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diff --git a/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst b/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst index f3a1223f2517..ef9eec71f6f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst +++ b/Documentation/fpga/dfl.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Authors: - Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@intel.com> The Device Feature List (DFL) FPGA framework (and drivers according to -this framework) hides the very details of low layer hardwares and provides +this framework) hides the very details of low layer hardware and provides unified interfaces to userspace. Applications could use these interfaces to configure, enumerate, open and access FPGA accelerators on platforms which implement the DFL in the device memory. Besides this, the DFL framework @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ FPGA Interface Unit (FIU) represents a standalone functional unit for the interface to FPGA, e.g. the FPGA Management Engine (FME) and Port (more descriptions on FME and Port in later sections). -Accelerated Function Unit (AFU) represents a FPGA programmable region and +Accelerated Function Unit (AFU) represents an FPGA programmable region and always connects to a FIU (e.g. a Port) as its child as illustrated above. Private Features represent sub features of the FIU and AFU. They could be @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ given Device Feature Lists and create platform devices for feature devices also abstracts operations for the private features and exposes common ops to feature device drivers. -The FPGA DFL Device could be different hardwares, e.g. PCIe device, platform +The FPGA DFL Device could be different hardware, e.g. PCIe device, platform device and etc. Its driver module is always loaded first once the device is created by the system. This driver plays an infrastructural role in the driver architecture. It locates the DFLs in the device memory, handles them @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ The driver organization in virtualization case is illustrated below: | PCI PF Device | | | PCI VF Device | +---------------+ | +---------------+ -FPGA PCIe device driver is always loaded first once a FPGA PCIe PF or VF device +FPGA PCIe device driver is always loaded first once an FPGA PCIe PF or VF device is detected. It: * Finishes enumeration on both FPGA PCIe PF and VF device using common |