Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:14:24 -0600 | From | atull <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] fpga manager: add sysfs interface document |
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2015, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Tue 2015-01-06 14:13:37, atull@opensource.altera.com wrote: > > + > > +What: /sys/class/fpga_manager/<fpga>/firmware > > +Date: October 2014 > > +KernelVersion: 3.18 > > +Contact: Alan Tull <atull@opensource.altera.com> > > +Description: Name of the FPGA image file to load using firmware > > class. > > This one is ugly: it unneccessarily passes firmware name through the > kernel. Just make interface and code simpler by always passing > "socfpga-fpga-image" or something like that. > > Thanks, > Pavel
Hi Pavel,
It might be ugly. It's not unnecessary. Some uses of FPGAs involve switching out the FPGA images dynamically under control of the userspace.
Alan
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