On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 06:49:12PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
[...]
> >> >> +static int cdns_pcie_host_init_root_port(struct cdns_pcie_rc *rc)
> >> >> +{
> >> >> + const struct cdns_pcie_rc_data *data = rc->data;
> >> >> + struct cdns_pcie *pcie = &rc->pcie;
> >> >> + u8 pbn, sbn, subn;
> >> >> + u32 value, ctrl;
> >> >> +
> >> >> + /*
> >> >> + * Set the root complex BAR configuration register:
> >> >> + * - disable both BAR0 and BAR1.
> >> >> + * - enable Prefetchable Memory Base and Limit registers in type 1
> >> >> + * config space (64 bits).
> >> >> + * - enable IO Base and Limit registers in type 1 config
> >> >> + * space (32 bits).
> >> >> + */
> >> >> + ctrl = CDNS_PCIE_LM_BAR_CFG_CTRL_DISABLED;
> >> >> + value = CDNS_PCIE_LM_RC_BAR_CFG_BAR0_CTRL(ctrl) |
> >> >> + CDNS_PCIE_LM_RC_BAR_CFG_BAR1_CTRL(ctrl) |
> >> >> + CDNS_PCIE_LM_RC_BAR_CFG_PREFETCH_MEM_ENABLE |
> >> >> + CDNS_PCIE_LM_RC_BAR_CFG_PREFETCH_MEM_64BITS |
> >> >> + CDNS_PCIE_LM_RC_BAR_CFG_IO_ENABLE |
> >> >> + CDNS_PCIE_LM_RC_BAR_CFG_IO_32BITS;
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_writel(pcie, CDNS_PCIE_LM_RC_BAR_CFG, value);
> >> >> +
> >> >> + /* Set root port configuration space */
> >> >> + if (data->vendor_id != 0xffff)
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_rp_writew(pcie, PCI_VENDOR_ID, data->vendor_id);
> >> >> + if (data->device_id != 0xffff)
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_rp_writew(pcie, PCI_DEVICE_ID, data->device_id);
> >> >> +
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_rp_writeb(pcie, PCI_CLASS_REVISION, 0);
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_rp_writeb(pcie, PCI_CLASS_PROG, 0);
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_rp_writew(pcie, PCI_CLASS_DEVICE, PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI);
> >> >> +
> >> >> + pbn = rc->bus_range->start;
> >> >> + sbn = pbn + 1; /* Single root port. */
> >> >> + subn = rc->bus_range->end;
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_rp_writeb(pcie, PCI_PRIMARY_BUS, pbn);
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_rp_writeb(pcie, PCI_SECONDARY_BUS, sbn);
> >> >> + cdns_pcie_rp_writeb(pcie, PCI_SUBORDINATE_BUS, subn);
> >> >
> >> > Again - I do not have the datasheet for this device therefore I would
> >> > kindly ask you how this works; it seems to me that what you are doing
> >> > here is done through normal configuration cycles in an ECAM compliant
> >> > system to program the RP PRIMARY/SECONDARY/SUBORDINATE bus - I would
> >> > like to understand why this code is needed.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I will test without those lines to test whether I can remove them.
> >>
> >> At first, the PCIe controller was tested by Cadence team: there was code
> >> in their bootloader to initialize the hardware (building the AXI <-> PCIe
> >> mappings, ...): the bootloader used to set the primary, secondary and
> >> subordinate bus numbers in the root port PCI config space.
> >>
> >> Also there was a hardware trick to redirect accesses of the lowest
> >> addresses in the AXI bus to the APB bus so the PCI configuration space of
> >> the root port could have been accessed from the AXI bus too.
> >>
> >> The AXI <-> PCIe mapping being done by the bootloader and the root port
> >> config space being accessible from the AXI bus, it was possible to use
> >> the pci-host-generic driver.
> >
> > That's what I was getting at. Ard (CC'ed) implemented a firmware set-up
> > (even though it was for a different IP but maybe it applies here) that
> > allows the kernel to use the pci-host-generic driver to initialize the
> > PCI controller:
> >
> > https://marc.info/?l=linux-pci&m=150360022626351&w=2
> >
> > I want to understand if there is an IP initialization sequence whereby
> > this IP can be made to work in an ECAM compliant way and therefore
> > reuse (most of) the pci-host-generic driver code.
> >
>
> I think the Synopsys case is probably very similar. There are some
> registers that look like the config space of a root port, but in
> reality, every memory access that hits a live host bridge window is
> forwarded onto the link, regardless of the values of the bridge BARs.
> That is why in the quoted case, we can get away with ignoring the root
> port altogether, rather than jumping through hoops to make the IP
> block's PCI config space registers appear at B/D/F 0/0/0, while still
> having to filter type 0 config TLPs going onto the link (which is
> arguably the job of the root port to begin with)
>
> So if this IP does implement a proper root port (i.e., one where the
> bridge BARs are actually taken into account, and where type 0 config
> TLPs are in fact filtered), I strongly recommend mapping its config
> space registers in an ECAM compliant matter, which implies no
> accessors in the OS.
>
> However, given the observation above, this IP does not appear to
> filter type 0 config TLPs to devfn > 0 downstream of the root port
> either.
Unfortunately that matches my understanding too, let's wait for
Cyrille's reply on my query.
> >> However, the hardware trick won't be included in the final design since
> >> Cadence now wants to perform all PCI configuration space accesses through
> >> a small 4KB window at a fixed address on the AXI bus.
> >
> > I would like to understand what the HW "trick" (if you can disclose it)
> > was, because if there is a chance to reuse the pci-host-generic driver
> > for this IP I want to take it (yes it may entail some firmware set-up in
> > the bootloader) - was it a HW trick or a specific IP SW configuration ?
> >
> >> Also, we now want all initialisations to be done by the linux driver
> >> instead of the bootloader.
> >
> > That's a choice, I do not necessarily agree with it and I think we
> > should aim for more standardization on the PCI host bridge set-up
> > at firmware->kernel handover on DT platforms.
> >
>
> Well, for one, it means this IP will never be supported by ACPI, which
> seems like a huge downside to me.
Yes it is - that's exactly where my comments were heading.
Thanks,
Lorenzo
