Re: [PATCH dt + pci 1/2] dt-bindings: Add 'slot-power-limit-milliwatt' PCIe port property

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On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 04:07:05PM +0100, Marek Behún wrote:
> From: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This property specifies slot power limit in mW unit. It is a form-factor
> and board specific value and must be initialized by hardware.
> 
> Some PCIe controllers delegate this work to software to allow hardware
> flexibility and therefore this property basically specifies what should
> host bridge program into PCIe Slot Capabilities registers.
> 
> The property needs to be specified in mW unit instead of the special format
> defined by Slot Capabilities (which encodes scaling factor or different
> unit). Host drivers should convert the value from mW to needed format.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <kabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt
> index 6a8f2874a24d..7296d599c5ac 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt
> @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ driver implementation may support the following properties:
>     root port to downstream device and host bridge drivers can do programming
>     which depends on CLKREQ signal existence. For example, programming root port
>     not to advertise ASPM L1 Sub-States support if there is no CLKREQ signal.
> +- slot-power-limit-miliwatt:

Typo.

But we shouldn't be adding to pci.txt. This needs to go in the 
schema[1]. Patch to devicetree-spec list or GH PR is fine.

> +   If present, this property specifies slot power limit in milliwatts. Host
> +   drivers can parse this property and use it for programming Root Port or host
> +   bridge, or for composing and sending PCIe Set_Slot_Power_Limit messages
> +   through the Root Port or host bridge when transitioning PCIe link from a
> +   non-DL_Up Status to a DL_Up Status.

If your slots are behind a switch, then doesn't this apply to any bridge 
port?

[1] https://github.com/devicetree-org/dt-schema/blob/main/schemas/pci/pci-bus.yaml



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