Re: [PATCH v15 04/13] PCI: kirin: Add support for bridge slot DT schema

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 12:44 PM Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Bjorn,
>
> Em Tue, 2 Nov 2021 11:06:12 -0500
> Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> escreveu:
>
> > > +
> > > +   /* Per-slot clkreq */
> > > +   int             n_gpio_clkreq;
> > > +   int             gpio_id_clkreq[MAX_PCI_SLOTS];
> > > +   const char      *clkreq_names[MAX_PCI_SLOTS];
> >
> > I think there's been previous discussion about this, but I didn't
> > follow it, so I'm just double-checking that this is what we want here.
> >
> > IIUC, this (MAX_PCI_SLOTS, "hisilicon,clken-gpios") applies to an
> > external PEX 8606 bridge, which seems a little strange to be
> > hard-coded into the kirin driver this way.
> >
> > I see that "hisilicon,clken-gpios" is optional, but what if some
> > platform connects all 6 lanes?  What if there's a different bridge
> > altogether?

Keep in mind this is HiKey. There's never been a 2nd board upstream
for the SoCs, the boards have a short lifespan in terms of both
support and availability. And yet Hikey manages to do multiple
complicated things on the board design. I have a hard time caring...

> >
> > I'll assume this is actually the way we want thing unless I hear
> > otherwise.
>
> Yes, there was past discussions about that with Rob, with regards
> to how the DT would represent it, which got reflected at the code.

At first I thought these were CLKREQ connections which absolutely
should be per port/bridge like PERST, but they are not. They are
simply enables for the refclk's and pretty specific to HiKey.

> At the end, it was decided to just add a single property inside PCIe:
>
>
>                 pcie@f4000000 {
>                         compatible = "hisilicon,kirin970-pcie";
> ...
>                         hisilicon,clken-gpios = <&gpio27 3 0>, <&gpio17 0 0>,
>                                                 <&gpio20 6 0>;
>
> I don't think this is a problem, as, if some day another bridge would
> need a larger number of slots, it is just a matter of changing the
> number at the MAX_PCI_SLOTS, as this controls only the size of the array
> (and the check for array overflow when parsing the properties).

It is a problem that your host bridge driver has hardcoded board
specifics. That's not the first time you've heard that from me. But
given the board-to-soc ratio of Hikey is 1:1, I don't care that much.

Rob