Subject: Re: Machine-independent bus DMA interface proposal
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/22/1996 20:51:40
On Sun, 22 Sep 1996 22:41:13 -0400
Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Well, i'm not quite gone yet. MROW!
Heh... :-)
> I'd like it to be permissible for dh_segments to be an array.
> No real big practical difference... 8-)
>From the driver-writer's perspective, no... Your suggestion is noted.
I've changed the wording a bit.
> An example of multiple read-write use of a single mapping might look
> like:
[ snip ]
Example is now included in the document.
Latest rev follows...
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NAS $Id: busdma.doc,v 1.13 1996/09/23 03:41:24 thorpej Exp $
PURPOSE
-------
The purpose of this document is to describe a bus- and machine-independent
DMA mapping interface.
All data structures, function prototypes, and macros will be defined
by the port-specific header <machine/bus.h>. Note that this document
assumes the existence of types already defined by the current "bus.h"
interface.
Unless otherwise noted, all function calls in this interface may be
defined as CPP macros.
DATA TYPES
----------
Individual implementations may name these structures whatever they
wish, providing that the external representations are:
bus_dma_tag_t A machine-dependent opaque type
describing the implementation of
DMA for a given bus.
bus_dma_segment_t A struct describing a DMA segment.
bus_dma_handle_t A pointer to a struct describing
a complete DMA mapping.
bus_dmasync_op_t An enumerated type providing at
least the following unique values:
BUS_DMASYNC_PREREAD
BUS_DMASYNC_POSTREAD
BUS_DMASYNC_PREWRITE
BUS_DMASYNC_POSTWRITE
See bus_dmamap_sync() for more details.
/*
* bus_dma_segment_t
*
* Describes a single contiguous DMA transfer.
*/
typedef struct {
bus_addr_t ds_addr; /* address of segment in bus space */
bus_size_t ds_len; /* length of this segment */
/*
* Individual implementations may add "private" members
* here. Drivers are not to assume the existence of
* any members other than the two above.
*/
} bus_dma_segment_t;
/*
* bus_dma_handle_t
*
* Describes a complete DMA mapping.
*
* dh_segments may be accessed by bus-master drivers to get
* the address and length of each transfer. The number
* of valid segments in any particular mapping is kept
* in dh_nsegments. If dh_nsegments is 0, the mapping is not
* valid.
*
* Individual implementations may choose arbitrary layout
* for this structure, and individual instances of this
* structure may be of arbitrary size.
*
* The dh_segments member may or may not be an array.
*/
typedef struct {
bus_dma_segment_t *dh_segments; /* dma segment(s) */
int dh_nsegments; /* number of valid segments
in mapping */
/*
* Individual implementations may add "private" members
* here. Drivers are not to assume the existence of
* any members other than the two above.
*/
} *bus_dma_handle_t;
FUNCTIONS
---------
int bus_dmamap_create __P((bus_dma_tag_t tag, bus_size_t size,
int nsegments, int flags, bus_dma_handle_t *dmahp));
bus_dmamap_create() allocates a dma handle and initializes
it according to the paramters provided. Arguments are
as follows:
tag This is the bus_dma_tag_t passed down from the
parent driver via <bus>_attach_args.
size This is the maximum DMA transfer that can
be mapped by the handle.
nsegments Number of segments the device can support
in a single DMA transaction. This may
be the number of scatter-gather descriptors
supported by the device.
flags Flags are defined as follows:
BUS_DMA_WAITOK It is safe to wait (sleep)
for resouces during this call.
BUS_DMA_NOWAIT It is not safe to wait (sleep)
for resources during this call.
BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW Perform any resource allocation
this handle may need now.
If this is not specified, the
allocation may be deferred to
bus_dmamap_load(). If this flag
is specified, bus_dmamap_load()
will not block on resource
allocation.
BUS_DMA_BUS[1-4] These flags are placeholders,
and may be used by busses to
provide bus-dependent functionality.
dmahp This is a pointer to a bus_dma_handle_t.
A dma handle will be allocated and
pointed to by *dmahp upon sucessful completion
of this routine.
Behavior is not defined if invalid arguments are passed to
bus_dmamap_create().
RETURN VALUES
Returns 0 on success or an error code to indicate mode of failure.
void bus_dmamap_destroy __P((bus_dma_tag_t tag, bus_dma_handle_t dmah));
bus_dmamap_destroy() frees all resources associated with a
given dma handle. Arguments are as follows:
tag This is the bus_dma_tag_t passed down from the
parent driver via <bus>_attach_args.
dmah The dma handle to destroy.
In the event that the dma handle contains a valid mapping,
the mapping will be unloaded via the same mechansim used
by bus_dmamap_unload().
Behavior is not defined if invalid arguments are passed
to bus_dmamap_destroy().
RETURN VALUES
If given valid arguments, bus_dmamap_destroy() always suceeds.
int bus_dmamap_load __P((bus_dma_tag_t tag, bus_dma_handle_t dmah,
caddr_t kva, size_t size, int flags));
bus_dma_load() loads a dma handle with mappings for a
DMA transfer. Arguments are as follows:
tag This is the bus_dma_tag_t passed down from the
parent driver via <bus>_attach_args.
dmah The dma handle with which to map the
transfer.
kva The kernel virtual address of the buffer
to be mapped.
size The size of the DMA transfer. This must
be <= the size given to bus_dmamap_create().
flags Flags are defined as follows:
BUS_DMA_WAITOK It is safe to wait (sleep)
for resources during this call.
