From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Wei Huang <wei.huang@intel.com>,
dev@dpdk.org, rosen.xu@intel.com, qi.z.zhang@intel.com
Cc: stable@dpdk.org, tianfei.zhang@intel.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v12 3/4] raw/ifpga: add fpga helper function
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:30:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48942425-fab3-9357-5ff3-6c06b80f8062@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1611643528-18311-4-git-send-email-wei.huang@intel.com>
On 1/26/2021 6:45 AM, Wei Huang wrote:
> Below helper functions are used to implement OPAE application.
> 1. ifpga_rawdev_lock() and ifpga_rawdev_unlock() protect FPGA access
> in multiproces.
Why driver needs to expose the lock APIs to the application?
Can't application use its own locking mechanism for multiprocess, and driver can
use its own locking for its needs.
Driver exposing locking internals to applications doesn't look right, but I
don't know the full usecase.
> 2. ifpga_rawdev_get_rsu_stat() and ifpga_rawdev_set_rsu_stat() record
> current RSU status and progress.
> 3. ifpga_rawdev_get_phy_info() get information of connected retimer.
> 4. ifpga_rawdev_partial_reconfigure() do partial reconfiguration.
> 5. ifpga_rawdev_cleanup() free software resources allocated for driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <wei.huang@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Tianfei Zhang <tianfei.zhang@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Rosen Xu <rosen.xu@intel.com>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-28 13:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-26 6:45 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 0/4] raw/ifpga: add extra OPAE APIs Wei Huang
2021-01-26 6:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 1/4] raw/ifpga: add fpga rsu function Wei Huang
2021-01-28 13:24 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-01-29 7:38 ` Huang, Wei
2021-01-29 8:59 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-01-26 6:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 2/4] raw/ifpga: add fpga property get function Wei Huang
2021-01-26 6:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 3/4] raw/ifpga: add fpga helper function Wei Huang
2021-01-28 13:30 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2021-01-29 7:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Huang, Wei
2021-01-26 6:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v12 4/4] examples/ifpga: add example for ifpga opae API Wei Huang
2021-01-28 13:34 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-01-29 7:44 ` Huang, Wei
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