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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 2/4] fpga manager: add sysfs interface document
    On Tue 2015-01-13 16:21:33, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
    > On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:06:08 -0700
    > Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> wrote:
    >
    > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:29:00AM -0600, atull wrote:
    > > > the FPGA image. If someone wants there to be only one FPGA image on
    > > > the FGPA forever, they will probably not be using this framework; their
    > > > FPGA will probably be loaded before Linux boots up.
    > >
    > > Nonsense, loading the FPGA through Linux is much better
    >
    > You need both. There are platforms where the FPGA must be loaded to even
    > boot the OS (for example Linux running an FPGA soft 486 can't run until
    > the FPGA has the CPU loaded into it.

    Well, but then the thing that programs FPGA is not Linux, so this is
    little off-topic here. [But yes, there are systems where you want to
    program FPGA from bootloader, because it is easier that way, or maybe
    because it provides your video card.]

    Pavel

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