d) Xilinx IP cores | |
The Xilinx EDK toolchain ships with a set of IP cores (devices) for use | |
in Xilinx Spartan and Virtex FPGAs. The devices cover the whole range | |
of standard device types (network, serial, etc.) and miscellaneous | |
devices (gpio, LCD, spi, etc). Also, since these devices are | |
implemented within the fpga fabric every instance of the device can be | |
synthesised with different options that change the behaviour. | |
Each IP-core has a set of parameters which the FPGA designer can use to | |
control how the core is synthesized. Historically, the EDK tool would | |
extract the device parameters relevant to device drivers and copy them | |
into an 'xparameters.h' in the form of #define symbols. This tells the | |
device drivers how the IP cores are configured, but it requres the kernel | |
to be recompiled every time the FPGA bitstream is resynthesized. | |
The new approach is to export the parameters into the device tree and | |
generate a new device tree each time the FPGA bitstream changes. The | |
parameters which used to be exported as #defines will now become | |
properties of the device node. In general, device nodes for IP-cores | |
will take the following form: | |
(name): (generic-name)@(base-address) { | |
compatible = "xlnx,(ip-core-name)-(HW_VER)" | |
[, (list of compatible devices), ...]; | |
reg = <(baseaddr) (size)>; | |
interrupt-parent = <&interrupt-controller-phandle>; | |
interrupts = < ... >; | |
xlnx,(parameter1) = "(string-value)"; | |
xlnx,(parameter2) = <(int-value)>; | |
}; | |
(generic-name): an open firmware-style name that describes the | |
generic class of device. Preferably, this is one word, such | |
as 'serial' or 'ethernet'. | |
(ip-core-name): the name of the ip block (given after the BEGIN | |
directive in system.mhs). Should be in lowercase | |
and all underscores '_' converted to dashes '-'. | |
(name): is derived from the "PARAMETER INSTANCE" value. | |
(parameter#): C_* parameters from system.mhs. The C_ prefix is | |
dropped from the parameter name, the name is converted | |
to lowercase and all underscore '_' characters are | |
converted to dashes '-'. | |
(baseaddr): the baseaddr parameter value (often named C_BASEADDR). | |
(HW_VER): from the HW_VER parameter. | |
(size): the address range size (often C_HIGHADDR - C_BASEADDR + 1). | |
Typically, the compatible list will include the exact IP core version | |
followed by an older IP core version which implements the same | |
interface or any other device with the same interface. | |
'reg', 'interrupt-parent' and 'interrupts' are all optional properties. | |
For example, the following block from system.mhs: | |
BEGIN opb_uartlite | |
PARAMETER INSTANCE = opb_uartlite_0 | |
PARAMETER HW_VER = 1.00.b | |
PARAMETER C_BAUDRATE = 115200 | |
PARAMETER C_DATA_BITS = 8 | |
PARAMETER C_ODD_PARITY = 0 | |
PARAMETER C_USE_PARITY = 0 | |
PARAMETER C_CLK_FREQ = 50000000 | |
PARAMETER C_BASEADDR = 0xEC100000 | |
PARAMETER C_HIGHADDR = 0xEC10FFFF | |
BUS_INTERFACE SOPB = opb_7 | |
PORT OPB_Clk = CLK_50MHz | |
PORT Interrupt = opb_uartlite_0_Interrupt | |
PORT RX = opb_uartlite_0_RX | |
PORT TX = opb_uartlite_0_TX | |
PORT OPB_Rst = sys_bus_reset_0 | |
END | |
becomes the following device tree node: | |
opb_uartlite_0: serial@ec100000 { | |
device_type = "serial"; | |
compatible = "xlnx,opb-uartlite-1.00.b"; | |
reg = <ec100000 10000>; | |
interrupt-parent = <&opb_intc_0>; | |
interrupts = <1 0>; // got this from the opb_intc parameters | |
current-speed = <d#115200>; // standard serial device prop | |
