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3:Author: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
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5This document is a guide to use the PCI Endpoint Framework in order to create
6endpoint controller driver, endpoint function driver, and using configfs
7interface to bind the function driver to the controller driver.
8
9Introduction
10============
11
12Linux has a comprehensive PCI subsystem to support PCI controllers that
13operates in Root Complex mode. The subsystem has capability to scan PCI bus,
14assign memory resources and IRQ resources, load PCI driver (based on
15vendor ID, device ID), support other services like hot-plug, power management,
16advanced error reporting and virtual channels.
17
18However the PCI controller IP integrated in some SoCs is capable of operating
19either in Root Complex mode or Endpoint mode. PCI Endpoint Framework will
20add endpoint mode support in Linux. This will help to run Linux in an
21EP system which can have a wide variety of use cases from testing or
22validation, co-processor accelerator, etc.
23
24PCI Endpoint Core
25=================
26
27The PCI Endpoint Core layer comprises 3 components: the Endpoint Controller
28library, the Endpoint Function library, and the configfs layer to bind the
29endpoint function with the endpoint controller.
30
31PCI Endpoint Controller(EPC) Library
32------------------------------------
33
34The EPC library provides APIs to be used by the controller that can operate
35in endpoint mode. It also provides APIs to be used by function driver/library
36in order to implement a particular endpoint function.
37
38APIs for the PCI controller Driver
39~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
40
41This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
42by the PCI controller driver.
43
44* devm_pci_epc_create()/pci_epc_create()
45
46   The PCI controller driver should implement the following ops:
47
48	 * write_header: ops to populate configuration space header
49	 * set_bar: ops to configure the BAR
50	 * clear_bar: ops to reset the BAR
51	 * alloc_addr_space: ops to allocate in PCI controller address space
52	 * free_addr_space: ops to free the allocated address space
53	 * raise_irq: ops to raise a legacy, MSI or MSI-X interrupt
54	 * start: ops to start the PCI link
55	 * stop: ops to stop the PCI link
56
57   The PCI controller driver can then create a new EPC device by invoking
58   devm_pci_epc_create()/pci_epc_create().
59
60* pci_epc_destroy()
61
62   The PCI controller driver can destroy the EPC device created by
63   pci_epc_create() using pci_epc_destroy().
64
65* pci_epc_linkup()
66
67   In order to notify all the function devices that the EPC device to which
68   they are linked has established a link with the host, the PCI controller
69   driver should invoke pci_epc_linkup().
70
71* pci_epc_mem_init()
72
73   Initialize the pci_epc_mem structure used for allocating EPC addr space.
74
75* pci_epc_mem_exit()
76
77   Cleanup the pci_epc_mem structure allocated during pci_epc_mem_init().
78
79
80EPC APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
81~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
82
83This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
84by the PCI endpoint function driver.
85
86* pci_epc_write_header()
87
88   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_write_header() to
89   write the standard configuration header to the endpoint controller.
90
91* pci_epc_set_bar()
92
93   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_set_bar() to configure
94   the Base Address Register in order for the host to assign PCI addr space.
95   Register space of the function driver is usually configured
96   using this API.
97
98   Some endpoint controllers also support calling pci_epc_set_bar() again
99   for the same BAR (without calling pci_epc_clear_bar()) to update inbound
100   address translations after the host has programmed the BAR base address.
101   Endpoint function drivers can check this capability via the
102   dynamic_inbound_mapping EPC feature bit.
103
104   When pci_epf_bar.num_submap is non-zero, the endpoint function driver is
105   requesting BAR subrange mapping using pci_epf_bar.submap. This requires
106   the EPC to advertise support via the subrange_mapping EPC feature bit.
107
108   When an EPF driver wants to make use of the inbound subrange mapping
109   feature, it requires that the BAR base address has been programmed by
110   the host during enumeration. Thus, it needs to call pci_epc_set_bar()
111   twice for the same BAR (requires dynamic_inbound_mapping): first with
112   num_submap set to zero and configuring the BAR size, then after the PCIe
113   link is up and the host enumerates the endpoint and programs the BAR
114   base address, again with num_submap set to non-zero value.
115
116   Note that when making use of the inbound subrange mapping feature, the
117   EPF driver must not call pci_epc_clear_bar() between the two
118   pci_epc_set_bar() calls, because clearing the BAR can clear/disable the
119   BAR register or BAR decode on the endpoint while the host still expects
120   the assigned BAR address to remain valid.
121
122* pci_epc_clear_bar()
123
124   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_clear_bar() to reset
125   the BAR.
