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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* devm_pci_epc_destroy()/pci_epc_destroy()
61
62   The PCI controller driver can destroy the EPC device created by either
63   devm_pci_epc_create() or pci_epc_create() using devm_pci_epc_destroy() or
64   pci_epc_destroy().
65
66* pci_epc_linkup()
67
68   In order to notify all the function devices that the EPC device to which
69   they are linked has established a link with the host, the PCI controller
70   driver should invoke pci_epc_linkup().
71
72* pci_epc_mem_init()
73
74   Initialize the pci_epc_mem structure used for allocating EPC addr space.
75
76* pci_epc_mem_exit()
77
78   Cleanup the pci_epc_mem structure allocated during pci_epc_mem_init().
79
80
81EPC APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
82~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
83
84This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
85by the PCI endpoint function driver.
86
87* pci_epc_write_header()
88
89   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_write_header() to
90   write the standard configuration header to the endpoint controller.
91
92* pci_epc_set_bar()
93
94   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_set_bar() to configure
95   the Base Address Register in order for the host to assign PCI addr space.
96   Register space of the function driver is usually configured
97   using this API.
98
99* pci_epc_clear_bar()
100
101   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_clear_bar() to reset
102   the BAR.
103
104* pci_epc_raise_irq()
105
106   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_raise_irq() to raise
107   Legacy Interrupt, MSI or MSI-X Interrupt.
108
109* pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr()
110
111   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr(), to
112   allocate memory address from EPC addr space which is required to access
113   RC's buffer
114
115* pci_epc_mem_free_addr()
116
117   The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_mem_free_addr() to
118   free the memory space allocated using pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr().
119
120* pci_epc_map_addr()
121
122  A PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_map_addr() to map to a RC
123  PCI address the CPU address of local memory obtained with
124  pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr().
125
126* pci_epc_unmap_addr()
127
128  A PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_unmap_addr() to unmap the
129  CPU address of local memory mapped to a RC address with pci_epc_map_addr().
130
131* pci_epc_mem_map()
132
133  A PCI endpoint controller may impose constraints on the RC PCI addresses that
134  can be mapped. The function pci_epc_mem_map() allows endpoint function
135  drivers to allocate and map controller memory while handling such
136  constraints. This function will determine the size of the memory that must be
137  allocated with pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr() for successfully mapping a RC PCI
138  address range. This function will also indicate the size of the PCI address
139  range that was actually mapped, which can be less than the requested size, as
140  well as the offset into the allocated memory to use for accessing the mapped
141  RC PCI address range.
142
143* pci_epc_mem_unmap()
144
145  A PCI endpoint function driver can use pci_epc_mem_unmap() to unmap and free
146  controller memory that was allocated and mapped using pci_epc_mem_map().
147
148
149Other EPC APIs
150~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
151
152There are other APIs provided by the EPC library. These are used for binding
153the EPF device with EPC device. pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for
154using these APIs.
155
156* pci_epc_get()
157
158   Get a reference to the PCI endpoint controller based on the device name of
159   the controller.
160
161* pci_epc_put()
162
163   Release the reference to the PCI endpoint controller obtained using
164   pci_epc_get()
165
166* pci_epc_add_epf()
167
168   Add a PCI endpoint function to a PCI endpoint controller. A PCIe device
169   can have up to 8 functions according to the specification.
170
171* pci_epc_remove_epf()
172
173   Remove the PCI endpoint function from PCI endpoint controller.
174
175* pci_epc_start()
176
177   The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_start() once it
178   has configured the endpoint function and wants to start the PCI link.
179
180* pci_epc_stop()
181
182   The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_stop() to stop
183   the PCI LINK.
184
185
186PCI Endpoint Function(EPF) Library
187----------------------------------
188
189The EPF library provides APIs to be used by the function driver and the EPC
190library to provide endpoint mode functionality.
191
192EPF APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
193~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
194
195This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
196by the PCI endpoint function driver.
197
198* pci_epf_register_driver()
199
200   The PCI Endpoint Function driver should implement the following ops:
201	 * bind: ops to perform when a EPC device has been bound to EPF device
202	 * unbind: ops to perform when a binding has been lost between a EPC
203	   device and EPF device
204	 * add_cfs: optional ops to create function specific configfs
205	   attributes
206
207  The PCI Function driver can then register the PCI EPF driver by using
208  pci_epf_register_driver().
209
210* pci_epf_unregister_driver()
211
212  The PCI Function driver can unregister the PCI EPF driver by using
213  pci_epf_unregister_driver().
214
215* pci_epf_alloc_space()
216
217  The PCI Function driver can allocate space for a particular BAR using
218  pci_epf_alloc_space().
219
220* pci_epf_free_space()
221
222  The PCI Function driver can free the allocated space
223  (using pci_epf_alloc_space) by invoking pci_epf_free_space().
224
225APIs for the PCI Endpoint Controller Library
226~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
227
228This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
229by the PCI endpoint controller library.
230
231* pci_epf_linkup()
232
233   The PCI endpoint controller library invokes pci_epf_linkup() when the
234   EPC device has established the connection to the host.
235
236Other EPF APIs
237~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
238
239There are other APIs provided by the EPF library. These are used to notify
240the function driver when the EPF device is bound to the EPC device.
241pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for using these APIs.
242
243* pci_epf_create()
244
245   Create a new PCI EPF device by passing the name of the PCI EPF device.
246   This name will be used to bind the EPF device to a EPF driver.
247
248* pci_epf_destroy()
249
250   Destroy the created PCI EPF device.
251
252* pci_epf_bind()
253
254   pci_epf_bind() should be invoked when the EPF device has been bound to
255   a EPC device.
256
257* pci_epf_unbind()
258
259   pci_epf_unbind() should be invoked when the binding between EPC device
260   and EPF device is lost.
261