Re:FPGA: Why So Few Open Source Drivers for Open Hardware?
by mupuf on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:28PM
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Sorry about that, the project is still very early. Check out the fan_wip branch for actual code.
The point of LiteDIP is to provide both the IPs, and their drivers.
Also, rather than needing IPs to be located at a certain address in any sort of bus (PCI BARs, wishbone, ...), litedip exposes the list of IPs starting at address 0 along with their version and relative address.
The driver then lists these blocks, and either has a driver for this block's version or not.
The point of LiteDIP is to provide both the IPs, and their drivers.
Also, rather than needing IPs to be located at a certain address in any sort of bus (PCI BARs, wishbone, ...), litedip exposes the list of IPs starting at address 0 along with their version and relative address.
The driver then lists these blocks, and either has a driver for this block's version or not.