This commit introduces a different interface to submit transfers, using
DMA descriptors.
The structure of the DMA descriptor is as follows:
struct dma_desc {
u32 flags,
u32 id,
u64 dest_addr,
u64 src_addr,
u64 next_sg_addr,
u32 y_len,
u32 x_len,
u32 src_stride,
u32 dst_stride,
};
The 'flags' field currently offers two control bits:
- bit 0: if set, the transfer will complete after this last descriptor
is processed, and the DMA core will go back to idle state; if cleared,
the next DMA descriptor pointed to by 'next_sg_addr' will be loaded.
- bit 1: if set, an end-of-transfer interrupt will be raised after the
memory segment pointed to by this descriptor has been transferred.
The 'id' field corresponds to an identifier of the descriptor.
The 'dest_addr' and 'src_addr' contain the destination and source
addresses to use for the transfer, respectively.
The 'x_len' field contains the number of bytes to transfer,
minus one.
The 'y_len', 'src_stride' and 'dst_stride' fields are only useful for
2D transfers, and should be set to zero if 2D transfers are not
required.
To start a transfer, the address of the first DMA descriptor must be
written to register 0x47c and the HWDESC bit of CONTROL register must
be set. The Scatter-Gather transfer is queued similarly to the simple
transfers, by writing 1 in TRANSFER_SUBMIT.
The Scatter-Gather interface has a dedicated AXI-MM bus configured for
read transfers, with its own dedicated clock, which can be asynchronous.
The Scatter-Gather reset is generated by the reset manager to reset the
logic after completing any pending transactions on the bus.
When the Scatter-Gather is enabled during runtime, the legacy cyclic
functionality of the DMA is disabled.
Signed-off-by: Ionut Podgoreanu <ionut.podgoreanu@analog.com>
When creating a block design targeted for simulation, in the testbench
it is useful to know the parameters of the sub components (e.g DMAC)
Xilinx's way to pass the parameters to the testbench in case of it's AXI
verification IP is through package files. We will do the same for the DMAC.
The package file can be generated from template files (ttcl).
These will be added only to the simulation file set of the project and
won't affect synthesis.
Ionut Podgoreanu
Iulia Moldovan
Laszlo Nagy