linux-kernel - Re: Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

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Message-ID: <08e60e79-8ae3-06ac-779e-d4d99e0ed846@metux.net>
Date:   Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:55:49 +0200
From:   "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
To:     Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>, Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...n.ch>
Cc:     Eric Schwarz <eas@...optimization.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, linux-x86_64@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fpga-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

On 10.04.19 16:21, Alan Tull wrote:

> I wish I could point you to a complete solution, but there is a lot of> work to be done in this area.  Most of what is in the kernel is a low>
level in-kernel API [4].  As you correctly state, the hardest part of>
this is doing the enumerating if you are on x86 and aren't using>
devicetree.
ACK. I believe, introducing oftree the right way to go. I've got that
on my 2do list, too, but yet too busy w/ other things. So, if you'd
like to work on that, I'd highly appreciate that.

I'd like to also use oftree overlays for some platform drivers that
essentially just initialize/wire up generic drivers to perform some
board specific function (eg. drivers/platform/x86/pcengines-apuv2.c).


--mtx

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Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Free software and Linux embedded engineering
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