[PATCH 9/9] arm: mvebu: switch internal register address at runtime if needed

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Wed May 22 13:42:58 EDT 2013


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:33:34PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> On Marvell platforms, the "internal registers" is a window of 1 MB of
> the physical address space that contains all the registers for the
> various peripherals of the SoC (timers, interrupt controllers, GPIO
> controllers, Ethernet, etc.). The base address of this 1 MB window is
> configurable, and this base address is configured using a register
> that is itself part of this window.
> 
> All earlier families of Marvell EBU SoCs supported by Linux used
> 0xf1000000 as the base address of the internal registers window. For
> some reason, early versions of the Marvell 370/XP platforms used
> 0xd0000000 as the base address. This base address is set up by the
> bootloader. However, in order to keep as much physical address space
> to address RAM below the 4 GB limit, we had to switch the base address
> of the internal registers window back to 0xf1000000, and we wanted to
> achieve that without breaking existing platforms, where the bootloader
> was initially setting the base address to 0xd0000000. So the kernel is
> responsible for switching to 0xf1000000 when needed.
> 
> One particular bit of a CP15 register has been chosen to indicate
> whether we use an old bootloader (setting the address at 0xd0000000)
> or a new bootloader (setting the address at 0xf1000000). In the
> ->map_io() function, when the bit is already set, there is nothing to
> do, we are already using a new bootloader and internal registers are
> at 0xf1000000.
> 
> However, when the bit is not set, we do a static mapping of the
> register area that allows to change the internal register address, we
> change this address, and set this bit.
> 
> Note that this mechanism also needs cooperation from the earlyprintk
> addruart handler (in arch/arm/include/debug/mvebu.S). This is where
> things get complex: the CP15 bit that has been chosen gets reset to
> zero at the first call to the 'wfi' instruction. So it cannot be used
> during the entire life of the system. Instead, whenever the ->map_io()
> function has switched to the internal register space to the new
> address, it sets a global variable 'mvebu_switched_regs', which the
> earlyprintk reads. If it's true, then the move has already been done
> and there is no need to read the CP15 register. If
> 'mvebu_switched_regs' is false, we are before the register move, so we
> need to read the CP15 bit to find out whether we're being booted from
> an old bootloader (which mapped the register space at 0xd0000000) or a
> new bootloader (which mapped the register space at 0xf1000000).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370.dtsi    |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/include/debug/mvebu.S       |   77 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c  |  104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.h  |    2 +-
>  5 files changed, 178 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
> index 96a6bcd..1e7561e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
>  		#size-cells = <1>;
>  		compatible = "simple-bus";
>  		interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
> -		ranges = <0 0 0xd0000000 0x100000>;
> +		ranges = <0 0 0xf1000000 0x100000>;
>  
>  		internal-regs {
>  			compatible = "simple-bus";
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370.dtsi
> index b2c1b5a..7ff9c1b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370.dtsi
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
>  	};
>  
>  	soc {
> -		ranges = <0 0xd0000000 0x100000>;
> +		ranges = <0 0xf1000000 0x100000>;
>  		internal-regs {
>  			system-controller at 18200 {
>  				compatible = "marvell,armada-370-xp-system-controller";
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/debug/mvebu.S b/arch/arm/include/debug/mvebu.S
> index df191af..dba702a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/debug/mvebu.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/debug/mvebu.S
> @@ -5,20 +5,85 @@
>   *
>   * Lior Amsalem <alior at marvell.com>
>   * Gregory Clement <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com>
> + * Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>   * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>  */
>  
> -#define ARMADA_370_XP_REGS_PHYS_BASE	0xd0000000
> -#define ARMADA_370_XP_REGS_VIRT_BASE	0xfec00000
> +#define ARMADA_370_XP_UART_PHYS_BASE_OLD	0xd0012000
> +#define ARMADA_370_XP_UART_PHYS_BASE_NEW	0xf1012000
> +#define ARMADA_370_XP_UART_VIRT_BASE_OLD	0xfec12000
> +#define ARMADA_370_XP_UART_VIRT_BASE_NEW	0xfebff000
>  
>  	.macro	addruart, rp, rv, tmp
> -	ldr	\rp, =ARMADA_370_XP_REGS_PHYS_BASE
> -	ldr	\rv, =ARMADA_370_XP_REGS_VIRT_BASE
> -	orr	\rp, \rp, #0x00012000
> -	orr	\rv, \rv, #0x00012000
> +
> +#ifndef ZIMAGE
> +	/*
> +	 * This loads the value of mvebu_switched_regs. We need a
> +	 * little bit of gymnastic here to handle the fact that the
> +	 * addruart code is duplicated in different places, and called
> +	 * sometimes with the MMU disabled, sometimes the MMU enabled.
