PCIE on LS1021A

[Ahmad Fatoum]

On 09.12.22 19:37, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> From my debugging I can see that the Layerscape PCIE driver use VA address = PA address = 0x24000000
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>> So  Is the problem I am seeing an issue with mapping the correct physical address for a 32-bit processor?
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>> If yes, how can I map the 64-bit PA to a 32-bit VA?
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> Normally, you would call map_io_sections as pci-tegra does, but in your
> case this alone is insufficient as you will need to implement ARM32 LPAE
> support first. Once that's in place, you can use map_io_sections and map
> it to e.g. 0x24000000 as U-Boot does arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/cpu.c mmu_setup().
> 
> U-Boot LPAE support was added to support Rpi2, which starts in HYP mode, but we had
> worked around that in barebox to not require LPAE. For your case however, I don't believe
> there's a way around using LPAE page tables.
> 
> Tangentially related: I don't know how the PCI controller maintains cache coherency,
> but if it does write back through CPU caches, you may observe memory corruption.
> 
> It may be the safest for you to disable cache snooping for PCIe until that's
> resolved (We've this planned, but it will probably not happen this year.
> If you're interested I can elaborate).

I should have shortened the context a bit. Posting again in case you missed it.

> 
> Cheers,
> Ahmad
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>> Cheers,
>> Renaud
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