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‎Driver usage

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‎APF51

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 * [[Simple_blinking_LED |  You can find some ready to use bitfiles in ''firmware/leds/blinking_led/bin/'' (blinking LED).]]
-{{Note| On APF6_SP the command load_fpga work only throught PCIe, see [[PCIe fpga load]] to know how it works}}
+{{Note| On '''APF6_SP''' the command load_fpga work only throught PCIe, see [[PCIe fpga load]] to know how it works}}
 ==Troubleshots==

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 * [[Simple_blinking_LED |  You can find some ready to use bitfiles in ''firmware/leds/blinking_led/bin/'' (blinking LED).]]
-{{Note| On apf9328_devfull and on apf27_dev a LED is already soldered on fpga. For apf27_dev the fpga bank1 must be powered with 3.3V (connect pin 39 and pin 1 on J20 header)}}
 ==Troubleshots==

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-* For APF6_SP a periph.rbf must be loaded in U-Boot before, the core.rbf can then be loaded under linux with load_fpga:
+* For APF6_SP a periph.rbf must be [[Target_Software_Installation#APF6_SP | loaded in U-Boot]] before, the core.rbf can then be loaded under linux with load_fpga:
 <pre class="apf">
   # load_fpga firmware.core.rbf

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+* For APF6_SP a periph.rbf must be loaded in U-Boot before, the core.rbf can then be loaded under linux with load_fpga:
 * [[Simple_blinking_LED |  You can find some ready to use bitfiles in ''firmware/leds/blinking_led/bin/'' (blinking LED).]]
 {{Note| On apf9328_devfull and on apf27_dev a LED is already soldered on fpga. For apf27_dev the fpga bank1 must be powered with 3.3V (connect pin 39 and pin 1 on J20 header)}}

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		+	[[Category: FPGA]]
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	On this page, you will find all the informations needed to use the Linux FPGA loader driver.		On this page, you will find all the informations needed to use the Linux FPGA loader driver.
	This driver allows you to load the FPGA of your APF board from Linux userspace/shell (ie FPGA reprogrammation after Linux boot).		This driver allows you to load the FPGA of your APF board from Linux userspace/shell (ie FPGA reprogrammation after Linux boot).

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 == Driver usage ==
-*The FPGA loader driver is usable through the standard Linux filesystem interface. To read the available configuration, do:
+*To upload a new firmware, use the small helper script that can do all the job for you (load driver and then firmware). Just call it with the bitfile (.rbf for APF6SP and .bin for the other boards) as parameter. For example:
-<pre class="apf">
-# cat /proc/driver/fpga/loader
-spartan slave serial        <<-- on APF9328
-spartan slave parallel      <<-- on APF27, APF51
-</pre>
-−
-−
 *To upload a new firmware, use the small helper script that can do all the job for you (load driver and then firmware). Just call it with the bitfile as parameter. For example:
 <pre class="apf">
   # load_fpga bramtest_top_apf.bin
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 ==Troubleshots==
 === APF51 ===
 * Use binary format '''.bin''', bitstream format '''.bit''' doesn't work.

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 === APF51 ===
 * do not use a file stored in flash to load the FPGA. Please copy it to the RAM (/tmp) before.
-* Use binary format '''.bin''', bitstream format '''.bit''' does'nt work.
+* Use binary format '''.bin''', bitstream format '''.bit''' doesn't work.
 All the troubleshots are handled by the ''/usr/bin/load_fpga'' utility, mentionned above.
 [[Category:FPGA]]