[U-Boot] [PATCH v7 1/7] ARM: socfpga: Description on FPGA bitstream type and file name for Arria 10

Chee, Tien Fong tien.fong.chee at intel.com
Tue Feb 12 14:06:45 UTC 2019


On Tue, 2019-02-12 at 05:49 -0800, Dalon L Westergreen wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-02-12 at 11:17 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > 
> > On 2/12/19 11:13 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 2019-02-12 at 10:43 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On 2/12/19 10:35 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > my preference for the fit image would be
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ...
> > > > > > images {
> > > > > >   fpga at 1 {
> > > > > > 	description = "FPGA Periph";
> > > > > > 	...
> > > > > > 	type = "fpga_periph";
> > > > > > 	...
> > > > > >   }
> > > > > >   fpga at 2 {
> > > > > > 	description = "FPGA Core";
> > > > > > 	...
> > > > > > 	type = "fpga" or
> > > > > > "fpga_core";
> > > > > I'm good with "fpga".
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 	...
> > > > > >   }
> > > > > > };
> > > > > > configurations {
> > > > > >   default = "config at 1"
> > > > > >   config at 1 {
> > > > > >       fpga = "fpga at 1";  // periph only
> > > > > >   };
> > > > > >   config at 2 {
> > > > > >       fpga = "fpga at 1", "fpga at 2";
> > > > > >   };
> > > > > > };
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > with the expectation that the order of fpga at 1 and fpga at 2 in
> > > > > > confi
> > > > > > g at 2
> > > > > > is not relevant.  the code should find the fpga_periph type
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > program
> > > > > > it first.  just my comment, i dont like rellying on the
> > > > > > order or
> > > > > > name.
> > > > > I can add support for above implementation although this adds
> > > > > more
> > > > > complexity to the driver.
> > > > You can have fpga node and e.g. fpga-name node in the
> > > > configurations
> > > > section to discern which phandle there is the core and which is
> > > > the
> > > > peripheral RBF. Would that work ?
> > > > 
> > > So something like that?
> > > 
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > images {
> > >   fpga-periph at 1 {
> > > 	description = "FPGA Periph";
> > > 	...
> > > 	type = "fpga_periph";
> > Do we need a new type for the periph/core distinction ?
> not really, using the node name is fine with me as is shown below.
> when i suggested that my intent was to allow the name to be
> independant of the node name still envisioning scenarios where
> the fit image has multiple fpga images.
Great, then i will work out the codes which able to identify the
bitstream type based on the node name "fpga-core" and "fpga-periph"

Thanks for finalizing the implementation.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 	...
> > >   }
> > >   fpga-core at 2 {
> > > 	description = "FPGA Core";
> > > 	...
> > > 	type = "fpga";
> > > 	...
> > >   }
> > > };
> > > configurations {
> > >   default = "config at 1"
> > >   config at 1 {
> > >       fpga = "fpga-periph at 1";  // periph only
> > >   };
> > >   config at 2 {
> > >       fpga = "fpga-periph at 1", "fpga-core at 2";
> > >   };
> > > };
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Marek, are you OK with this implementation?
> > > > Looks OK to me. Dalon ?
> > > > 
> > > > [...]
> > 


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