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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst
index 4d926b452cb3..49c0a9512653 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ How to support a new FPGA device
--------------------------------
To add another FPGA manager, write a driver that implements a set of ops. The
-probe function calls fpga_mgr_register(), such as::
+probe function calls fpga_mgr_register() or fpga_mgr_register_full(), such as::
static const struct fpga_manager_ops socfpga_fpga_ops = {
.write_init = socfpga_fpga_ops_configure_init,
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ probe function calls fpga_mgr_register(), such as::
* them in priv
*/
- mgr = devm_fpga_mgr_create(dev, "Altera SOCFPGA FPGA Manager",
- &socfpga_fpga_ops, priv);
- if (!mgr)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ mgr = fpga_mgr_register(dev, "Altera SOCFPGA FPGA Manager",
+ &socfpga_fpga_ops, priv);
+ if (IS_ERR(mgr))
+ return PTR_ERR(mgr);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, mgr);
- return fpga_mgr_register(mgr);
+ return 0;
}
static int socfpga_fpga_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -68,18 +68,38 @@ probe function calls fpga_mgr_register(), such as::
return 0;
}
+Alternatively, the probe function could call one of the resource managed
+register functions, devm_fpga_mgr_register() or devm_fpga_mgr_register_full().
+When these functions are used, the parameter syntax is the same, but the call
+to fpga_mgr_unregister() should be removed. In the above example, the
+socfpga_fpga_remove() function would not be required.
The ops will implement whatever device specific register writes are needed to
do the programming sequence for this particular FPGA. These ops return 0 for
success or negative error codes otherwise.
The programming sequence is::
- 1. .write_init
- 2. .write or .write_sg (may be called once or multiple times)
- 3. .write_complete
-
-The .write_init function will prepare the FPGA to receive the image data. The
-buffer passed into .write_init will be at most .initial_header_size bytes long;
+ 1. .parse_header (optional, may be called once or multiple times)
+ 2. .write_init
+ 3. .write or .write_sg (may be called once or multiple times)
+ 4. .write_complete
+
+The .parse_header function will set header_size and data_size to
+struct fpga_image_info. Before parse_header call, header_size is initialized
+with initial_header_size. If flag skip_header of fpga_manager_ops is true,
+.write function will get image buffer starting at header_size offset from the
+beginning. If data_size is set, .write function will get data_size bytes of
+the image buffer, otherwise .write will get data up to the end of image buffer.
+This will not affect .write_sg, .write_sg will still get whole image in
+sg_table form. If FPGA image is already mapped as a single contiguous buffer,
+whole buffer will be passed into .parse_header. If image is in scatter-gather
+form, core code will buffer up at least .initial_header_size before the first
+call of .parse_header, if it is not enough, .parse_header should set desired
+size into info->header_size and return -EAGAIN, then it will be called again
+with greater part of image buffer on the input.
+
+The .write_init function will prepare the FPGA to receive the image data. The
+buffer passed into .write_init will be at least info->header_size bytes long;
if the whole bitstream is not immediately available then the core code will
buffer up at least this much before starting.
@@ -104,8 +124,14 @@ API for implementing a new FPGA Manager driver
* ``fpga_mgr_states`` - Values for :c:expr:`fpga_manager->state`.
* struct fpga_manager - the FPGA manager struct
* struct fpga_manager_ops - Low level FPGA manager driver ops
-* devm_fpga_mgr_create() - Allocate and init a manager struct
-* fpga_mgr_register() - Register an FPGA manager
+* struct fpga_manager_info - Parameter structure for fpga_mgr_register_full()
+* fpga_mgr_register_full() - Create and register an FPGA manager using the
+ fpga_mgr_info structure to provide the full flexibility of options
+* fpga_mgr_register() - Create and register an FPGA manager using standard
+ arguments
+* devm_fpga_mgr_register_full() - Resource managed version of
+ fpga_mgr_register_full()
+* devm_fpga_mgr_register() - Resource managed version of fpga_mgr_register()
* fpga_mgr_unregister() - Unregister an FPGA manager
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
@@ -117,11 +143,20 @@ API for implementing a new FPGA Manager driver
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
:functions: fpga_manager_ops
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
+ :functions: fpga_manager_info
+
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
- :functions: devm_fpga_mgr_create
+ :functions: fpga_mgr_register_full
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
:functions: fpga_mgr_register
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+ :functions: devm_fpga_mgr_register_full
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+ :functions: devm_fpga_mgr_register
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
:functions: fpga_mgr_unregister