BUS_DMA_NOWAIT It is not safe to wait (sleep)
for resources during this call.
BUS_DMA_BUS[1-4] These flags are placeholders,
and may be used by busses to
provide bus-dependent functionality.
As noted above, if a dma handle is created with
BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW, bus_dmamap_load() will never block.
After a succssful call to bus_dmamap_load(), the publicly
accessible members of the dma handle will contain the
following:
dh_segments Will point to one or more
bus_dma_segment_t's which contain
the "pa" and "length" values
appropriate for programming into
DMA controller registers.
dh_nsegments Will contain the number of segments
pointed to by dh_segments.
Behavior is not defined if invalid arguments are passed to
bus_dmamap_load().
RETURN VALUES
Returns 0 on success or an error code to indicate mode of failure.
void bus_dmamap_unload __P((bus_dma_tag_t tag, bus_dma_handle_t dmah));
bus_dmamap_unload() deletes the mappings for a given
dma handle. Arguments are as follows:
tag This is the bus_dma_tag_t passed down from the
parent driver via <bus>_attach_args.
dmah The dma handle containing the mappings
which are to be deleted.
If the dma handle was created with BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW,
bus_dmamap_unload() will not free the corresponding
resources which were allocated by bus_dmamap_create().
This is to ensure that bus_dmamap_load() will never block
on resources if the handle was created with BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW.
Behavior is not defined if invalid arguments are passed to
bus_dmamap_unload().
RETURN VALUES
If given valid arguments, bus_dmamap_unload() always suceeds.
void bus_dmamap_sync __P((bus_dma_tag_t tag, bus_dma_handle_t dmah,
bus_dmasync_op_t op));
bus_dmamap_sync() performs pre- and post-DMA operation
cache and/or buffer synchronization. Arguments are as follows:
tag This is the bus_dma_tag_t passed down from the
parent driver via <bus>_attach_args.
dmah The DMA mapping to be synchronized.
op The synchronization operation to perform.
The following DMA synchronization operations are defined:
BUS_DMASYNC_PREREAD Perform any pre-read DMA cache
and/or bounce operations.
BUS_DMASYNC_POSTREAD Perform any post-read DMA cache
and/or bounce operations.
BUS_DMASYNC_PREWRITE Perform any pre-write DMA cache
and/or bounce operations.
BUS_DMASYNC_POSTWRITE Perform any post-write DMA cache
and/or bounce operations.
This function exists so that multiple read and write transfers
can be performed with the same buffer, and so that drivers can
explicitly inform the bus DMA code when their data is 'ready'
in its DMA buffer.
An example of multiple read-write use of a single mapping
might look like:
bus_dmamap_load(...);
while (not done) {
/* invalidate soon-to-be-stale cache blocks */
bus_dmamap_sync(..., BUS_DMASYNC_PREREAD);
[ do read DMA ]
/* copy from bounce */
bus_dmamap_sync(..., BUS_DMASYNC_POSTREAD);
/* read data now in driver-provided buffer */
[ computation ]
/* data to be written now in driver-provided buffer */
/* flush write buffers and writeback, copy to bounce */
bus_dmamap_sync(..., BUS_DMASYNC_PREWRITE);
[ do write DMA ]
/* probably a no-op, but provided for consistency */
bus_dmamap_sync(..., BUS_DMASYNC_POSTWRITE);
}
bus_dmamap_unload(...);
If DMA read and write operations are not preceeded and followed
by the apropriate synchronization operations, behavior is
undefined.
Behavior is not defined if invalid arguments are passed to
bus_dmamap_sync().
RETURN VALUES
If given valid arguments, bus_dmamap_sync() always succeeds.
caddr_t bus_dmamem_alloc __P((bus_dma_tag_t tag, size_t size,
int nsegments, int flags));
bus_dmamem_alloc() allocates memory that is "DMA safe"
for the bus corresponding to the given tag and maps it
into kernel virtual address space. Arguments are
as follows:
tag The is the bus_dma_tag_t passed down from the
parent driver via <bus>_attach_args.
size The amount of memory to allocate.
nsegments Specifies the maximum number of segments
that may compose the allocated memory. For
example, if this value is 1, the entire
allocated memory region must be physically
contiguous. If this value is 2, the allocated
memory region may consist of up to 2
physically contigious segments, etc.
flags Flags are defined as follows:
BUS_DMA_WAITOK It is safe to wait (sleep)
for resources during this call.
BUS_DMA_NOWAIT It is not safe to wait (sleep)
for resources during this call.
Behvavior is undefined if invalid arguments are passed to
bus_dmamem_alloc().
RETURN VALUES
Returns the kernel virtual address of the allocated memory
or NULL if the request cannot be satisfied.
void bus_dmamem_free __P((bus_dma_tag_t tag, caddr_t kva,
size_t size));
bus_dmamem_free() unmaps and frees memory previously allocated
by bus_dmamem_alloc(). Arguements are as follows:
tag This is the bus_dma_tag_t passed down from the
parent driver via <bus>_attach_args.
kva The kernel virtual address of the memory
region to be freed.
size The amount of memory that was allocated
but bus_dmamem_alloc().
Behavior is undefined if invalid arguments are passed to
bus_dmamem_free().
RETURN VALUES
If given valid arguments, bus_dmamem_free() always succeeds.