linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 07/29] fpga: dfl: add chardev support for feature devices

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Message-ID: <CANk1AXQVFD-CATaGtjPAPf9tA86rRh1DtHx6_U7W1Wk-CRBA2A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:55:00 -0500
From:   Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>
To:     Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com>
Cc:     Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>, linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, "Kang, Luwei" <luwei.kang@...el.com>,
        "Zhang, Yi Z" <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 v6 07/29] fpga: dfl: add chardev support for feature devices

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 5:10 AM, Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com> wrote:
> For feature devices drivers, both the FPGA Management Engine (FME) and
> Accelerated Function Unit (AFU) driver need to expose user interfaces via
> the device file, for example, mmap and ioctls.
>
> This patch adds chardev support in the dfl driver for feature devices,
> FME and AFU. It reserves the chardev regions for FME and AFU, and provide
> interfaces for FME and AFU driver to register their device file operations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Whisonant <tim.whisonant@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Enno Luebbers <enno.luebbers@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shiva Rao <shiva.rao@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Rauer <christopher.rauer@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.z.zhang@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com>
Acked-by: Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>

> ---
> v2: rebased
> v3: move chardev support to fpga-dfl framework
> v4: rebase, and add more comments in code.
> v5: rebase, and add dfl_ prefix to APIs and data structures.
> v6: add index in dfl_devs to link to dfl_chrdevs.
>     improve naming on APIs.