I'm afraid no .The patch has not been tested.As you suggested. I will test the Patch. I have sent the modified Patch with version3.But, for some reason,the patch has appeared in this current mail thread only.Can you please review it and suggest changes if any ? On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:05 PM, James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Shashidhar, > > Has the patch been tested to check the dual buffer code gets hit (i.e. > it doesn't always get given just single buffers) and that it still works? > > mmc_test might be a good way of doing so if you have a spare sd card > that you don't mind getting wiped, and I believe it does performance > measurements too which is a bonus. > > Cheers > James > > On 08/30/2011 10:23 AM, Shashidhar Hiremath wrote: >> Hi Kyungmin , >> I have actually not tested ,though I believe Dual Buffer Mode will >> improve performance by certain extent.The main reason for adding his >> patch is since the hardware supports different modes for IDMAC data >> transfer.I thought it would be better to have the support in the >> driver.I will surely comeback with statistics on performance >> improvement soon after testing it. >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Kyungmin Park <kmpark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hi Shashidhar, >>> >>> Simple question, what's the performance or latency improvement by this patch? >>> IOW, what's the benefits? can you provide any performance results or >>> similar things? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Kyungmin Park >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Shashidhar Hiremath >>> <shashidharh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> This Patch adds the support for Dual Buffer Descriptor mode of >>>> Operation for the dw_mmc driver.The patch also provides the configurability >>>> Option for choosing DUAL_BUFFER mode or the chained modes through menuconfig. >>>> The Menuconfig option for selecting Dual Buffer mode or chained mode >>>> is selected only if Internal DMAC is enabled. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Shashidhar Hiremath <shashidharh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> --- >>>> v2: >>>> * As per suggestions by Will Newton and James Hogan >>>> -Config symbol Names prefixed with MMC_DW >>>> -Added more Description for Config parameters added >>>> -Removed unnecessary config opion IDMAC_DESC_MODE >>>> -IDMAC_SET_BUFFER_SIZE chenged IDMAC_SET_BUFFER_SIZES >>>> -fixed typos and indented commments correctly >>>> -if ((i +1) <= sg_len changed to ((i +1) < sg_len >>>> -duplication "desc->des0 = IDMAC_DES0_OWN | IDMAC_DES0_DIC" line removed >>>> -fixed bug in making DSL value zero >>>> -removed ANDing the des1 with zero before writing buffer lengths to it >>>> -Added proper multiline comments >>>> --- >>>> drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++++++++ >>>> drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- >>>> drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h | 2 + >>>> 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig >>>> index 8c87096..1e20dfa 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig >>>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig >>>> @@ -534,6 +534,25 @@ config MMC_DW_IDMAC >>>> Designware Mobile Storage IP block. This disables the external DMA >>>> interface. >>>> >>>> +choice >>>> + prompt "select IDMAC Descriptors Mode" >>>> + depends on MMC_DW_IDMAC >>>> + >>>> +config MMC_DW_CHAIN_DESC >>>> + bool "Chain Descriptor Structure" >>>> + help >>>> + Select this option to enable Chained Mode of Operation and the >>>> + Chained Mode operates in a mode where only one Buffer will be used >>>> + for each descriptor when the transfer is happening in DMA mode. >>>> + >>>> +config MMC_DW_DUAL_BUFFER_DESC >>>> + bool "Dual Buffer Descriptor Structure" >>>> + help >>>> + Select this option to enable Dual Buffer Desc Mode of Operation and >>>> + Dual Buffer Descriptor Mode or the Ring Mode indicates that two >>>> + buffers can be used for each descriptor during DMA mode transfer. >>>> +endchoice >>>> + >>>> config MMC_SH_MMCIF >>>> tristate "SuperH Internal MMCIF support" >>>> depends on MMC_BLOCK && (SUPERH || ARCH_SHMOBILE) >>>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c >>>> index ff0f714..ee02208 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c >>>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c >>>> @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ struct idmac_desc { >>>> u32 des1; /* Buffer sizes */ >>>> #define IDMAC_SET_BUFFER1_SIZE(d, s) \ >>>> ((d)->des1 = ((d)->des1 & 0x03ffe000) | ((s) & 0x1fff)) >>>> +#define IDMAC_SET_BUFFER_SIZES(d, s1, s2) \ >>>> + ((d)->des1 = (((d)->des1) | \ >>>> + (((s1) & 0x1fff) | ((s2) & 0x1fff << 13)))) >>>> >>>> u32 des2; /* buffer 1 physical address */ >>>> >>>> @@ -348,17 +351,38 @@ static void dw_mci_translate_sglist(struct dw_mci *host, struct mmc_data *data, >>>> struct idmac_desc *desc = host->sg_cpu; >>>> >>>> for (i = 0; i < sg_len; i++, desc++) { >>>> - unsigned int length = sg_dma_len(&data->sg[i]); >>>> - u32 mem_addr = sg_dma_address(&data->sg[i]); >>>> + /* Length and mem_address of first buffer */ >>>> + unsigned int length1 = sg_dma_len(&data->sg[i]); >>>> + u32 mem_addr1 = sg_dma_address(&data->sg[i]); >>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DUAL_BUFFER_DESC >>>> + unsigned int length2; >>>> + u32 mem_addr2; >>>> >>>> - /* Set the OWN bit and disable interrupts for this descriptor */ >>>> + /* >>>> + * Set the OWN bit and disable interrupts >>>> + * for this descriptor >>>> + */ >>>> + desc->des0 = IDMAC_DES0_OWN | IDMAC_DES0_DIC >>>> + if ((i+1) < sg_len) { >>>> + length2 = sg_dma_len(&data->sg[i+1]); >>>> + mem_addr2 = sg_dma_address(&data->sg[i+1]); >>>> + /* Buffer length being set for Buffer1 and Buffer2 */ >>>> + IDMAC_SET_BUFFER_SIZES(desc, length1, length2); >>>> + desc->des3 = mem_addr2; >>>> + /* Incrementing for the second buffer */ >>>> + i++; >>>> + } else { >>>> + /* Buffer length being set for Buffer1 and Buffer2 */ >>>> + IDMAC_SET_BUFFER_SIZES(desc, length1, 0); >>>> + } >>>> +#elif CONFIG_CHAIN_DESC >>>> + /* Set OWN bit and disable interrupts for this descriptor */ >>>> desc->des0 = IDMAC_DES0_OWN | IDMAC_DES0_DIC | IDMAC_DES0_CH; >>>> - >>>> - /* Buffer length */ >>>> - IDMAC_SET_BUFFER1_SIZE(desc, length); >>>> - >>>> + /* Buffer length for Buffer1 */ >>>> + IDMAC_SET_BUFFER1_SIZE(desc, length1); >>>> +#endif >>>> /* Physical address to DMA to/from */ >>>> - desc->des2 = mem_addr; >>>> + desc->des2 = mem_addr1; >>>> } >>>> >>>> /* Set first descriptor */ >>>> @@ -369,6 +393,10 @@ static void dw_mci_translate_sglist(struct dw_mci *host, struct mmc_data *data, >>>> desc = host->sg_cpu + (i - 1) * sizeof(struct idmac_desc); >>>> desc->des0 &= ~(IDMAC_DES0_CH | IDMAC_DES0_DIC); >>>> desc->des0 |= IDMAC_DES0_LD; >>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DUAL_BUFFER_DESC >>>> + /* Set the End of Ring bit */ >>>> + desc->des0 |= IDMAC_DES0_ER; >>>> +#endif >>>> >>>> wmb(); >>>> } >>>> @@ -388,7 +416,8 @@ static void dw_mci_idmac_start_dma(struct dw_mci *host, unsigned int sg_len) >>>> >>>> /* Enable the IDMAC */ >>>> temp = mci_readl(host, BMOD); >>>> - temp |= SDMMC_IDMAC_ENABLE | SDMMC_IDMAC_FB; >>>> + /* The Descriptor Skip length is made zero */ >>>> + temp |= SDMMC_IDMAC_ENABLE | SDMMC_IDMAC_FB | SDMMC_BMOD_DSL(0); >>>> mci_writel(host, BMOD, temp); >>>> >>>> /* Start it running */ >>>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h >>>> index 027d377..0520dc8 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h >>>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h >>>> @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ >>>> /* Clock Enable register defines */ >>>> #define SDMMC_CLKEN_LOW_PWR BIT(16) >>>> #define SDMMC_CLKEN_ENABLE BIT(0) >>>> +/* BMOD register defines */ >>>> +#define SDMMC_BMOD_DSL(n) _SBF(2, (n)) >>>> /* time-out register defines */ >>>> #define SDMMC_TMOUT_DATA(n) _SBF(8, (n)) >>>> #define SDMMC_TMOUT_DATA_MSK 0xFFFFFF00 >>>> -- >>>> 1.7.2.3 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in >>>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- regards, Shashidhar Hiremath -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html