Package uk.ac.manchester.spinnaker.alloc.bmp

Class FirmwareLoader

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.manchester.spinnaker.alloc.bmp.FirmwareLoader

@Component
@Prototype
public class FirmwareLoader
extends Object

Handles loading of firmware into a BMP or an FPGA.

Author:

Donal Fellows

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	FirmwareLoader.CRCFailedException	A CRC check failed.
static class	FirmwareLoader.FirmwareLoaderException	Base class of exceptions thrown by the firmware loader.
static class	FirmwareLoader.RegisterSet	Instructions to set a register on one or more FPGAs.
static class	FirmwareLoader.TooLargeException	A data chunk was too large for the firmware loader to handle.
static class	FirmwareLoader.UpdateFailedException	An update of the firmware on a BMP failed.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FirmwareLoader(BMPTransceiverInterface txrx, uk.ac.manchester.spinnaker.machine.board.BMPBoard board)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	bitLoad(boolean postDelay)	Load the FPGA definitions.
void	setupBitfile(String handle, int slot, FPGA chip)	Set a bitfile to be loaded.
void	setupRegisters(FirmwareLoader.RegisterSet... settings)	The write part of cmd_xreg from bmpc.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

FirmwareLoader

public FirmwareLoader(BMPTransceiverInterface txrx,
 uk.ac.manchester.spinnaker.machine.board.BMPBoard board)

Parameters:

txrx - How to talk to BMPs. The specific BMP to talk to must have been bound.

board - Which board's BMP are we really working with.

Method Details

setupRegisters

public void setupRegisters(FirmwareLoader.RegisterSet... settings)
                    throws ProcessException,
IOException,
InterruptedException

The write part of cmd_xreg from bmpc.

Parameters:

settings - The registers to set.

Throws:

IOException - If anything goes wrong with networking.

ProcessException - If SpiNNaker rejects a message.

InterruptedException - If the communications were interrupted.

FirmwareLoader.UpdateFailedException - If the flash data sector read back does not match what we wanted to write.

setupBitfile

public void setupBitfile(String handle,
 int slot,
 FPGA chip)
                  throws IOException,
ProcessException,
InterruptedException

Set a bitfile to be loaded.

Parameters:

handle - The bitfile handle, matching one of the resources known to this bean.

slot - Which slot to install the bitfile in.

chip - Which chip or chips are to load the bitfile.

Throws:

IOException - If anything goes wrong with networking.

ProcessException - If SpiNNaker rejects a message.

FirmwareLoader.TooLargeException - If the bitfile is too large for the BMP's buffer.

FirmwareLoader.CRCFailedException - If the written bitfile fails its CRC check.

FirmwareLoader.UpdateFailedException - If the flash data sector read back does not match what we wanted to write.

InterruptedException - If the communications were interrupted.

bitLoad

public void bitLoad(boolean postDelay)
             throws InterruptedException,
ProcessException,
IOException

Load the FPGA definitions.

Parameters:

postDelay - Whether to do the long delay after the FPGA boot/check

Throws:

InterruptedException - If interrupted while sleeping

ProcessException - If a BMP rejects a message

IOException - If the network fails or the packaged bitfiles are unreadable

FirmwareLoader.FirmwareLoaderException - If something goes wrong.