On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 6:44 PM, Gabriele Paoloni wrote: > > Hi Bjorn > > [...] > > > > > > > > > What's the hisi plan for resuming after suspend-to-RAM? How does > > the > > > > RC get reprogrammed after it loses all its state? > > > > > > PM is not part of the driver yet. This is planned for near > > > future release so haven't made such considerations yet > > > > > > > > What would break if hisi did call dw_pcie_setup_rc()? I know you > > said > > > > it would overwrite what the bootloader already did, which is true. > > > > > > I am try to figure this out now with our HW team. > > > > > > > > > > > But hisi does call dw_pcie_host_init(), so it reads pp->mem (which > > > > determines pp->mem_base) and pp->lanes from the DT. Other drivers > > > > then call dw_pcie_setup_rc() which programs the RC based on > > > > pp->mem_base and pp->lanes. So hisi assumes UEFI programmed the RC > > to > > > > match the DT, while the other drivers read the DT and program the > > RC > > > > to match. The latter seems more robust because it enforces the > > > > consistency rather than relying on it. > > > > > > Yes I agree with you, however we have preferred to move RC config to > > > BIOS to have a single driver to support multiple versions of the > > > same SoC. > > > > I think there are two reasonable approaches: > > > > 1) A single generic driver that doesn't have any knowledge about the > > chipset registers; it uses run-time firmware interfaces to manage > > the bridge. The ACPI pci_root.c driver is the best example so far > > and works very well. It supports basically all x86 and ia64 > > chipsets and requires no kernel work for new ones. > > > > 2) Native drivers specific to each chipset. These may get > > configuration information from DT, but they do their own > > register-level programming of the device without run-time help from > > firmware. > > > > I think hisi is a native driver because it uses hip05/hip06 registers > > to check link state and perform config operations. And apparently you > > rely on the ATU, BAR, class, and link width programming currently done > > in dw_pcie_host_init(). But you want to rely on pre-boot firmware to > > set up the link. That doesn't make sense to me -- if the driver wants > > to twiddle the registers, it should know how to do it all. I don't > > see how you can reasonably manage this half-way approach. > > > > > The patch I proposed above does the same job as the original patch > > > proposed by Jisheng and also allows hisi driver to call the moved > > > code. > > > > > > Do you see anything wrong with it? > > > > Only that it makes the structure more complicated and we haven't > > identified a corresponding benefit yet. > > Finally I have checked that assigning .host_init function pointer > in our driver to call dw_pcie_setup_rc() will not affect the values > already set by BIOS. > > Also I agree with you that a hybrid approach is not ideal. I also agree with Bjorn's opinion. As far as I know, two approaches are reasonable. In the case of using UEFI, how about using 'pci-host-generic.c'? You may consult with Linaro guys for this issue. Good luck. Best regards, Jingoo Han > > So I will update the driver to call dw_pcie_setup_rc() from > .host_init and ask the BIOS team to update the firmware for next > releases (the driver will be backward compatible anyway). > > Also during my investigation I have noticed that in dw_pcie_setup_rc() > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/pci/host/pcie-designware.c#L762 > > we use pp->mem_base rather than pp->mem_bus_addr to setup > memory base and memory limit in the Type1 header...I think this > is wrong right? > Also I do not see why this code is needed at all since we overwrite > this register when we call pci_bus_assign_resources(bus) that > will end up in calling pci_setup_bridge() and then > pci_setup_bridge_mmio()...? > > Many Thanks > > Gab > > > > > Bjorn > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
