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- .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
- :Author: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <[email protected]>
- This document is a guide to use the PCI Endpoint Framework in order to create
- endpoint controller driver, endpoint function driver, and using configfs
- interface to bind the function driver to the controller driver.
- Introduction
- ============
- Linux has a comprehensive PCI subsystem to support PCI controllers that
- operates in Root Complex mode. The subsystem has capability to scan PCI bus,
- assign memory resources and IRQ resources, load PCI driver (based on
- vendor ID, device ID), support other services like hot-plug, power management,
- advanced error reporting and virtual channels.
- However the PCI controller IP integrated in some SoCs is capable of operating
- either in Root Complex mode or Endpoint mode. PCI Endpoint Framework will
- add endpoint mode support in Linux. This will help to run Linux in an
- EP system which can have a wide variety of use cases from testing or
- validation, co-processor accelerator, etc.
- PCI Endpoint Core
- =================
- The PCI Endpoint Core layer comprises 3 components: the Endpoint Controller
- library, the Endpoint Function library, and the configfs layer to bind the
- endpoint function with the endpoint controller.
- PCI Endpoint Controller(EPC) Library
- ------------------------------------
- The EPC library provides APIs to be used by the controller that can operate
- in endpoint mode. It also provides APIs to be used by function driver/library
- in order to implement a particular endpoint function.
- APIs for the PCI controller Driver
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
- by the PCI controller driver.
- * devm_pci_epc_create()/pci_epc_create()
- The PCI controller driver should implement the following ops:
- * write_header: ops to populate configuration space header
- * set_bar: ops to configure the BAR
- * clear_bar: ops to reset the BAR
- * alloc_addr_space: ops to allocate in PCI controller address space
- * free_addr_space: ops to free the allocated address space
- * raise_irq: ops to raise a legacy, MSI or MSI-X interrupt
- * start: ops to start the PCI link
- * stop: ops to stop the PCI link
- The PCI controller driver can then create a new EPC device by invoking
- devm_pci_epc_create()/pci_epc_create().
- * devm_pci_epc_destroy()/pci_epc_destroy()
- The PCI controller driver can destroy the EPC device created by either
- devm_pci_epc_create() or pci_epc_create() using devm_pci_epc_destroy() or
- pci_epc_destroy().
- * pci_epc_linkup()
- In order to notify all the function devices that the EPC device to which
- they are linked has established a link with the host, the PCI controller
- driver should invoke pci_epc_linkup().
- * pci_epc_mem_init()
- Initialize the pci_epc_mem structure used for allocating EPC addr space.
- * pci_epc_mem_exit()
- Cleanup the pci_epc_mem structure allocated during pci_epc_mem_init().
- EPC APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
- by the PCI endpoint function driver.
- * pci_epc_write_header()
- The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_write_header() to
- write the standard configuration header to the endpoint controller.
- * pci_epc_set_bar()
- The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_set_bar() to configure
- the Base Address Register in order for the host to assign PCI addr space.
- Register space of the function driver is usually configured
- using this API.
- * pci_epc_clear_bar()
- The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_clear_bar() to reset
- the BAR.
- * pci_epc_raise_irq()
- The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_raise_irq() to raise
- Legacy Interrupt, MSI or MSI-X Interrupt.
- * pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr()
- The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr(), to
- allocate memory address from EPC addr space which is required to access
- RC's buffer
- * pci_epc_mem_free_addr()
- The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_mem_free_addr() to
- free the memory space allocated using pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr().
- Other EPC APIs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- There are other APIs provided by the EPC library. These are used for binding
- the EPF device with EPC device. pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for
- using these APIs.
- * pci_epc_get()
- Get a reference to the PCI endpoint controller based on the device name of
- the controller.
- * pci_epc_put()
- Release the reference to the PCI endpoint controller obtained using
- pci_epc_get()
- * pci_epc_add_epf()
- Add a PCI endpoint function to a PCI endpoint controller. A PCIe device
- can have up to 8 functions according to the specification.
- * pci_epc_remove_epf()
- Remove the PCI endpoint function from PCI endpoint controller.
- * pci_epc_start()
- The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_start() once it
- has configured the endpoint function and wants to start the PCI link.
- * pci_epc_stop()
- The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_stop() to stop
- the PCI LINK.
- PCI Endpoint Function(EPF) Library
- ----------------------------------
- The EPF library provides APIs to be used by the function driver and the EPC
- library to provide endpoint mode functionality.
- EPF APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
- by the PCI endpoint function driver.
- * pci_epf_register_driver()
- The PCI Endpoint Function driver should implement the following ops:
- * bind: ops to perform when a EPC device has been bound to EPF device
- * unbind: ops to perform when a binding has been lost between a EPC
- device and EPF device
- * linkup: ops to perform when the EPC device has established a
- connection with a host system
- The PCI Function driver can then register the PCI EPF driver by using
- pci_epf_register_driver().
- * pci_epf_unregister_driver()
- The PCI Function driver can unregister the PCI EPF driver by using
- pci_epf_unregister_driver().
- * pci_epf_alloc_space()
- The PCI Function driver can allocate space for a particular BAR using
- pci_epf_alloc_space().
- * pci_epf_free_space()
- The PCI Function driver can free the allocated space
- (using pci_epf_alloc_space) by invoking pci_epf_free_space().
- APIs for the PCI Endpoint Controller Library
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
- by the PCI endpoint controller library.
- * pci_epf_linkup()
- The PCI endpoint controller library invokes pci_epf_linkup() when the
- EPC device has established the connection to the host.
- Other EPF APIs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- There are other APIs provided by the EPF library. These are used to notify
- the function driver when the EPF device is bound to the EPC device.
- pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for using these APIs.
- * pci_epf_create()
- Create a new PCI EPF device by passing the name of the PCI EPF device.
- This name will be used to bind the EPF device to a EPF driver.
- * pci_epf_destroy()
- Destroy the created PCI EPF device.
- * pci_epf_bind()
- pci_epf_bind() should be invoked when the EPF device has been bound to
- a EPC device.
- * pci_epf_unbind()
- pci_epf_unbind() should be invoked when the binding between EPC device
- and EPF device is lost.
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