W dniu 7 kwietnia 2011 09:54 uÅytkownik Michael BÃsch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ: > On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 02:54 +0200, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote: >> W dniu 7 kwietnia 2011 02:00 uÅytkownik George Kashperko >> <george@xxxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ: >> > For PCI function description take a look at PCI specs or PCI >> > configuration space description (e. g. >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_configuration_space) >> > >> > Sorry for missleading short-ups, w11 - bcm80211 core, under two-head I >> > mean ssb/axi with two functional cores on same interconnect (like w11 >> > +w11, not a lot of these exists I guess). Also there were some b43+b44 >> > on single PCI ssb host and those where implemented as ssb interconnect >> > on multifunctional PCI host therefore providing separate access windows >> > for each function. >> > >> > Might I mussunderstood something (its late night here at my place) when >> > you where talking about using coreswitching involved for two drivers >> > therefore I remembered about those functions. Seems now you were talking >> > about chipcommon+b43 access sharing same window. >> > >> > As for core switching requirments for earlier SSB interconnects on PCI >> > hosts where there were no direct chipcommon access, that one can be >> > accomplished without spin_lock/mutex for b43 or b44 cores with proper >> > bus design. >> > >> > AXI doesn't need spinlocks/mutexes as both chipcommon and pci bridge are >> > available directly and b43 will be the only one requiring window access. >> >> Ahh, so while talking about 4 windows, I guess you counted fixes >> windows as well. That would be right, matching my knowledge. >> >> When asking question about amount of cores we may want to use >> simultaneously I didn't think about ChipCommon or PCIe. The real >> problem would be to support for example two 802.11 cores and one >> ethernet core at the same time. That gives us 3 cores while we have >> only 2 sliding windows. > > Would that really be a problem? Think of it. This combination > will only be available on embedded devices. But do we have windows > on embedded devices? I guess not. If AXI is similar to SSB, the MMIO > of all cores will always be mapped. So accesses can be done > without switch or lock. > > I do really think that engineers at broadcom are clever enough > to design a hardware that does not require expensive window sliding > all the time while operating. I also think so. When asking about amount of cores (non PCIe, non ChipCommon) which has to work simultaneously. I'm not sure if we will meet AI board with 2 cores (non PCIe, non ChipCommon) on PCIe host. I don't think we will see more than 2 cores (non PCIe, non ChipCommon) on PCIe host. -- RafaÅ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
