From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753409AbcDUPsi (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:48:38 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.136]:44213 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752757AbcDUPsg (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:48:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:48:32 -0500 From: Bjorn Helgaas To: Gabriele Paoloni Cc: Jisheng Zhang , "jingoohan1@gmail.com" , "pratyush.anand@gmail.com" , "bhelgaas@google.com" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: designware: move remaining rc setup code to dw_pcie_setup_rc() Message-ID: <20160421154832.GC32739@localhost> References: <1458128433-3020-1-git-send-email-jszhang@marvell.com> <20160407103734.55e72da7@xhacker> <20160407163443.291fbd49@xhacker> <20160407140551.GA2648@localhost> <20160408160145.GA10565@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 09:43:32AM +0000, 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. > > 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). Am I right in assuming that the patch currently in my tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/helgaas/pci.git/commit/?h=pci/host-designware&id=1488aefa37a4033080942c860294d13c613ec829 will work for you? I'm going to assume so unless I hear otherwise. Bjorn From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.136]:44213 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752757AbcDUPsg (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:48:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:48:32 -0500 From: Bjorn Helgaas To: Gabriele Paoloni Cc: Jisheng Zhang , "jingoohan1@gmail.com" , "pratyush.anand@gmail.com" , "bhelgaas@google.com" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: designware: move remaining rc setup code to dw_pcie_setup_rc() Message-ID: <20160421154832.GC32739@localhost> References: <1458128433-3020-1-git-send-email-jszhang@marvell.com> <20160407103734.55e72da7@xhacker> <20160407163443.291fbd49@xhacker> <20160407140551.GA2648@localhost> <20160408160145.GA10565@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 09:43:32AM +0000, 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. > > 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). Am I right in assuming that the patch currently in my tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/helgaas/pci.git/commit/?h=pci/host-designware&id=1488aefa37a4033080942c860294d13c613ec829 will work for you? I'm going to assume so unless I hear otherwise. Bjorn From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: helgaas@kernel.org (Bjorn Helgaas) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:48:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH v2] PCI: designware: move remaining rc setup code to dw_pcie_setup_rc() In-Reply-To: References: <1458128433-3020-1-git-send-email-jszhang@marvell.com> <20160407103734.55e72da7@xhacker> <20160407163443.291fbd49@xhacker> <20160407140551.GA2648@localhost> <20160408160145.GA10565@localhost> Message-ID: <20160421154832.GC32739@localhost> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 09:43:32AM +0000, 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. > > 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). Am I right in assuming that the patch currently in my tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/helgaas/pci.git/commit/?h=pci/host-designware&id=1488aefa37a4033080942c860294d13c613ec829 will work for you? I'm going to assume so unless I hear otherwise. Bjorn