On 12.06.2024 18:19, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > CCing Heiner... > >>>>> Yes, maybe this could be simplified to "(LP)DDR memory types" >>>>> >>>> >>>> I rephrased it to "Only works for (LP)DDR memory types up to DDR5". >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>>> How about "Only works on systems with 1 to 8 memory slots" ? >>> >>> This is a question for Heiner. I'd think it is is still correct, but I >>> don't know exactly. >>> >> >> My interpretation was that it should work if the DIMMs are connected to >> multiplexed I2C busses, but probably not if they are connected to >> different adapters. The error message in that case is a bit misleading, >> though, because it claims that "More than 8 memory slots on a single bus", >> which isn't necessarily the case. For example, it should be perfectly valid >> to have up to 24 DIMMs in this system. >> >> i2c-0/name:SMBus PIIX4 adapter port 0 at 0b00 >> i2c-1/name:SMBus PIIX4 adapter port 2 at 0b00 >> i2c-2/name:SMBus PIIX4 adapter port 1 at 0b20 >> >> ... but I guess that is a question for someone with such a system to answer. >> >> Ultimately the handling of systems with more than 8 memory slots will need >> to be updated at some point. On my systems, with 'i2c: piix4: Register SPDs' >> applied, I see >> >> i2c i2c-0: 4/4 memory slots populated (from DMI) >> [my system is running 6.6.y which still generates that message] >> i2c i2c-0: Successfully instantiated SPD at 0x50 >> i2c i2c-0: Successfully instantiated SPD at 0x51 >> i2c i2c-0: Successfully instantiated SPD at 0x52 >> i2c i2c-0: Successfully instantiated SPD at 0x53 >> i2c i2c-1: 4/4 memory slots populated (from DMI) >> i2c i2c-2: 4/4 memory slots populated (from DMI) >> >> meaning the function is called for each adapter (which makes sense). >> However, the code counting the DIMMs doesn't really take the adapter >> into account, meaning adapters 1 and 2 are still probed even though >> all DIMMs were already instantiated from adapter 0. >> >> On a system with more than 8 DIMMs connected to different piix4 adapters >> (without mux) we'd probably see something like >> >> i2c i2c-0: More than 8 memory slots on a single bus, contact i801 maintainer ... >> i2c i2c-1: More than 8 memory slots on a single bus, contact i801 maintainer ... >> i2c i2c-2: More than 8 memory slots on a single bus, contact i801 maintainer ... >> >> which wouldn't be very helpful. I think the main problem may be that >> the i801 driver implements sub-adapters as muxes, but the piix4 driver >> doesn't do (or need) that. The message is also i801 centric which doesn't >> apply anymore after 'i2c: piix4: Register SPDs' is applied. >> >> However, I would not want to even try changing that code without access >> to a system using piix4 and supporting more than 8 memory slots. >> >> Thanks, >> Guenter >> >> It seems Intel systems never have more than one i801 SMBUS adapter, therefore systems with more than 8 memory slots have to use muxing. The current code was developed for the Intel use case, and therefore doesn't consider that a system may have dedicated SMBUS controllers per 8 memory slots. So support for this scenario has to be added.
