1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 :Author: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
5 This document is a guide to use the PCI Endpoint Framework in order to create
6 endpoint controller driver, endpoint function driver, and using configfs
7 interface to bind the function driver to the controller driver.
12 Linux has a comprehensive PCI subsystem to support PCI controllers that
13 operates in Root Complex mode. The subsystem has capability to scan PCI bus,
14 assign memory resources and IRQ resources, load PCI driver (based on
15 vendor ID, device ID), support other services like hot-plug, power management,
16 advanced error reporting and virtual channels.
18 However the PCI controller IP integrated in some SoCs is capable of operating
19 either in Root Complex mode or Endpoint mode. PCI Endpoint Framework will
20 add endpoint mode support in Linux. This will help to run Linux in an
21 EP system which can have a wide variety of use cases from testing or
22 validation, co-processor accelerator, etc.
27 The PCI Endpoint Core layer comprises 3 components: the Endpoint Controller
28 library, the Endpoint Function library, and the configfs layer to bind the
29 endpoint function with the endpoint controller.
31 PCI Endpoint Controller(EPC) Library
32 ------------------------------------
34 The EPC library provides APIs to be used by the controller that can operate
35 in endpoint mode. It also provides APIs to be used by function driver/library
36 in order to implement a particular endpoint function.
38 APIs for the PCI controller Driver
39 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
41 This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
42 by the PCI controller driver.
44 * devm_pci_epc_create()/pci_epc_create()
46 The PCI controller driver should implement the following ops:
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
57 The PCI controller driver can then create a new EPC device by invoking
58 devm_pci_epc_create()/pci_epc_create().
60 * devm_pci_epc_destroy()/pci_epc_destroy()
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
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().
74 Initialize the pci_epc_mem structure used for allocating EPC addr space.
78 Cleanup the pci_epc_mem structure allocated during pci_epc_mem_init().
81 APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
82 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
84 This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
85 by the PCI endpoint function driver.
87 * pci_epc_write_header()
89 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_write_header() to
90 write the standard configuration header to the endpoint controller.
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
101 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_clear_bar() to reset
104 * pci_epc_raise_irq()
106 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_raise_irq() to raise
107 Legacy Interrupt, MSI or MSI-X Interrupt.
109 * pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr()
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
115 * pci_epc_mem_free_addr()
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().
123 There are other APIs provided by the EPC library. These are used for binding
124 the EPF device with EPC device. pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for
129 Get a reference to the PCI endpoint controller based on the device name of
134 Release the reference to the PCI endpoint controller obtained using
139 Add a PCI endpoint function to a PCI endpoint controller. A PCIe device
140 can have up to 8 functions according to the specification.
142 * pci_epc_remove_epf()
144 Remove the PCI endpoint function from PCI endpoint controller.
148 The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_start() once it
149 has configured the endpoint function and wants to start the PCI link.
153 The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_stop() to stop
157 PCI Endpoint Function(EPF) Library
158 ----------------------------------
160 The EPF library provides APIs to be used by the function driver and the EPC
161 library to provide endpoint mode functionality.
163 APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
164 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
166 This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
167 by the PCI endpoint function driver.
169 * pci_epf_register_driver()
171 The PCI Endpoint Function driver should implement the following ops:
172 * bind: ops to perform when a EPC device has been bound to EPF device
173 * unbind: ops to perform when a binding has been lost between a EPC
174 device and EPF device
175 * linkup: ops to perform when the EPC device has established a
176 connection with a host system
178 The PCI Function driver can then register the PCI EPF driver by using
179 pci_epf_register_driver().
181 * pci_epf_unregister_driver()
183 The PCI Function driver can unregister the PCI EPF driver by using
184 pci_epf_unregister_driver().
186 * pci_epf_alloc_space()
188 The PCI Function driver can allocate space for a particular BAR using
189 pci_epf_alloc_space().
191 * pci_epf_free_space()
193 The PCI Function driver can free the allocated space
194 (using pci_epf_alloc_space) by invoking pci_epf_free_space().
196 APIs for the PCI Endpoint Controller Library
197 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
199 This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
200 by the PCI endpoint controller library.
204 The PCI endpoint controller library invokes pci_epf_linkup() when the
205 EPC device has established the connection to the host.
210 There are other APIs provided by the EPF library. These are used to notify
211 the function driver when the EPF device is bound to the EPC device.
212 pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for using these APIs.
216 Create a new PCI EPF device by passing the name of the PCI EPF device.
217 This name will be used to bind the the EPF device to a EPF driver.
221 Destroy the created PCI EPF device.
225 pci_epf_bind() should be invoked when the EPF device has been bound to
230 pci_epf_unbind() should be invoked when the binding between EPC device
231 and EPF device is lost.