Re: Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

2019-04-15 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
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

Re: Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

2019-04-10 Thread Federico Vaga
Hi Alan, thanks for your answer On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 4:21:09 PM CEST Alan Tull wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 7:50 AM Federico Vaga wrote: > > Hi Federico, > > 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 t

Re: Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

2019-04-10 Thread Alan Tull
On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 7:50 AM Federico Vaga wrote: Hi Federico, 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 e

Re: Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

2019-04-10 Thread Federico Vaga
Hi, P.S. sorry if I'm too verbose, hopefully it is useful thanks for the answer On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 12:30:14 PM CEST Eric Schwarz wrote: > Hi, > > everything you want is already available and on the way to mainline > concerning support for various FPGA loading modes or available for >

Re: Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

2019-04-10 Thread Eric Schwarz
Hi, everything you want is already available and on the way to mainline concerning support for various FPGA loading modes or available for checkout from a git repository. All that has already been discussed on the mailing list. FPGA loading interface is available here [1]. Patchset missing fo

Re: Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

2019-04-10 Thread Federico Vaga
Hello, sorry to push for an answer but I do not want to take the risk of designing something useless. I do not know how should I interpret a no-answer. If the solution really does not exist today, then I would like to collect opinions/arguments/requirements on the topic so that I can write some

Device Description for FPGA Components on x86 system

2019-03-27 Thread Federico Vaga
Hello, I'm looking for guidance What I have: * Intel x86_64 computer * PCIe card with FPGA on it What I want to achieve: * load an FPGA bitstream on the card * load a device-tree like description for the FPGA devices contained in the bitstream This is achievable on ARM with DeviceTree, overlay