126
127* pci_epc_raise_irq()
128
129   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_raise_irq() to raise
130   Legacy Interrupt, MSI or MSI-X Interrupt.
131
132* pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr()
133
134   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr(), to
135   allocate memory address from EPC addr space which is required to access
136   RC's buffer
137
138* pci_epc_mem_free_addr()
139
140   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_mem_free_addr() to
141   free the memory space allocated using pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr().
142
143* pci_epc_map_addr()
144
145  A PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_map_addr() to map to a RC
146  PCI address the CPU address of local memory obtained with
147  pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr().
148
149* pci_epc_unmap_addr()
150
151  A PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_unmap_addr() to unmap the
152  CPU address of local memory mapped to a RC address with pci_epc_map_addr().
153
154* pci_epc_mem_map()
155
156  A PCI endpoint controller may impose constraints on the RC PCI addresses that
157  can be mapped. The function pci_epc_mem_map() allows endpoint function
158  drivers to allocate and map controller memory while handling such
159  constraints. This function will determine the size of the memory that must be
160  allocated with pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr() for successfully mapping a RC PCI
161  address range. This function will also indicate the size of the PCI address
162  range that was actually mapped, which can be less than the requested size, as
163  well as the offset into the allocated memory to use for accessing the mapped
164  RC PCI address range.
165
166* pci_epc_mem_unmap()
167
168  A PCI endpoint function driver can use pci_epc_mem_unmap() to unmap and free
169  controller memory that was allocated and mapped using pci_epc_mem_map().
170
171
172Other EPC APIs
173~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
174
175There are other APIs provided by the EPC library. These are used for binding
176the EPF device with EPC device. pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for
177using these APIs.
178
179* pci_epc_get()
180
181   Get a reference to the PCI endpoint controller based on the device name of
182   the controller.
183
184* pci_epc_put()
185
186   Release the reference to the PCI endpoint controller obtained using
187   pci_epc_get()
188
189* pci_epc_add_epf()
190
191   Add a PCI endpoint function to a PCI endpoint controller. A PCIe device
192   can have up to 8 functions according to the specification.
193
194* pci_epc_remove_epf()
195
196   Remove the PCI endpoint function from PCI endpoint controller.
197
198* pci_epc_start()
199
200   The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_start() once it
201   has configured the endpoint function and wants to start the PCI link.
202
203* pci_epc_stop()
204
205   The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_stop() to stop
206   the PCI LINK.
207
208
209PCI Endpoint Function(EPF) Library
210----------------------------------
211
212The EPF library provides APIs to be used by the function driver and the EPC
213library to provide endpoint mode functionality.
214
215EPF APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
216~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
217
218This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
219by the PCI endpoint function driver.
220
221* pci_epf_register_driver()
222
223   The PCI Endpoint Function driver should implement the following ops:
224	 * bind: ops to perform when an EPC device has been bound to EPF device
225	 * unbind: ops to perform when a binding has been lost between an EPC
226	   device and EPF device
227	 * add_cfs: optional ops to create function specific configfs
228	   attributes
229
230  The PCI Function driver can then register the PCI EPF driver by using
231  pci_epf_register_driver().
232
233* pci_epf_unregister_driver()
234
235  The PCI Function driver can unregister the PCI EPF driver by using
236  pci_epf_unregister_driver().
237
238* pci_epf_alloc_space()
239
240  The PCI Function driver can allocate space for a particular BAR using
241  pci_epf_alloc_space().
242
243* pci_epf_free_space()
244
245  The PCI Function driver can free the allocated space
246  (using pci_epf_alloc_space) by invoking pci_epf_free_space().
247
248APIs for the PCI Endpoint Controller Library
249~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
250
251This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
252by the PCI endpoint controller library.
253
254* pci_epf_linkup()
255
256   The PCI endpoint controller library invokes pci_epf_linkup() when the
257   EPC device has established the connection to the host.
258
259Other EPF APIs
260~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
261
262There are other APIs provided by the EPF library. These are used to notify
263the function driver when the EPF device is bound to the EPC device.
264pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for using these APIs.
265
266* pci_epf_create()
267
268   Create a new PCI EPF device by passing the name of the PCI EPF device.
269   This name will be used to bind the EPF device to a EPF driver.
270
271* pci_epf_destroy()
272
273   Destroy the created PCI EPF device.
274
275* pci_epf_bind()
276
277   pci_epf_bind() should be invoked when the EPF device has been bound to
278   an EPC device.
279
280* pci_epf_unbind()
281
282   pci_epf_unbind() should be invoked when the binding between EPC device
283   and EPF device is lost.
284