[PATCH 2/7] [RFC] PCI: imx6: remove outbound io/mem ATU region mapping
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Wed Dec 4 20:59:33 EST 2013
On Thursday, December 05, 2013 at 02:05:40 AM, Richard Zhu wrote:
> Hi Merak:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-pci-owner at vger.kernel.org
> > [mailto:linux-pci-owner at vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Richard Zhu
> > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 8:45 AM
> > To: Marek Vasut
> > Cc: Jingoo Han; 'Tim Harvey'; 'Pratyush Anand'; linux-arm-
> > kernel at lists.infradead.org; linux-pci at vger.kernel.org; 'Bjorn Helgaas';
> > 'Frank Li'; 'Harro Haan'; 'Mohit KUMAR DCG'; 'Sascha Hauer'; 'Sean
> > Cross'; 'Shawn Guo'; 'Siva Reddy Kallam'; 'Srikanth T Shivanand'; 'Troy
> > Kisky'; 'Yinghai Lu' Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/7] [RFC] PCI: imx6: remove
> > outbound io/mem ATU region mapping
> >
> > Hi Marek:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Marek Vasut [mailto:marex at denx.de]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 3:52 PM
> > > To: Zhu Richard-R65037
> > > Cc: Jingoo Han; 'Tim Harvey'; 'Pratyush Anand'; linux-arm-
> > > kernel at lists.infradead.org; linux-pci at vger.kernel.org; 'Bjorn
> > > Helgaas'; 'Frank Li'; 'Harro Haan'; 'Mohit KUMAR DCG'; 'Sascha Hauer';
> > > 'Sean Cross'; 'Shawn Guo'; 'Siva Reddy Kallam'; 'Srikanth T Shivanand';
> >
> > 'Troy Kisky'; 'Yinghai Lu'
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] [RFC] PCI: imx6: remove outbound io/mem ATU
> > > region mapping
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, December 04, 2013 at 06:49:55 AM, Richard Zhu wrote:
> > > > Hi Marek:
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards
> > > > Richard Zhu
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Marek Vasut [mailto:marex at denx.de]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 1:56 AM
> > > > > To: Jingoo Han
> > > > > Cc: 'Tim Harvey'; 'Pratyush Anand';
> > > > > linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org;
> > > > > linux-pci at vger.kernel.org; 'Bjorn Helgaas'; 'Frank Li'; 'Harro
> > > > > Haan'; 'Mohit KUMAR DCG'; Zhu Richard-R65037; 'Sascha Hauer';
> > > > > 'Sean Cross'; 'Shawn Guo'; 'Siva Reddy Kallam'; 'Srikanth T
> > > > > Shivanand'; 'Troy Kisky'; 'Yinghai Lu' Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7]
> > > > > [RFC]
> >
> > PCI: imx6:
> > > > > remove outbound io/mem ATU region mapping
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear Jingoo Han,
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 5:44 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > > > Wednesday, November 27, 2013 1:30 PM, Pratyush Anand wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 05:10:43AM +0800, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > > > > > From: Tim Harvey <tharvey at gateworks.com>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The IMX6 iATU is used for address translation between the
> > > > > > > > > AXI bus address space and PCI address space. This is used
> > > > > > > > > for type0 and
> > > > > > > > > type1 config cycles but is not necessary for outbound
> > > > > > > > > io/mem regions.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > This patch removes the calls that inappropriately
> > > > > > > > > re-configures the ATU viewport for outbound memory and IO
> > > > > > > > > after config cycles and removes them altogether as they
> > > > > > > > > are not
> > >
> > > necessary.
> > >
> > > > > > > > Yes, they are not necessary for all the cases where
> > > > > > > > translation is one to one. So so for sure all the platform
> > > > > > > > till now introduced should work.
> > > > > > > > But, what about a platform where memory translation is not
> > > > > > > > one to one?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Existing code should work with all sort of memory
> > > > > > > > translation on a platform having atleast two viewports
> > > > > > > > capable of programming any type of outbound transaction.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Full ACK, that's why it's called RFC.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > This resolves issues with PCI devices behind switches and
> > > > > > > > > has been tested with a Gige device behind a PLX PEX860x
> > > > > > > > > switch. More testing is needed for other configurations.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I do not understand if MX6 has 4 Outbound Viewport then how
> > > > > > > > this patch helps?
