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> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 1:52 AM
> To: matthew.gerlach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Zhang, Tianfei <tianfei.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>; Wu, Hao <hao.wu@xxxxxxxxx>;
> mdf@xxxxxxxxxx; Xu, Yilun <yilun.xu@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-fpga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/7] fpga: dfl: Allow for ports with no local bar space.
>
>
> On 2/21/22 9:22 AM, matthew.gerlach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Tom Rix wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On 2/17/22 11:31 PM, Zhang, Tianfei wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:06 PM
> >>>> To: Zhang, Tianfei <tianfei.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>; Wu, Hao
> >>>> <hao.wu@xxxxxxxxx>; mdf@xxxxxxxxxx; Xu, Yilun <yilun.xu@xxxxxxxxx>;
> >>>> linux-fpga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> >>>> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Cc: corbet@xxxxxxx; Matthew Gerlach
> >>>> <matthew.gerlach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/7] fpga: dfl: Allow for ports with no
> >>>> local bar space.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2/14/22 3:26 AM, Tianfei zhang wrote:
> >>>>> From: Matthew Gerlach <matthew.gerlach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From a fpga partial reconfiguration standpoint, a port may not
> >>>>> be connected any local BAR space. The port could be connected to
> >>>>> a different PCIe Physical Function (PF) or Virtual Function (VF),
> >>>>> in which case another driver instance would manage the endpoint.
> >>>> It is not clear if this is part of iofs or a bug fix.
> >>> This is the new implementation/feature of IOFS.
> >>> On IOFS support multiple methods to access the AFU.
> >>> 1. Legacy Model. This is used for N3000 and N5000 card.
> >>> In this model the entire AFU region is a unit of PR, and there is a
> >>> Port device connected to this AFU.
> >>> On DFL perspective, there is "Next AFU" point to the AFU, and the
> >>> "BarID" is the PCIe Bar ID of AFU.
> >>> In this model, we can use the AFU APIs to access the entire AFU
> >>> resource, like MMIO.
> >>> 2. Micro-Personas in AFU.
> >>> IOFS intruding new model for PR and AFU access.
> >>> Micro-Personas allow the RTL developer to designate their own
> >>> AFU-defined PR regions.
> >>> In this model the unit of PR is not the entire AFU, instead the unit
> >>> of PR can be any size block or blocks inside the AFU.
> >>> 3. Multiple VFs per PR slot.
> >>> In this method, we can instance multiple VFs over SRIOV for one PR
> >>> slot, and access the AFU resource by different VFs in virtualization
> >>> usage. In this case, the Port device would not connected to AFU (the
> >>> BarID of Port device should be set to invalid), so this patch want
> >>> to support this use model.
> >>
> >> What I am looking for is how the older cards using (my term) dfl 1
> >> will still work with dfl 2 and vice versa.
> >>
> >> No where do I see a version check for dfl 2 nor a pci id check so
> >> either this just works or backward compatibility has not be considered.
> >>
> >> Please add a backward compatibility section to the doc patch
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Gerlach <matthew.gerlach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Tianfei Zhang <tianfei.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> drivers/fpga/dfl-pci.c | 8 ++++++++
> >>>>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl-pci.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl-pci.c index
> >>>>> 4d68719e608f..8abd9b408403 100644
> >>>>> --- a/drivers/fpga/dfl-pci.c
> >>>>> +++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl-pci.c
> >>>>> @@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static int find_dfls_by_default(struct pci_dev
> >>>>> *pcidev,
> >>>>> v = readq(base + FME_HDR_CAP);
> >>>>> port_num = FIELD_GET(FME_CAP_NUM_PORTS, v);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> + dev_info(&pcidev->dev, "port_num = %d\n", port_num);
> >>>>> WARN_ON(port_num > MAX_DFL_FPGA_PORT_NUM);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> for (i = 0; i < port_num; i++) { @@ -258,6 +259,13 @@
> >>>>> static int find_dfls_by_default(struct pci_dev *pcidev,
> >>>>> */
> >>>>> bar = FIELD_GET(FME_PORT_OFST_BAR_ID, v);
> >>>>> offset = FIELD_GET(FME_PORT_OFST_DFH_OFST, v);
> >>>>> + if (bar >= PCI_STD_NUM_BARS) {
> >>>> Is bar set to a better magic number that pci_std_num_bars ? maybe
> >>>> 0xff's
> >>>>
> >>>> How do you tell between this case and broken hw ?
> >>> Yes, I agree that magic number is better, Currently the RTL using
> >>> PCI_STD_NUM_BARS for an invalid PCIe bar number.
> >>
> >> How do you tell between this case and broken hw ?
> >>
> >> Tom
> >
> > The field, FME_PORT_OFST_BAR_ID, is a three bit field, which is pretty
> > common for BARs on PCI. PCI_STD_NUM_BARS is defined as 6. Current HW
> > implementations are filing this field with the value, 7, which is
> > close to the suggestion of 0xff's. How about we define the following
> > magic number?
> > #define NO_LOCAL_PORT_BAR 7
> >
> > We should also change the dev_info to be a dev_dbg and more precise to
> > something like the following:
> >
> > if (bar == NO_LOCAL_PORT_BAR) {
> > dev_dbg(&pcidev->dev, "No local port BAR space.\n");
> > continue;
> > }
>
> What I am looking for is way generally is to tell if this is an old framework or a
> new one.
>
> Maybe a flag and/or version added to dfl_fpga_cdev on probing ?
I am agree add " features" in dfl_fpga_cdev on probing, for example:
struct dfl_fpga_cdev {
...
#define DFL_FEAT_xxxx (1<<0)
u64 features;
};
>
> (The meaning of released_port_num likely needs to change there as well)
>
> So in this case you could check if this was the new framework before doing the
> bar check.
>
> Similar checks other places where ofs stuff is being fit it.
>
> My concern is the fitting in without checking will break the old stuff.
>
> And why I wanted to see a probing writeup in the dfl.rst doc
>
> Tom
>
> >
> >>
> >>>> Move up a line and skip getting an offset that will not be used.
> >>> Yes, this line is not necessary, I will remove it on next version
> >>> patch.
> >>>
> >>>>> + dev_info(&pcidev->dev, "skipping port without
> >>>> local BAR space %d\n",
> >>>>> + bar);
> >>>>> + continue;
> >>>>> + } else {
> >>>>> + dev_info(&pcidev->dev, "BAR %d offset %u\n",
> >>>> bar, offset);
> >>>>> + }
> >>>>> start = pci_resource_start(pcidev, bar) + offset;
> >>>>> len = pci_resource_len(pcidev, bar) - offset;
> >>>>>
> >>>> Is similar logic needed for else-if (port) block below this ?
> >>> I think, the else-if is not necessary. I will remove it on next
> >>> version patch.
> >>>> Tom
> >>
> >>
> >
