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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Introduction
Hardware overview
=================
- POWER8 FPGA
+ POWER8/9 FPGA
+----------+ +---------+
| | | |
| CPU | | AFU |
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Hardware overview
| | CAPP |<------>| |
+---+------+ PCIE +---------+
- The POWER8 chip has a Coherently Attached Processor Proxy (CAPP)
+ The POWER8/9 chip has a Coherently Attached Processor Proxy (CAPP)
unit which is part of the PCIe Host Bridge (PHB). This is managed
by Linux by calls into OPAL. Linux doesn't directly program the
CAPP.
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ Hardware overview
the fault. The context to which this fault is serviced is based on
who owns that acceleration function.
+ POWER8 <-----> PSL Version 8 is compliant to the CAIA Version 1.0.
+ POWER9 <-----> PSL Version 9 is compliant to the CAIA Version 2.0.
+ This PSL Version 9 provides new features such as:
+ * Interaction with the nest MMU on the P9 chip.
+ * Native DMA support.
+ * Supports sending ASB_Notify messages for host thread wakeup.
+ * Supports Atomic operations.
+ * ....
+
+ Cards with a PSL9 won't work on a POWER8 system and cards with a
+ PSL8 won't work on a POWER9 system.
AFU Modes
=========