Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: cadence: Retrain Link to work around Gen2 training defect.

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 1:57 AM Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Nadeem,
>
> On 19/10/20 10:48 pm, Athani Nadeem Ladkhan wrote:
> > Hi Kishon,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 10:59 AM
> >> To: Athani Nadeem Ladkhan <nadeem@cadence.com>;
> >> lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com; robh@kernel.org; bhelgaas@google.com; linux-
> >> pci@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Tom Joseph
> >> <tjoseph@cadence.com>
> >> Cc: Swapnil Kashinath Jakhade <sjakhade@cadence.com>; Milind Parab
> >> <mparab@cadence.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: cadence: Retrain Link to work around Gen2
> >> training defect.
> >>
> >> EXTERNAL MAIL
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Nadeem,
> >>
> >> On 30/09/20 11:51 pm, Nadeem Athani wrote:
> >>> Cadence controller will not initiate autonomous speed change if
> >>> strapped as Gen2. The Retrain Link bit is set as quirk to enable this speed
> >> change.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Nadeem Athani <nadeem@cadence.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> Changes in v3:
> >>> - To set retrain link bit,checking device capability & link status.
> >>> - 32bit read in place of 8bit.
> >>> - Minor correction in patch comment.
> >>> - Change in variable & macro name.
> >>> Changes in v2:
> >>> - 16bit read in place of 8bit.
> >>>  drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c | 31
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>  drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h      |  9 ++++++-
> >>>  2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c
> >>> b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c
> >>> index 4550e0d469ca..2b2ae4e18032 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c
> >>> @@ -77,6 +77,36 @@ static struct pci_ops cdns_pcie_host_ops = {
> >>>     .write          = pci_generic_config_write,
> >>>  };
> >>>
> >>> +static void cdns_pcie_retrain(struct cdns_pcie *pcie) {
> >>> +   u32 lnk_cap_sls, pcie_cap_off = CDNS_PCIE_RP_CAP_OFFSET;
> >>> +   u16 lnk_stat, lnk_ctl;
> >>> +
> >>> +   if (!cdns_pcie_link_up(pcie))
> >>> +           return;
> >>> +
> >>
> >> Is there a IP version that can be used to check if that quirk is applicable?
> > There is no such provision.

Cadence just gives out unversioned IP? There may not be s/w readable
version, but there's still a version. Look at DWC.

> hmm okay. Can we add a DT property to indicate the quirk then since
> AFAIK this is not required in future revisions of IP.

No, add a driver quirk flag, but set flag that based on compatible strings.

> >>> +   /*
> >>> +    * Set retrain bit if current speed is 2.5 GB/s,
> >>> +    * but the PCIe root port support is > 2.5 GB/s.

Though wouldn't setting the retrain bit be harmless even if not needed?

Rob