mcb_device_id foo_ids[] = {
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+ { .device = 0x123 },
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+ { }
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+ };
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+ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(mcb, foo_ids);
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+
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+ static struct mcb_driver foo_driver = {
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+ driver = {
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+ .name = "foo-bar",
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+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
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+ },
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+ .probe = foo_probe,
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+ .remove = foo_remove,
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+ .id_table = foo_ids,
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+ };
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+
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+Probing and attaching
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- Each MCB device has exactly one memory resource, which can be requested from
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- the MCB bus. This memory resource is the physical address of the MCB device
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- inside the carrier and is intended to be passed to ioremap() and friends. It
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- is already requested from the kernel by calling request_mem_region().
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-
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-3.2 IRQs
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----------
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- Each MCB device has exactly one IRQ resource, which can be requested from the
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- MCB bus. If a carrier device driver implements the ->get_irq() callback
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- method, the IRQ number assigned by the carrier device will be returned,
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- otherwise the IRQ number inside the Chameleon table will be returned. This
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- number is suitable to be passed to request_irq().
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-4 Writing an MCB driver
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-=======================
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-4.1 The driver structure
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--------------------------
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- Each MCB driver has a structure to identify the device driver as well as
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- device ids which identify the IP Core inside the FPGA. The driver structure
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- also contains callback methods which get executed on driver probe and
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- removal from the system.
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- static const struct mcb_device_id foo_ids[] = {
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- { .device = 0x123 },
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- { }
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- };
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- MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(mcb, foo_ids);
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- static struct mcb_driver foo_driver = {
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- driver = {
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- .name = "foo-bar",
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- .owner = THIS_MODULE,
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- },
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- .probe = foo_probe,
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- .remove = foo_remove,
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- .id_table = foo_ids,
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- };
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-4.2 Probing and attaching
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---------------------------
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- When a driver is loaded and the MCB devices it services are found, the MCB
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- core will call the driver's probe callback method. When the driver is removed
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- from the system, the MCB core will call the driver's remove callback method.
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- static init foo_probe(struct mcb_device *mdev, const struct mcb_device_id *id);
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- static void foo_remove(struct mcb_device *mdev);
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-4.3 Initializing the driver
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-----------------------------
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- When the kernel is booted or your foo driver module is inserted, you have to
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- perform driver initialization. Usually it is enough to register your driver
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- module at the MCB core.
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- static int __init foo_init(void)
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- {
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- return mcb_register_driver(&foo_driver);
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- }
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- module_init(foo_init);
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- static void __exit foo_exit(void)
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- {
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- mcb_unregister_driver(&foo_driver);
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- }
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- module_exit(foo_exit);
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- The module_mcb_driver() macro can be used to reduce the above code.
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- module_mcb_driver(foo_driver);
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+When a driver is loaded and the MCB devices it services are found, the MCB
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+core will call the driver's probe callback method. When the driver is removed
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+from the system, the MCB core will call the driver's remove callback method::
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+
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+ static init foo_probe(struct mcb_device *mdev, const struct mcb_device_id *id);
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+ static void foo_remove(struct mcb_device *mdev);
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+
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+Initializing the driver
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+-----------------------
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+
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+When the kernel is booted or your foo driver module is inserted, you have to
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+perform driver initialization. Usually it is enough to register your driver
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+module at the MCB core::
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+
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+ static int __init foo_init(void)
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+ {
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+ return mcb_register_driver(&foo_driver);
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+ }
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+ module_init(foo_init);
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+
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+ static void __exit foo_exit(void)
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+ {
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+ mcb_unregister_driver(&foo_driver);
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+ }
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+ module_exit(foo_exit);
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+
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+The module_mcb_driver() macro can be used to reduce the above code::
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+
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+ module_mcb_driver(foo_driver);
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