linux-kernel - Re: New subsystem for acceleration devices

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Date:   Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:37:40 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@...il.com>
Cc:     Yuji Ishikawa <yuji2.ishikawa@...hiba.co.jp>,
        Jiho Chu <jiho.chu@...sung.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New subsystem for acceleration devices

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 02:45:34PM +0300, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> Hi,
> Greg and I talked a couple of months ago about preparing a new accel
> subsystem for compute/acceleration devices that are not GPUs and I
> think your drivers that you are now trying to upstream fit it as well.
> 
> Would you be open/interested in migrating your drivers to this new subsystem ?
> 
> Because there were no outstanding candidates, I have done so far only
> a basic and partial implementation of the infrastructure for this
> subsystem, but if you are willing to join I believe I can finish it
> rather quickly.
> 
> At start, the new subsystem will provide only a common device
> character (e.g. /dev/acX) so everyone will do open/close/ioctl on the
> same device character. Also sysfs/debugfs entries will be under that
> device and maybe an IOCTL to retrieve information.
> 
> In the future I plan to move some of habanalabs driver's code into the
> subsystem itself, for common tasks such as memory management, dma
> memory allocation, etc.
> 
> Of course, you will be able to add your own IOCTLs as you see fit.
> There will be a range of IOCTLs which are device-specific (similar to
> drm).
> 
> wdyt ?

That sounds reasonable to me as a sane plan forward, thanks for working
on this.

greg k-h