[PATCH RFC] trafgen: xilinx: add axi traffic generator driver
Greg KH
gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Jul 16 00:54:12 EST 2013
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 05:09:48PM +0530, Srikanth Thokala wrote:
> This is the driver for AXI Traffic Generator IP. The AXI
> Traffic Generator IP is a core that stresses the AXI4
> interconnect and other AXI4 peripherals in the system.
> It generates a wide variety of AXI4 transactions based on
> the core programming.
>
> Architecture of the core is broadly separated into a master
> and slave block, each of which contains the write block and
> read block. Other support functions are provided by the
> control registers and three internal RAMs - Master RAM,
> Command RAM, Parameter RAM. The initialisation sequence
> includes programming Command RAM with commands, data into
> Master RAM (optional Parameter RAM programming) and then
> enable master logic using control register interface.
> This sequence generates traffic to cores connected in the
> h/w design.
>
> The driver for this IP is designed to be a module with
> sysfs interface. All the control registers and internal
> RAMs can be accessed through sysfs interface.
>
> NOTE: All the sysfs functions need to be documented
> as per kernel-doc format.
Please do that so we can properly understand the api you are creating
here.
thanks,
greg k-h
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