= GIET-VM / CMA Driver =

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The [source:soft/giet_vm/giet_drivers/cma_driver.c cma_driver.c] and [source:soft/giet_vm/giet_drivers/cma_driver.h cma_driver.h] files define the CMA driver. 

It supports the SOCLIB ''vci_chbuf_dma'' component, that is a multi channels, chained buffer DMA controller.
This component can be used in conjonction with the SOCLIB ''vci_frame_buffer'' to display images, or with the SOCLIB ''vci_multi_nic'' controller to transfer  RX or TX packets between NIC buffers and memory buffers.

A single CMA channel transfers continuously data from an infinite stream of buffers (source ''chbuf'') to another infinite stream of buffers (destination ''chbuf'').
A ''chbuf'' descriptor is a variable size circular array of 64 bits entries. Each entry is a single buffer descriptor, and
contains a 48 bits physical address (PADDR) and a valid bit V that is 0 when the buffer is empty. 
||1||    15   ||       48                                       ||
||V||   unused || ------- PADDR ---------   ||

The SEG_CMA_BASE address must be defined in the hard_config.h file.

The addressable registers map is defined [source:soft/giet_vm/giet_drivers/cma_driver.h here].

== __Access Functions__ ==

=== __unsigned int '''_cma_get_register'''( unsigned int channel,  unsigned int index )__ ===
This low_level function returns the value contained in register (index).

 === __void '''_cma_set_register'''( unsigned int channel,  unsigned int index,  unsigned int value )__ ===
This low_level function returns the value contained in register (index).

 === __void '''_cma_channel_start'''( unsigned int channel,  unsigned long long src_paddr,  unsigned int  src_nbufs,  unsigned long long dst_paddr,  unsigned int dst_nbufs,  unsigned int buf_length )__ ===
This function activates a chained buffer DMA channel.
 * channel : CMA channel index.
 * src_paddr : physical address of the source chbuf.
 * src_nbufs : number of buffers in the source chbuf.
 * dst_paddr : physical address of the destination chbuf.
 * dst_nbufs : number of buffers in the destination chbuf.
 * buf_length : single buffer length (bytes)

 === __void '''_cma_channel_stop'''( unsigned int channel )__ ===
This function desactivates a chained buffer DMA channel.
 * channel : CMA channel index.

== __Interrupt Service Routine__ ==

 === __void '''_cma_isr'''( unsigned int irq_type,  unsigned int irq_id,  unsigned int channel )__ ===
This Interrupt Service Routine handles the IRQ generated by a CMA channel.