> > > > > > > > -- PCI devices behind switches would not have been working
> > > > > > > > because
> > > > > > > > CFG1 transaction would not have been correct.
> > > > > > > > -- It works with this patch. This patch changes viewport for
> > > > > > > > CFG1 from
> > > > > > > > 1 to 0.
> > > > > > > > -- Can it be possible that MX6 has some restriction on
> > > > > > > > viewport programming capability. I mean,like only viewport0
> > > > > > > > can be programmed for CFG0/1?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Tim ?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Here is the MX6 datasheet [1], the section 48.3.9.1.1 and
> > > > > > > 48.3.9.1.2 describe the iATU configuration on MX6. My
> > > > > > > understanding from this description is that the MX6 has 4
> > > > > > > inbound and 4 outbound iATU regions. Am I wrong ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The numbers of inbound and outbound are hardware-configurable
> > > > > > features. Thus, these numbers can be confirmed by Freescale
> > > > > > hardware engineers. How about asking Freescale hardware
> > > > > > engineers, if possible?
> > > > >
> > > > > Richard is on the CC. Richard, can you please confirm those?
> > > >
> > > > [Richard] One Pericom PI7C9X2G303EL pcie switch, and two pcie ep
> > > > deivces(one is intel e1000e nic, the other is one xhci device) are
> > > > tested on imx6q sabresd board. Without removing outbound io/mem
> > > > regions view map during the cfg0/1 read/write cycle, both of these
> > > > devices can't work well at my side. Works well after remove them
> > > > during the cfg0/1 read/write cycles.
> > > > Same to Tim's situation about switch implementation.
> > >
> > > Thanks Richard! I am just wondering what kind of conclusion can we
> > > draw from this. Let me reiterate what we have:
> > >
> > > - i.MX6 has 4 inbound and 4 outbound iATU regions, is that correct,
> > > Richard? - If we program the iATU regions, the i.MX6 PCIe doesn't work
> > > with switch.
> > >
> > > Is there some special sause to the iATU on MX6 maybe ?
> >
> > [Richard] welcome, it's correct, imx6 pcie has 4 inbount and 4 outbound
> > iATU regions.
> > Imx6 pcie doesn't work with switch if the following view switches are not
> > removed in The cfg0/1 read/write cycles.
> >
> > @@ -516,9 +560,11 @@ static int dw_pcie_rd_other_conf(struct pcie_port
> > *pp, struct pci_bus *bus,
> >
> > if (bus->parent->number == pp->root_bus_nr) {
> >
> > dw_pcie_prog_viewport_cfg0(pp, busdev);
> > ret = cfg_read(pp->va_cfg0_base + address, where, size,
> > val);
> >
> > + // dw_pcie_prog_viewport_mem_outbound(pp);
> >
> > } else {
> >
> > dw_pcie_prog_viewport_cfg1(pp, busdev);
> > ret = cfg_read(pp->va_cfg1_base + address, where, size,
> > val);
> >
> > + // dw_pcie_prog_viewport_io_outbound(pp);
> >
> > }
> >
> > return ret;
> >
> > @@ -537,9 +583,11 @@ static int dw_pcie_wr_other_conf(struct pcie_port
> > *pp, struct pci_bus *bus,
> >
> > if (bus->parent->number == pp->root_bus_nr) {
> >
> > dw_pcie_prog_viewport_cfg0(pp, busdev);
> > ret = cfg_write(pp->va_cfg0_base + address, where, size,
> > val);
> >
> > + // dw_pcie_prog_viewport_mem_outbound(pp);
> >
> > } else {
> >
> > dw_pcie_prog_viewport_cfg1(pp, busdev);
> > ret = cfg_write(pp->va_cfg1_base + address, where, size,
> > val);
> >
> > + // dw_pcie_prog_viewport_io_outbound(pp);
> >
> > }
> >
> > return ret;
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Richard Zhu
>
> [Richard] Bisect the code-modifications, only the
> dw_pcie_prog_viewport_io_outbound() should be masked if I want the switch
> works in my imx6 pcie switch support tests. Suspect that the mem emulated
> io space introduce this problem, debug is on-going.
Freescale is now looking into this issue ? Cool, thanks! :)
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