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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	monstr@monstr.eu, delicious quinoa <delicious.quinoa@gmail.com>,
	Alan Tull <atull@altera.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@altera.com>,
	Philip Balister <philip@balister.org>,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@gnudd.com>,
	Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
	Yves Vandervennet <rocket.yvanderv@gmail.com>,
	Kyle Teske <kyle.teske@ni.com>,
	Josh Cartwright <joshc@eso.teric.us>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>,
	Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@calxeda.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com>,
	David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/1] FPGA subsystem core
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:21:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5255D6F5.3080000@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131009210715.GA17467@obsidianresearch.com>

On 10/09/2013 02:07 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> That is sort of backwards though, how does the driver know it should
> load and start fpga progamming?

A common way is for there to be a bitstream stored in flash which
presents an interface to download the data.  I think some FPGAs with
hard bus IP even has that built in.

Another variant -- common on USB -- is to use a simple USB interface
chip like an FTDI which can be used (sometimes in conjunction with a
CPLD) to (in effect) bitbang in a bitstream into the FPGA.  After
configuration, the programming pins are used for the USB interface.

	-hpa


  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-09 22:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-02 15:35 [RFC PATCH v2 0/1] FPGA subsystem core Michal Simek
2013-10-02 15:35 ` [RFC PATCH v2] fpga: Introduce new fpga subsystem Michal Simek
2013-10-02 16:06   ` Joe Perches
2013-10-04 16:15     ` Michal Simek
2013-10-04 16:26       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-02 17:46   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-10-04 16:28     ` Michal Simek
2013-10-04 17:05       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-10-04 18:50       ` Alan Tull
2013-10-02 19:00 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/1] FPGA subsystem core H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-03  6:49   ` Pavel Machek
2013-10-04 13:57     ` Michal Simek
2013-10-04 14:16       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-04 14:21         ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-04 14:28           ` Michal Simek
2013-10-04 16:46             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-04 17:44               ` Michal Simek
2013-10-04 18:12                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-04 23:33                   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-04 23:49                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-10-05  4:00                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-05  5:10                         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-10-05  5:34                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-05  6:53                             ` Michal Simek
     [not found]                               ` <c59c68b8-2565-45c5-bfe9-574b76f3f9bc@email.android.com>
2013-10-07 13:11                                 ` Michal Simek
2013-10-07 14:55                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-07 15:03                                     ` Michal Simek
2013-10-07 15:07                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-08 13:00                                         ` Michal Simek
2013-10-08 16:49                                           ` Alan Tull
2013-10-08 21:42                                             ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
     [not found]                                               ` <CANk1AXS9fpypVVWgvvUCZjKXDvLPpB7=kCNucwFcktgBHmV37w@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]                                                 ` <20131009014027.GA17066@kroah.com>
     [not found]                                                   ` <5254EC8A.8060609@monstr.eu>
     [not found]                                                     ` <20131009055332.GA4510@kroah.com>
     [not found]                                                       ` <52550638.2080301@monstr.eu>
     [not found]                                                         ` <52556585.3050603@zytor.com>
     [not found]                                                           ` <20131009192439.GC18611@kroah.com>
     [not found]                                                             ` <5255BE71.8010801@zytor.com>
2013-10-09 21:07                                                               ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-10-09 22:21                                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-10-05 17:33                             ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-10-05  6:56                       ` Michal Simek
2013-10-04 23:50                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-10-05  6:49                       ` Michal Simek
2013-10-08 17:00                     ` Alan Tull
2013-10-08 21:44                       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-08 23:47                         ` delicious quinoa
2013-10-09  1:41                           ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-10-04 18:26                 ` Alan Tull
2013-10-03 21:46 ` Alan Tull
2013-10-04 15:27   ` Michal Simek
2013-10-04 18:30     ` Alan Tull

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