Re: [PATCH v7 2/9] ACPI/IORT: Add support for RMR node parsing

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On 2021-10-09 08:06, Jon Nettleton wrote:
[...]
+             if (rmr->flags & IOMMU_RMR_REMAP_PERMITTED) {
+                     type = IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT_RELAXABLE;
+                     /*
+                      * Set IOMMU_CACHE as IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT_RELAXABLE is
+                      * normally used for allocated system memory that is
+                      * then used for device specific reserved regions.
+                      */
+                     prot |= IOMMU_CACHE;
+             } else {
+                     type = IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT;
+                     /*
+                      * Set IOMMU_MMIO as IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT is normally used
+                      * for device memory like MSI doorbell.
+                      */
+                     prot |= IOMMU_MMIO;
+             }

I'm not sure we ever got a definitive answer to this - does DPAA2
actually go wrong if we use IOMMU_MMIO here? I'd still much prefer to
make the fewest possible assumptions, since at this point it's basically
just a stop-gap until we can fix the spec. It's become clear that we
can't reliably rely on guessing attributes, so I'm not too fussed about
theoretical cases that currently don't work (due to complete lack of RMR
support) continuing to not work for the moment, as long as we can make
the real-world cases we actually have work at all. Anything which only
affects performance I'd rather leave until firmware can tell us what to do.

Well it isn't DPAA2, it is FSL_MC_BUS that fails with IOMMU_MMIO
mappings.  DPAA2 is just one connected device.

Apologies if I'm being overly loose with terminology there - my point of reference for this hardware is documentation for the old LS2080A, where the "DPAA2 Reference Manual" gives a strong impression that the MC is a component belonging to the overall DPAA2 architecture. Either way it technically stands to reason that the other DPAA2 components would only be usable if the MC itself works (unless I've been holding a major misconception about that for years as well).

In the context of this discussion, please consider any reference I may make to bits of NXP's hardware to be shorthand for "the thing for which NXP have a vested interest in IORT RMRs".

Thanks,
Robin.



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