clock-frequency = <d#50000000>; // standard serial device prop | |
xlnx,data-bits = <8>; | |
xlnx,odd-parity = <0>; | |
xlnx,use-parity = <0>; | |
}; | |
Some IP cores actually implement 2 or more logical devices. In | |
this case, the device should still describe the whole IP core with | |
a single node and add a child node for each logical device. The | |
ranges property can be used to translate from parent IP-core to the | |
registers of each device. In addition, the parent node should be | |
compatible with the bus type 'xlnx,compound', and should contain | |
#address-cells and #size-cells, as with any other bus. (Note: this | |
makes the assumption that both logical devices have the same bus | |
binding. If this is not true, then separate nodes should be used | |
for each logical device). The 'cell-index' property can be used to | |
enumerate logical devices within an IP core. For example, the | |
following is the system.mhs entry for the dual ps2 controller found | |
on the ml403 reference design. | |
BEGIN opb_ps2_dual_ref | |
PARAMETER INSTANCE = opb_ps2_dual_ref_0 | |
PARAMETER HW_VER = 1.00.a | |
PARAMETER C_BASEADDR = 0xA9000000 | |
PARAMETER C_HIGHADDR = 0xA9001FFF | |
BUS_INTERFACE SOPB = opb_v20_0 | |
PORT Sys_Intr1 = ps2_1_intr | |
PORT Sys_Intr2 = ps2_2_intr | |
PORT Clkin1 = ps2_clk_rx_1 | |
PORT Clkin2 = ps2_clk_rx_2 | |
PORT Clkpd1 = ps2_clk_tx_1 | |
PORT Clkpd2 = ps2_clk_tx_2 | |
PORT Rx1 = ps2_d_rx_1 | |
PORT Rx2 = ps2_d_rx_2 | |
PORT Txpd1 = ps2_d_tx_1 | |
PORT Txpd2 = ps2_d_tx_2 | |
END | |
It would result in the following device tree nodes: | |
opb_ps2_dual_ref_0: opb-ps2-dual-ref@a9000000 { | |
#address-cells = <1>; | |
#size-cells = <1>; | |
compatible = "xlnx,compound"; | |
ranges = <0 a9000000 2000>; | |
// If this device had extra parameters, then they would | |
// go here. | |
ps2@0 { | |
compatible = "xlnx,opb-ps2-dual-ref-1.00.a"; | |
reg = <0 40>; | |
interrupt-parent = <&opb_intc_0>; | |
interrupts = <3 0>; | |
cell-index = <0>; | |
}; | |
ps2@1000 { | |
compatible = "xlnx,opb-ps2-dual-ref-1.00.a"; | |
reg = <1000 40>; | |
interrupt-parent = <&opb_intc_0>; | |
interrupts = <3 0>; | |
cell-index = <0>; | |
}; | |
}; | |
Also, the system.mhs file defines bus attachments from the processor | |
to the devices. The device tree structure should reflect the bus | |
attachments. Again an example; this system.mhs fragment: | |
BEGIN ppc405_virtex4 | |
PARAMETER INSTANCE = ppc405_0 | |
PARAMETER HW_VER = 1.01.a | |
BUS_INTERFACE DPLB = plb_v34_0 | |
BUS_INTERFACE IPLB = plb_v34_0 | |
END | |
BEGIN opb_intc | |
PARAMETER INSTANCE = opb_intc_0 | |
PARAMETER HW_VER = 1.00.c | |
PARAMETER C_BASEADDR = 0xD1000FC0 | |
PARAMETER C_HIGHADDR = 0xD1000FDF | |
BUS_INTERFACE SOPB = opb_v20_0 | |
END | |
BEGIN opb_uart16550 | |
PARAMETER INSTANCE = opb_uart16550_0 | |
PARAMETER HW_VER = 1.00.d | |
PARAMETER C_BASEADDR = 0xa0000000 | |
PARAMETER C_HIGHADDR = 0xa0001FFF | |
BUS_INTERFACE SOPB = opb_v20_0 | |
END | |
BEGIN plb_v34 | |
PARAMETER INSTANCE = plb_v34_0 | |
PARAMETER HW_VER = 1.02.a | |
END | |
BEGIN plb_bram_if_cntlr | |
PARAMETER INSTANCE = plb_bram_if_cntlr_0 | |
PARAMETER HW_VER = 1.00.b | |
PARAMETER C_BASEADDR = 0xFFFF0000 | |
PARAMETER C_HIGHADDR = 0xFFFFFFFF | |
BUS_INTERFACE SPLB = plb_v34_0 | |
END | |
BEGIN plb2opb_bridge | |
PARAMETER INSTANCE = plb2opb_bridge_0 | |
PARAMETER HW_VER = 1.01.a | |
PARAMETER C_RNG0_BASEADDR = 0x20000000 | |
PARAMETER C_RNG0_HIGHADDR = 0x3FFFFFFF | |
PARAMETER C_RNG1_BASEADDR = 0x60000000 | |
PARAMETER C_RNG1_HIGHADDR = 0x7FFFFFFF | |
PARAMETER C_RNG2_BASEADDR = 0x80000000 | |
