Hi Joao & Arnd,
On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 09:25:25PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 01 February 2016 18:07:45 Joao Pinto wrote:
> > This patch adds a new driver that will be the reference platform driver
> > for all PCI RC IP Protoyping Kits based on ARC SDP.
> > This patch is composed by:
> >
> > -MAINTAINERS file was updated to include the new driver
> > -Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci was updated to include the new
> > driver documentation
> > -New driver called pcie-synopsys
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joao Pinto <jpinto at synopsys.com>
>
> I must have completely missed all the earlier submissions and just happened
> to see this one now that it was merged.
>
> I have a couple of comments, maybe you can send a follow up patch to address
> them:
These seem pretty easy to address, so I pulled these patches out of
for-linus temporarily while we fix them.
Joao, you can just fix the mdelay() in your driver; don't worry about
fixing other drivers with the same problem or consolidating them.
Bjorn
> > +----------------------------------
> > +
> > +This is the reference platform driver to be used in the Synopsys PCI Root
> > +Complex IP Prototyping Kit.
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +- compatible: set to "snps,pcie-synopsys";
>
> Please also include the exact version of the designware PCIe part that
> is used in here, such as "snps,dw-pcie-1.234". I'm sure you can find
> out the version.
>
> "snps,pcie-synopsys" by itself is about the worst possible compatible
> string because it says nothing about the specific hardware. Half the
> machines we support all have a designware PCIe host that was made
> by synopsys. Please use the name of the SoC for the most specific
> string.
>
> > +- reg: base address and length of the pcie controller registers.
> > +- #address-cells: set to <3>
> > +- #size-cells: set to <2>
> > +- device_type: set to "pci"
> > +- ranges: ranges for the PCI memory and I/O regions.
> > +- interrupts: one interrupt source for MSI interrupts, followed by interrupt
> > + source for hardware related interrupts.
> > +- #interrupt-cells: set to <1>
> > +- num-lanes: set to <1>;
> > +
> > +Example configuration:
> > +
> > + pcie: pcie at 0xdffff000 {
> > + compatible = "snps,pcie-synopsys";
> > + reg = <0xdffff000 0x1000>;
> > + #address-cells = <3>;
> > + #size-cells = <2>;
> > + device_type = "pci";
> > + ranges = <0x00000800 0 0xd0000000 0xd0000000 0 0x00002000>,
>
> This line looks misplaced here and does not match the documentation. It's
> probably a leftover from an earlier version that had the config space
> in the ranges, so you need to remove that.
>
> > +/* This handler was created for future work */
> > +static irqreturn_t synopsys_pcie_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
> > +{
> > + return IRQ_NONE;
> > +}
>
> It's not harmful, but we generally don't add code "for future work",
> better remove it for now.
>
> > +static void synopsys_pcie_establish_link(struct pcie_port *pp)
> > +{
> > + int retries = 0;
> > +
> > + /* check if the link is up or not */
> > + for (retries = 0; retries < 10; retries++) {
> > + if (dw_pcie_link_up(pp)) {
> > + dev_info(pp->dev, "Link up\n");
> > + return;
> > + }
> > + mdelay(100);
> > + }
> > +}
>
> That mdelay() needs to be an msleep(). You should never waste
> a whole second worth of CPU time in a driver.
>
> Arnd
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