Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:58:03 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] New driver for Intel(Altera) FPGA System ID softIP |
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 08:30:19PM +0800, kah.jing.lee@intel.com wrote: > From: Kah Jing Lee <kah.jing.lee@intel.com> > > Hi, > > I would like to request review for the new System ID driver for Intel FPGA > platform. > > New sysid driver for Altera(Intel) Sysid component is generally part of an > FPGA design. The component can be hotplugged when the FPGA is reconfigured. > > There are two basic ways to use the system ID core: > - Verify the system ID before downloading new software to a system. This > method can be used by software development tools, before downloading a > program to a target hardware system, if the program is compiled for > different hardware. > > - Check system ID after reset. If a program is running on hardware other > than the expected Platform Designer system, the program may fail to > function altogether. If the program does not crash, it can behave > erroneously in subtle ways that are difficult to debug. To protect against > this case, a program can compare the expected system ID against the > system ID core, and report an error if they do not match. > > Documentation link: > https://rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/AgilexSoCGSRD#PR_Files > > Feedback from maintainers: > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YpmqeHt5Y31ffh5Q@kroah.com/#t
That does not describe what changed from the previous version at all, it just points to a response from me saying you all need to work on this driver.
thanks,
greg k-h
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