linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/17] fpga: dfl: fme: support 512bit data width PR

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Date:   Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:48:52 -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, Ananda Ravuri <ananda.ravuri@...el.com>,
        Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/17] fpga: dfl: fme: support 512bit data width PR

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 10:23 PM Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com> wrote:

Hi Hao,

This looks fine.

>
> In early partial reconfiguration private feature, it only
> supports 32bit data width when writing data to hardware for
> PR. 512bit data width PR support is an important optimization
> for some specific solutions (e.g. XEON with FPGA integrated),
> it allows driver to use AVX512 instruction to improve the
> performance of partial reconfiguration. e.g. programming one
> 100MB bitstream image via this 512bit data width PR hardware
> only takes ~300ms, but 32bit revision requires ~3s per test
> result.
>
> Please note now this optimization is only done on revision 2
> of this PR private feature which is only used in integrated
> solution that AVX512 is always supported.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ananda Ravuri <ananda.ravuri@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com>

Acked-by: Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>