On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 10:14, Sonal Santan <son...@xilinx.com> wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel Vetter [mailto:daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch] On Behalf Of Daniel > > Vetter > > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:12 AM > > To: Sonal Santan <son...@xilinx.com> > > Cc: Daniel Vetter <dan...@ffwll.ch>; dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; > > gre...@linuxfoundation.org; Cyril Chemparathy <cyr...@xilinx.com>; linux- > > ker...@vger.kernel.org; Lizhi Hou <liz...@xilinx.com>; Michal Simek > > <mich...@xilinx.com>; airl...@redhat.com > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH Xilinx Alveo 0/6] Xilinx PCIe accelerator driver > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 12:50:14PM +0000, Sonal Santan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Daniel Vetter [mailto:dan...@ffwll.ch] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 1:23 AM > > > > To: Sonal Santan <son...@xilinx.com> > > > > Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; gre...@linuxfoundation.org; > > > > Cyril Chemparathy <cyr...@xilinx.com>; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; > > > > Lizhi Hou <liz...@xilinx.com>; Michal Simek <mich...@xilinx.com>; > > > > airl...@redhat.com > > > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH Xilinx Alveo 0/6] Xilinx PCIe accelerator > > > > driver > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 12:30 AM Sonal Santan <son...@xilinx.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Daniel Vetter [mailto:daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch] On Behalf Of > > > > > > Daniel Vetter > > > > > > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 1:28 PM > > > > > > To: Sonal Santan <son...@xilinx.com> > > > > > > Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; gre...@linuxfoundation.org; > > > > > > Cyril Chemparathy <cyr...@xilinx.com>; > > > > > > linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; Lizhi Hou <liz...@xilinx.com>; > > > > > > Michal Simek <mich...@xilinx.com>; airl...@redhat.com > > > > > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH Xilinx Alveo 0/6] Xilinx PCIe > > > > > > accelerator driver > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 02:53:55PM -0700, > > > > > > sonal.san...@xilinx.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: Sonal Santan <sonal.san...@xilinx.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This patch series adds drivers for Xilinx Alveo PCIe accelerator > > > > > > > cards. > > > > > > > These drivers are part of Xilinx Runtime (XRT) open source > > > > > > > stack and have been deployed by leading FaaS vendors and many > > > > > > > enterprise > > > > > > customers. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cool, first fpga driver submitted to drm! And from a high level > > > > > > I think this makes a lot of sense. > > > > > > > > > > > > > PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alveo PCIe platforms have a static shell and a reconfigurable > > > > > > > (dynamic) region. The shell is automatically loaded from PROM > > > > > > > when host is booted and PCIe is enumerated by BIOS. Shell > > > > > > > cannot be changed till next cold reboot. The shell exposes two > > physical functions: > > > > > > > management physical function and user physical function. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Users compile their high level design in C/C++/OpenCL or RTL > > > > > > > into FPGA image using SDx compiler. The FPGA image packaged as > > > > > > > xclbin file can be loaded onto reconfigurable region. The > > > > > > > image may contain one or more compute unit. Users can > > > > > > > dynamically swap the full image running on the reconfigurable > > > > > > > region in order to switch between different > > > > > > workloads. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XRT DRIVERS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XRT Linux kernel driver xmgmt binds to mgmt pf. The driver is > > > > > > > modular and organized into several platform drivers which > > > > > > > primarily handle the following functionality: > > > > > > > 1. ICAP programming (FPGA bitstream download with FPGA Mgr > > > > > > > integration) 2. Clock scaling 3. Loading firmware container > > > > > > > also called dsabin (embedded Microblaze > > > > > > > firmware for ERT and XMC, optional clearing bitstream) 4. > > > > > > > In-band > > > > > > > sensors: temp, voltage, power, etc. > > > > > > > 5. AXI Firewall management > > > > > > > 6. Device reset and rescan > > > > > > > 7. Hardware mailbox for communication between two physical > > > > > > > functions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XRT Linux kernel driver xocl binds to user pf. Like its peer, > > > > > > > this driver is also modular and organized into several > > > > > > > platform drivers which handle the following functionality: > > > > > > > 1. Device memory topology discovery and memory management 2. > > > > > > > Buffer object abstraction and management for client process 3. > > > > > > > XDMA MM PCIe DMA engine programming 4. Multi-process aware > > > > context management 5. > > > > > > > Compute unit execution management (optionally with help of ERT) > > for > > > > > > > client processes > > > > > > > 6. Hardware mailbox for communication between two physical > > > > > > > functions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The drivers export ioctls and sysfs nodes for various services. > > > > > > > xocl driver makes heavy use of DRM GEM features for device > > > > > > > memory management, reference counting, mmap support and > > export/import. > > > > > > > xocl also includes a simple scheduler called KDS which > > > > > > > schedules compute units and interacts with hardware scheduler > > > > > > > running ERT firmware. The scheduler understands custom opcodes > > > > > > > packaged into command objects > > > > > > and > > > > > > > provides an asynchronous command done notification via POSIX poll. