TMS320 Framework Components DMAN3ACPY3 Users Guide

TMS320 Framework Components DMAN3ACPY3 Users Guide
The direct memory access (DMA) controller performs asynchronously scheduled data transfers between memory regions without the intervention of the CPU. The parallel operation of the DMA with the execution of the CPU relieves the CPU of the burden of these data transfers. This allows a system to achieve greater throughput.

Algorithms and client applications may want to take advantage of the DMA to overlap data movement with CPU processing. However, XDAIS does not allow compliant algorithms to directly access or control any hardware peripherals, including the DMA. All system DMA resources must be controlled by the client application.

The new Framework Components DMA utilities allow XDAIS algorithms and client applications to utilize DMA resources by providing standard DMA software abstractions and interfaces. Framework Components now includes the following DMA modules and interfaces:

    IDMA3. This is the standard interface to algorithms for DMA resource specification and negotiation protocols. This interface allows the client application to query and provide the algorithm its requested DMA resources.
    DMAN3. This is the DMA resource manager. It is responsible for managing and granting DMA resources to algorithms and applications based on the IDMA3 interface.
    ACPY3. This is the functional DMA interface and library. The ACPY3 interface describes a comprehensive list of DMA operations that an algorithm can perform on the logical DMA channels acquired through the IDMA3 protocol. These functions are implemented as part of the client application and are called by the algorithm.

The following figure shows which modules are implemented by client application frameworks and which are implemented by algorithms or components. Arrows indicate which modules use other modules.

Client applications use the algorithm's IDMA3 interface to query the algorithm's DMA resource requirements and grant the algorithm logical DMA resources via handles. Each granted handle provides the algorithm a uniform, private logical DMA channel abstraction. Algorithms, upon getting provisioned by the framework with their DMA resource needs, may call ACPY3 functions to schedule DMA transfers on the logical DMA channels. Alternatively, algorithms may provide their own DMA functions to program the physical DMA resources acquired through the IDMA3 protocol.

The basic ideas and objectives described in the "Use of the DMA Resource" chapter of TMS320 DSP Algorithm Standard Rules and Guidelines (SPRU352) apply to the design, implementation and use of the ACPY3 and IDMA3 interfaces. Collectively, IDMA3, DMAN3, and ACPY3 provide a flexible and efficient model that greatly simplifies the management of system DMA resources and services by the client application. They also provide a simple and powerful mechanism for algorithms to configure and access DMA services.

The following tables summarize the API functions and structures used by the IDMA3, ACPY3, and DMAN3 interfaces.