Re: [PATCH 1/5] ACPI: pci_root: check _CRS, then _BBN for downstream bus number

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Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> To find a host bridge's downstream bus number, we currently look at _BBN
> first.  If _BBN returns a bus number we've already seen, we conclude that
> _BBN was wrong and look for a bus number in _CRS.
> 
> However, the spec[1] (figure 5-5 and the example in sec 9.12.1) and an ACPI
> FAQ[2] suggest that the OS should use _CRS to discover the bus number
> range, and that _BBN is really intended to bootstrap _CRS methods that
> reference PCI opregions.
> 
> This patch makes us always look at _CRS first.  If _CRS doesn't supply a
> bus number, we look at _BBN.  If _BBN doesn't exist, we default to zero.
> This makes the behavior consistent regardless of device discovery order.
> Previously, if A and B had duplicate _BBNs and we found A first, we'd only
> look at B's _CRS, whereas if we found B first, we'd only look at A's _CRS.
> 
> I'm told that Windows discovers host bridge bus numbers using _CRS, so
> it should be fairly safe to rely on this BIOS functionality.
> 
> This patch also removes two misleading messages: we printed the "Wrong _BBN
> value, reboot and use option 'pci=noacpi'" message before looking at _CRS,
> so we would likely find the bus number in _CRS, the system would work fine,
> and the user would be confused.  The "PCI _CRS %d overrides _BBN 0" message
> incorrectly assumes _BBN was zero, and it's useless anyway because we
> print the segment/bus number a few lines later.

Though it might be very stupid question, can I ask you a question?

Is minimum value of PCI bus number range reported by _CRS always
equal to the bus number of the PCI root bus? I glanced over the
specs, but I could not confirm it.

Thanks,
Kenji Kaneshige


> 
> References:
>     [1] http://www.acpi.info/DOWNLOADS/ACPIspec30b.pdf
>     [2] http://www.acpi.info/acpi_faq.htm _BBN/_CRS discussion
>     http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/8/f/98f3fe47-dfc3-4e74-92a3-088782200fe7/TWAR05005_WinHEC05.ppt (slide 17)
>     http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1662 ASUS PR-DLS
>     http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127 ASUS PR-DLSW
>     http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1741 ASUS PR-DLS533
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxx>
> CC: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/pci_root.c |   54 ++++++++++++++---------------------------------
>  1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> index f341b07..7847732 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> @@ -470,12 +470,12 @@ static int __devinit acpi_pci_root_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>  {
>  	int result = 0;
>  	struct acpi_pci_root *root = NULL;
> -	struct acpi_pci_root *tmp;
>  	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
>  	unsigned long long value = 0;
>  	acpi_handle handle = NULL;
>  	struct acpi_device *child;
>  	u32 flags, base_flags;
> +	int bus;
>  
>  
>  	if (!device)
> @@ -523,46 +523,24 @@ static int __devinit acpi_pci_root_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>  	/* 
>  	 * Bus
>  	 * ---
> -	 * Obtained via _BBN, if exists, otherwise assumed to be zero (0).
> +	 * Check _CRS first, then _BBN.  If no _BBN, default to zero.
>  	 */
> -	status = acpi_evaluate_integer(device->handle, METHOD_NAME__BBN, NULL,
> -				       &value);
> -	switch (status) {
> -	case AE_OK:
> -		root->id.bus = (u16) value;
> -		break;
> -	case AE_NOT_FOUND:
> -		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Assuming bus 0 (no _BBN)\n"));
> -		root->id.bus = 0;
> -		break;
> -	default:
> -		ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status, "Evaluating _BBN"));
> -		result = -ENODEV;
> -		goto end;
> -	}
> -
> -	/* Some systems have wrong _BBN */
> -	list_for_each_entry(tmp, &acpi_pci_roots, node) {
> -		if ((tmp->id.segment == root->id.segment)
> -		    && (tmp->id.bus == root->id.bus)) {
> -			int bus = 0;
> -			acpi_status status;
> -
> -			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
> -				    "Wrong _BBN value, reboot"
> -				    " and use option 'pci=noacpi'\n");
> -
> -			status = try_get_root_bridge_busnr(device->handle, &bus);
> -			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> -				break;
> -			if (bus != root->id.bus) {
> -				printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX
> -				       "PCI _CRS %d overrides _BBN 0\n", bus);
> -				root->id.bus = bus;
> -			}
> -			break;
> +	status = try_get_root_bridge_busnr(device->handle, &bus);
> +	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
> +		root->id.bus = bus;
> +	else {
> +		status = acpi_evaluate_integer(device->handle, METHOD_NAME__BBN,					       NULL, &value);
> +		if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
> +			root->id.bus = (u16) value;
> +		else if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND)
> +			root->id.bus = 0;
> +		else {
> +			ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status, "Evaluating _BBN"));
> +			result = -ENODEV;
> +			goto end;
>  		}
>  	}
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Device & Function
>  	 * -----------------
> 
> 
> 



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