PARAMETER C_RNG2_HIGHADDR = 0xBFFFFFFF | |
PARAMETER C_RNG3_BASEADDR = 0xC0000000 | |
PARAMETER C_RNG3_HIGHADDR = 0xDFFFFFFF | |
BUS_INTERFACE SPLB = plb_v34_0 | |
BUS_INTERFACE MOPB = opb_v20_0 | |
END | |
Gives this device tree (some properties removed for clarity): | |
plb@0 { | |
#address-cells = <1>; | |
#size-cells = <1>; | |
compatible = "xlnx,plb-v34-1.02.a"; | |
device_type = "ibm,plb"; | |
ranges; // 1:1 translation | |
plb_bram_if_cntrl_0: bram@ffff0000 { | |
reg = <ffff0000 10000>; | |
} | |
opb@20000000 { | |
#address-cells = <1>; | |
#size-cells = <1>; | |
ranges = <20000000 20000000 20000000 | |
60000000 60000000 20000000 | |
80000000 80000000 40000000 | |
c0000000 c0000000 20000000>; | |
opb_uart16550_0: serial@a0000000 { | |
reg = <a00000000 2000>; | |
}; | |
opb_intc_0: interrupt-controller@d1000fc0 { | |
reg = <d1000fc0 20>; | |
}; | |
}; | |
}; | |
That covers the general approach to binding xilinx IP cores into the | |
device tree. The following are bindings for specific devices: | |
i) Xilinx ML300 Framebuffer | |
Simple framebuffer device from the ML300 reference design (also on the | |
ML403 reference design as well as others). | |
Optional properties: | |
- resolution = <xres yres> : pixel resolution of framebuffer. Some | |
implementations use a different resolution. | |
Default is <d#640 d#480> | |
- virt-resolution = <xvirt yvirt> : Size of framebuffer in memory. | |
Default is <d#1024 d#480>. | |
- rotate-display (empty) : rotate display 180 degrees. | |
ii) Xilinx SystemACE | |
The Xilinx SystemACE device is used to program FPGAs from an FPGA | |
bitstream stored on a CF card. It can also be used as a generic CF | |
interface device. | |
Optional properties: | |
- 8-bit (empty) : Set this property for SystemACE in 8 bit mode | |
iii) Xilinx EMAC and Xilinx TEMAC | |
Xilinx Ethernet devices. In addition to general xilinx properties | |
listed above, nodes for these devices should include a phy-handle | |
property, and may include other common network device properties | |
like local-mac-address. | |
iv) Xilinx Uartlite | |
Xilinx uartlite devices are simple fixed speed serial ports. | |
Required properties: | |
- current-speed : Baud rate of uartlite | |
v) Xilinx hwicap | |
Xilinx hwicap devices provide access to the configuration logic | |
of the FPGA through the Internal Configuration Access Port | |
(ICAP). The ICAP enables partial reconfiguration of the FPGA, | |
readback of the configuration information, and some control over | |
'warm boots' of the FPGA fabric. | |
Required properties: | |
- xlnx,family : The family of the FPGA, necessary since the | |
capabilities of the underlying ICAP hardware | |
differ between different families. May be | |
'virtex2p', 'virtex4', or 'virtex5'. | |
vi) Xilinx Uart 16550 | |
Xilinx UART 16550 devices are very similar to the NS16550 but with | |
different register spacing and an offset from the base address. | |
Required properties: | |
- clock-frequency : Frequency of the clock input | |
- reg-offset : A value of 3 is required | |
- reg-shift : A value of 2 is required | |
vii) Xilinx USB Host controller | |
The Xilinx USB host controller is EHCI compatible but with a different | |
base address for the EHCI registers, and it is always a big-endian | |
USB Host controller. The hardware can be configured as high speed only, | |
or high speed/full speed hybrid. | |
Required properties: | |
- xlnx,support-usb-fs: A value 0 means the core is built as high speed | |
only. A value 1 means the core also supports | |
full speed devices. | |