linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 08/21] fpga: add Intel FPGA DFL PCIe device

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Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 09:29:34 -0600
From:   Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:     Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com>, "mdf@...nel.org" <mdf@...nel.org>,
        "linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-api@...r.kernel.org" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        "luwei.kang@...el.com" <luwei.kang@...el.com>,
        "yi.z.zhang@...el.com" <yi.z.zhang@...el.com>,
        Tim Whisonant <tim.whisonant@...el.com>,
        Enno Luebbers <enno.luebbers@...el.com>,
        Shiva Rao <shiva.rao@...el.com>,
        Christopher Rauer <christopher.rauer@...el.com>,
        Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/21] fpga: add Intel FPGA DFL PCIe device

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 3:44 AM, David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com> wrote:
> From: Wu Hao
>> Sent: 06 December 2017 05:30
> ...
>> > Regarding file names, it seems like the files added to drivers/fpga
>> > could be uniformly named dfl-*.[ch].  Some are fpga-dfl-*.[ch] while
>> > other are currently dfl-*.[ch] currently.
>
> They don't even want to do into a drivers/fgpa directory.
> Maybe drivers/dfl or drivers/dfl/intel

It's plugged into the fpga framework in drivers/fpga.  This patchset
also handles reprogramming the fpga, not just the dfl style
enumeration.  But your points about this being not just for FPGA are
interesting to me.  Do you have a use for this that isn't
FPGA-centric?

Alan

>
>         David
>