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > More details on architecture, software APIs, ioctl > > > > > > > definitions, execution model, etc. is available as Sphinx > > > > > > > documentation-- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://xilinx.github.io/XRT/2018.3/html/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The complete runtime software stack (XRT) which includes out > > > > > > > of tree kernel drivers, user space libraries, board utilities > > > > > > > and firmware for the hardware scheduler is open source and > > > > > > > available at https://github.com/Xilinx/XRT > > > > > > > > > > > > Before digging into the implementation side more I looked into > > > > > > the userspace here. I admit I got lost a bit, since there's lots > > > > > > of indirections and abstractions going on, but it seems like > > > > > > this is just a fancy ioctl wrapper/driver backend abstractions. > > > > > > Not really > > > > something applications would use. > > > > > Sonal Santan <son...@xilinx.com> > > > > > > > > > > 4:20 PM (1 minute ago) > > > > > > > > > > to me > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Daniel Vetter [mailto:daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch] On Behalf Of > > > > > > Daniel Vetter > > > > > > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 1:28 PM > > > > > > To: Sonal Santan <son...@xilinx.com> > > > > > > Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; gre...@linuxfoundation.org; > > > > > > Cyril Chemparathy <cyr...@xilinx.com>; > > > > > > linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; Lizhi Hou <liz...@xilinx.com>; > > > > > > Michal Simek <mich...@xilinx.com>; airl...@redhat.com > > > > > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH Xilinx Alveo 0/6] Xilinx PCIe > > > > > > accelerator driver > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 02:53:55PM -0700, > > > > > > sonal.san...@xilinx.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: Sonal Santan <sonal.san...@xilinx.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This patch series adds drivers for Xilinx Alveo PCIe accelerator > > > > > > > cards. > > > > > > > These drivers are part of Xilinx Runtime (XRT) open source > > > > > > > stack and have been deployed by leading FaaS vendors and many > > > > > > > enterprise > > > > > > customers. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cool, first fpga driver submitted to drm! And from a high level > > > > > > I think this makes a lot of sense. > > > > > > > > > > > > > PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alveo PCIe platforms have a static shell and a reconfigurable > > > > > > > (dynamic) region. The shell is automatically loaded from PROM > > > > > > > when host is booted and PCIe is enumerated by BIOS. Shell > > > > > > > cannot be changed till next cold reboot. The shell exposes two > > physical functions: > > > > > > > management physical function and user physical function. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Users compile their high level design in C/C++/OpenCL or RTL > > > > > > > into FPGA image using SDx compiler. The FPGA image packaged as > > > > > > > xclbin file can be loaded onto reconfigurable region. The > > > > > > > image may contain one or more compute unit. Users can > > > > > > > dynamically swap the full image running on the reconfigurable > > > > > > > region in order to switch between different > > > > > > workloads. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XRT DRIVERS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XRT Linux kernel driver xmgmt binds to mgmt pf. The driver is > > > > > > > modular and organized into several platform drivers which > > > > > > > primarily handle the following functionality: > > > > > > > 1. ICAP programming (FPGA bitstream download with FPGA Mgr > > > > > > > integration) 2. Clock scaling 3. Loading firmware container > > > > > > > also called dsabin (embedded Microblaze > > > > > > > firmware for ERT and XMC, optional clearing bitstream) 4. > > > > > > > In-band > > > > > > > sensors: temp, voltage, power, etc. > > > > > > > 5. AXI Firewall management > > > > > > > 6. Device reset and rescan > > > > > > > 7. Hardware mailbox for communication between two physical > > > > > > > functions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XRT Linux kernel driver xocl binds to user pf. Like its peer, > > > > > > > this driver is also modular and organized into several > > > > > > > platform drivers which handle the following functionality: > > > > > > > 1. Device memory topology discovery and memory management 2. > > > > > > > Buffer object abstraction and management for client process 3. > > > > > > > XDMA MM PCIe DMA engine programming 4. Multi-process aware > > > > context management 5. > > > > > > > Compute unit execution management (optionally with help of ERT) > > for > > > > > > > client processes > > > > > > > 6. Hardware mailbox for communication between two physical > > > > > > > functions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The drivers export ioctls and sysfs nodes for various services. > > > > > > > xocl driver makes heavy use of DRM GEM features for device > > > > > > > memory management, reference counting, mmap support and > > export/import. > > > > > > > xocl also includes a simple scheduler called KDS which > > > > > > > schedules compute units and interacts with hardware scheduler > > > > > > > running ERT firmware. The scheduler understands custom opcodes > > > > > > > packaged into command objects > > > > > > and > > > > > > > provides an asynchronous command done notification via POSIX poll. