Data Plane Development Kit Reference Manual: Intel FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000

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Date 12/06/2019
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Document Table of Contents x
1. About this Document 2. Data Plane Development Kit Overview 3. IFPGA Base Code Design 4. Ethernet Group and Retimer API 5. Revision History for the Data Plane Development Kit Reference Manual: Intel® FPGA PAC N3000
1. About this Document x
1.1. About this Document 1.2. Acronym List
2. Data Plane Development Kit Overview x
2.1. DPDK Intel® FPGA PAC N3000 Software Overview 2.2. DPDK Intel® FPGA PAC N3000 Software Components 2.3. FPGA Scan and Enumeration 2.4. OPAE User Mode Driver 2.5. OPAE User Mode Driver API Summary
2.4. OPAE User Mode Driver x
2.4.1. OPAE FPGA Adapter 2.4.2. OPAE Manager 2.4.3. OPAE Accelerator 2.4.4. OPAE Bridge
2.4.1. OPAE FPGA Adapter x
2.4.1.1. opae_adapter_init() 2.4.1.2. opae_adapter_data_alloc() 2.4.1.3. opae_adapter_enumerate() 2.4.1.4. opae_adapter_destroy()
2.4.2. OPAE Manager x
2.4.2.1. opae_manager_alloc() 2.4.2.2. opae_manager_flash() 2.4.2.3. opae_manager_get_eth_group_region_info() 2.4.2.4. Sensor Information 2.4.2.5. opae_mgr_get_sensor_value_by_name() 2.4.2.6. opae_mgr_get_sensor_value_by_id() 2.4.2.7. opae_mgr_get_sensor_value() 2.4.2.8. opae_manager_networking_ops
2.4.3. OPAE Accelerator x
2.4.3.1. opae_accelerator_alloc() 2.4.3.2. opae_acc_get_uuid() 2.4.3.3. opae_acc_get_region_info() 2.4.3.4. opae_acc_get_info()
2.4.4. OPAE Bridge x
2.4.4.1. opae_bridge_alloc() 2.4.4.2. opae_bridge_reset()
2.5. OPAE User Mode Driver API Summary x
2.5.1. Example Code
3. IFPGA Base Code Design x
3.1. FPGA Management 3.2. Accelerator Access and Control
4. Ethernet Group and Retimer API x
4.1. opae_manager_get_eth_group_nums() 4.2. opae_manager_get_eth_group_info() 4.3. opae_manager_eth_group_write_reg() 4.4. opae_manager_eth_group_read_reg() 4.5. opae_manager_get_eth_group_region_info() 4.6. Data Structures for Retiming 4.7. opae_manager_get_retimer_info() 4.8. opae_manager_get_retimer_status()
1. About this Document
2. Data Plane Development Kit Overview
3. IFPGA Base Code Design
4. Ethernet Group and Retimer API
5. Revision History for the Data Plane Development Kit Reference Manual: Intel® FPGA PAC N3000

2.4. OPAE User Mode Driver

The ifpga rawdev driver, $RTE_SDK/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c, defines the FPGA. This driver uses all the API functions described in this section to retrieve information from FPGA components.

The OPAE Hardware Layer API uses the IFPGA base code data structures defined in table below. These data structures abstract away the detailed hardware implementation to allow communication between IPN3KE User Mode Driver and FPGA base code. DPDK PMD or application can use the OPAE hardware layer API to communicate with the FPGA.

Figure 4. DPDK Software Applications Layered on OPAE Software and Hardware
Table 1.   Intel FPGA Base Code Data Structures
Data Structure Name Description
opae_fpga_adapter Represents an FPGA device for user mode device drivers. The DPDK software uses this structure for FPGA enumeration.
opae_manager Represents an FPGA management unit such as the FME. Stores information about FPGA functions such as thermal management, error reporting, and retimer status reporting.
opae_accelerator Represents an Accelerator Function (AF).
opae_bridge Provides a link between the FPGA Management Unit and AF.
Figure 5.  OPAE Hardware Layer API Architecture
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