From: Philip Balister <philip@balister.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Alan Tull <delicious.quinoa@gmail.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Cc: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>,
Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>,
Alan Tull <atull@altera.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1] fpga manager framework with configfs interface
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:54:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53AB1AD9.7050108@balister.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53AB1842.5020703@zytor.com>
On 06/25/2014 11:43 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/25/2014 11:37 AM, Alan Tull wrote:
>>
>> Yes, that's why I've recently felt more love for the firmware
>> interface. Since I need resume, it gives me a straightforward path to
>> be able to reprogram the FPGA without holding ram for the bitfile.
>> Also it is scalable.
>>
>
> The firmware interface is definitely pretty much ideal for the
> "production driver" use case... after all, the fact that the firmware
> happens to be an FPGA is to some degree an implementation detail (well,
> modulo fun things like showing up on the bus with one device ID and then
> disconnecting and reconnecting with another device ID after firmware load.)
>
> There are *so* many use cases for FPGA bitstreams...
Agreed!
Philip
>
> -hpa
>
>
>
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