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > More details on architecture, software APIs, ioctl > > > > > > > definitions, execution model, etc. is available as Sphinx > > > > > > > documentation-- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://xilinx.github.io/XRT/2018.3/html/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The complete runtime software stack (XRT) which includes out > > > > > > > of tree kernel drivers, user space libraries, board utilities > > > > > > > and firmware for the hardware scheduler is open source and > > > > > > > available at https://github.com/Xilinx/XRT > > > > > > > > > > > > Before digging into the implementation side more I looked into > > > > > > the userspace here. I admit I got lost a bit, since there's lots > > > > > > of indirections and abstractions going on, but it seems like > > > > > > this is just a fancy ioctl wrapper/driver backend abstractions. > > > > > > Not really > > > > something applications would use. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Appreciate your feedback. > > > > > > > > > > The userspace libraries define a common abstraction but have > > > > > different implementations for Zynq Ultrascale+ embedded platform, > > > > > PCIe based Alveo (and Faas) and emulation flows. The latter lets > > > > > you run your > > > > application without physical hardware. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From the pretty picture on github it looks like there's some > > > > > > opencl/ml/other fancy stuff sitting on top that applications > > > > > > would use. Is > > > > that also available? > > > > > > > > > > The full OpenCL runtime is available in the same repository. > > > > > Xilinx ML Suite is also based on XRT and its source can be found > > > > > at > > > > https://github.com/Xilinx/ml-suite. > > > > > > > > Hm, I did a few git grep for the usual opencl entry points, but > > > > didn't find anything. Do I need to run some build scripts first > > > > (which downloads additional sourcecode)? Or is there some symbol > > > > mangling going on and that's why I don't find anything? Pointers very > > much appreciated. > > > > > > The bulk of the OCL runtime code can be found inside > > > https://github.com/Xilinx/XRT/tree/master/src/runtime_src/xocl. > > > The OCL runtime also includes > > https://github.com/Xilinx/XRT/tree/master/src/runtime_src/xrt. > > > The OCL runtime library called libxilinxopencl.so in turn then uses XRT > > > APIs > > to talk to the drivers. > > > For PCIe these XRT APIs are implemented in the library libxrt_core.so > > > the source for which is > > https://github.com/Xilinx/XRT/tree/master/src/runtime_src/driver/xclng/xrt. > > > > > > You can build a fully functioning runtime stack by following very > > > simple build instructions-- > > > https://xilinx.github.io/XRT/master/html/build.html > > > > > > We do have a few dependencies on standard Linux packages including a > > > few OpenCL packages bundled by Linux distros: ocl-icd, ocl-icd-devel > > > and opencl-headers > > > > Thanks a lot for pointers. No idea why I didn't find this stuff, I guess I > > was > > blind. > > > > The thing I'm really interested in is the compiler, since at least the > > experience > > from gpus says that very much is part of the overall uapi, and definitely > > needed to be able to make any chances to the implementation. > > Looking at clCreateProgramWithSource there's only a lookup up cached > > compiles (it looks for xclbin), and src/runtime_src/xclbin doesn't look > > like that > > provides a compiler either. It seems like apps need to precompile everything > > first. Am I again missing something, or is this how it's supposed to work? > > > XRT works with precompiled binaries which are compiled by Xilinx SDx compiler > called xocc. The binary (xclbin) is loaded by clCreateProgramWithBinary(). > > > Note: There's no expectation for the fully optimizing compiler, and we're > > totally ok if there's an optimizing proprietary compiler and a basic open > > one > > (amd, and bunch of other companies all have such dual stacks running on top > > of drm kernel drivers). But a basic compiler that can convert basic kernels > > into > > machine code is expected. > > > Although the compiler is not open source the compilation flow lets users > examine > output from various stages. For example if you write your kernel in > OpenCL/C/C++ > you can view the RTL (Verilog/VHDL) output produced by first stage of > compilation. > Note that the compiler is really generating a custom circuit given a high > level > input which in the last phase gets synthesized into bitstream. Expert hardware > designers can handcraft a circuit in RTL and feed it to the compiler. Our > FPGA tools > let you view the generated hardware design, the register map, etc. You can > get more > information about a compiled design by running XRT tool like xclbinutil on the > generated file. > > In essence compiling for FPGAs is quite different than compiling for > GPU/CPU/DSP. > Interestingly FPGA compilers can run anywhere from 30 mins to a few hours to > compile a testcase.
So is there any open source userspace generator for what this interface provides? Is the bitstream format that gets fed into the FPGA proprietary and is it signed? Dave. _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel