2 Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
4 This document is a guide to use the PCI Endpoint Framework in order to create
5 endpoint controller driver, endpoint function driver, and using configfs
6 interface to bind the function driver to the controller driver.
10 Linux has a comprehensive PCI subsystem to support PCI controllers that
11 operates in Root Complex mode. The subsystem has capability to scan PCI bus,
12 assign memory resources and IRQ resources, load PCI driver (based on
13 vendor ID, device ID), support other services like hot-plug, power management,
14 advanced error reporting and virtual channels.
16 However the PCI controller IP integrated in some SoCs is capable of operating
17 either in Root Complex mode or Endpoint mode. PCI Endpoint Framework will
18 add endpoint mode support in Linux. This will help to run Linux in an
19 EP system which can have a wide variety of use cases from testing or
20 validation, co-processor accelerator, etc.
24 The PCI Endpoint Core layer comprises 3 components: the Endpoint Controller
25 library, the Endpoint Function library, and the configfs layer to bind the
26 endpoint function with the endpoint controller.
28 2.1 PCI Endpoint Controller(EPC) Library
30 The EPC library provides APIs to be used by the controller that can operate
31 in endpoint mode. It also provides APIs to be used by function driver/library
32 in order to implement a particular endpoint function.
34 2.1.1 APIs for the PCI controller Driver
36 This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
37 by the PCI controller driver.
39 *) devm_pci_epc_create()/pci_epc_create()
41 The PCI controller driver should implement the following ops:
42 * write_header: ops to populate configuration space header
43 * set_bar: ops to configure the BAR
44 * clear_bar: ops to reset the BAR
45 * alloc_addr_space: ops to allocate in PCI controller address space
46 * free_addr_space: ops to free the allocated address space
47 * raise_irq: ops to raise a legacy or MSI interrupt
48 * start: ops to start the PCI link
49 * stop: ops to stop the PCI link
51 The PCI controller driver can then create a new EPC device by invoking
52 devm_pci_epc_create()/pci_epc_create().
54 *) devm_pci_epc_destroy()/pci_epc_destroy()
56 The PCI controller driver can destroy the EPC device created by either
57 devm_pci_epc_create() or pci_epc_create() using devm_pci_epc_destroy() or
62 In order to notify all the function devices that the EPC device to which
63 they are linked has established a link with the host, the PCI controller
64 driver should invoke pci_epc_linkup().
68 Initialize the pci_epc_mem structure used for allocating EPC addr space.
72 Cleanup the pci_epc_mem structure allocated during pci_epc_mem_init().
74 2.1.2 APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
76 This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
77 by the PCI endpoint function driver.
79 *) pci_epc_write_header()
81 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_write_header() to
82 write the standard configuration header to the endpoint controller.
86 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_set_bar() to configure
87 the Base Address Register in order for the host to assign PCI addr space.
88 Register space of the function driver is usually configured
91 *) pci_epc_clear_bar()
93 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_clear_bar() to reset
96 *) pci_epc_raise_irq()
98 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_raise_irq() to raise
99 Legacy Interrupt or MSI Interrupt.
101 *) pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr()
103 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr(), to
104 allocate memory address from EPC addr space which is required to access
107 *) pci_epc_mem_free_addr()
109 The PCI endpoint function driver should use pci_epc_mem_free_addr() to
110 free the memory space allocated using pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr().
114 There are other APIs provided by the EPC library. These are used for binding
115 the EPF device with EPC device. pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for
120 Get a reference to the PCI endpoint controller based on the device name of
125 Release the reference to the PCI endpoint controller obtained using
130 Add a PCI endpoint function to a PCI endpoint controller. A PCIe device
131 can have up to 8 functions according to the specification.
133 *) pci_epc_remove_epf()
135 Remove the PCI endpoint function from PCI endpoint controller.
139 The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_start() once it
140 has configured the endpoint function and wants to start the PCI link.
144 The PCI endpoint function driver should invoke pci_epc_stop() to stop
147 2.2 PCI Endpoint Function(EPF) Library
149 The EPF library provides APIs to be used by the function driver and the EPC
150 library to provide endpoint mode functionality.
152 2.2.1 APIs for the PCI Endpoint Function Driver
154 This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
155 by the PCI endpoint function driver.
157 *) pci_epf_register_driver()
159 The PCI Endpoint Function driver should implement the following ops:
160 * bind: ops to perform when a EPC device has been bound to EPF device
161 * unbind: ops to perform when a binding has been lost between a EPC
162 device and EPF device
163 * linkup: ops to perform when the EPC device has established a
164 connection with a host system
166 The PCI Function driver can then register the PCI EPF driver by using
167 pci_epf_register_driver().
169 *) pci_epf_unregister_driver()
171 The PCI Function driver can unregister the PCI EPF driver by using
172 pci_epf_unregister_driver().
174 *) pci_epf_alloc_space()
176 The PCI Function driver can allocate space for a particular BAR using
177 pci_epf_alloc_space().
179 *) pci_epf_free_space()
181 The PCI Function driver can free the allocated space
182 (using pci_epf_alloc_space) by invoking pci_epf_free_space().
184 2.2.2 APIs for the PCI Endpoint Controller Library
185 This section lists the APIs that the PCI Endpoint core provides to be used
186 by the PCI endpoint controller library.
190 The PCI endpoint controller library invokes pci_epf_linkup() when the
191 EPC device has established the connection to the host.
194 There are other APIs provided by the EPF library. These are used to notify
195 the function driver when the EPF device is bound to the EPC device.
196 pci-ep-cfs.c can be used as reference for using these APIs.
200 Create a new PCI EPF device by passing the name of the PCI EPF device.
201 This name will be used to bind the the EPF device to a EPF driver.
205 Destroy the created PCI EPF device.
209 pci_epf_bind() should be invoked when the EPF device has been bound to
214 pci_epf_unbind() should be invoked when the binding between EPC device
215 and EPF device is lost.