> +	 *
> +	 * Notice that when this earlyprintk code is linked into the
> +	 * kernel decompressor (i.e ZIMAGE is defined), this code isn't
> +	 * compiled. The reason is because the global mvebu_switched_regs
> +	 * variable is not available in the decompressor code. At this
> +	 * early stage, we simply test the CP15 bit (below) to know where
> +	 * the internal registers are.
> +	 */
> +	adr	\rp, addruart_switched_regs_\@
> +	ldr	\rv, [\rp]
> +	sub	\rv, \rv, \rp
> +	ldr	\rp, [\rp, #4]
> +	sub	\tmp, \rp, \rv
> +	ldr	\rp, [\tmp, #0]
> +	cmp	\rp, #0
> +
> +	/* If we have already switched, then use the new register
> +	   address */
> +	bne	addruart_new_\@
> +#endif
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We haven't switched the register location, so test the CP15
> +	 * register bit to find whether we are:
> +	 * - with an old bootloader setting the base address to
> +	 *   0xd0000000
> +	 * - with a new bootloader that has already set the
> +	 *   base address to 0xf1000000
> +	 * We adapt the physical address returned depending on the
> +	 * value of this bit, but also the virtual address, because we
> +	 * can't remap the old physical address and the new physical
> +	 * address at the same location.
> +	 */
> +	mrc	p15, 0, \tmp, c5, c0, 0
> +	and	\tmp, \tmp, #(1 << 11)
> +	cmp	\tmp, #0
> +	bne	addruart_new_\@
> +
> +addruart_old_\@:
> +	ldr	\rp, =ARMADA_370_XP_UART_PHYS_BASE_OLD
> +	ldr	\rv, =ARMADA_370_XP_UART_VIRT_BASE_OLD
> +	b	addruart_out_\@
> +addruart_new_\@:
> +	ldr	\rp, =ARMADA_370_XP_UART_PHYS_BASE_NEW
> +	ldr	\rv, =ARMADA_370_XP_UART_VIRT_BASE_NEW
> +	b	addruart_out_\@
> +
> +#ifndef ZIMAGE
> +	/*
> +	 * Global variable mvebu_switched_regs not visible in the
> +	 * decompressor code
> +	 */
> +	.align
> +addruart_switched_regs_\@:
> +	.long	.
> +	.long	mvebu_switched_regs
> +#endif
> +
> +addruart_out_\@:
>  	.endm
>  
>  #define UART_SHIFT	2
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c
> index 90cc0e8..c56875e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c
> @@ -29,8 +29,112 @@
>  #include "common.h"
>  #include "coherency.h"
>  
> +/*
> + * Note on the internal register address.
> + *
> + * On Marvell platforms, the "internal registers" is a window of 1 MB
> + * of the physical address space that contains all the registers for
> + * the various peripherals of the SoC (timers, interrupt controllers,
> + * GPIO controllers, Ethernet, etc.). The base address of this 1 MB
> + * window is configurable, and this base address is configured using a
> + * register that is itself part of this window.
> + *
> + * All earlier families of Marvell EBU SoCs supported by Linux used
> + * 0xf1000000 as the base address of the internal registers
> + * window. For some reason, early versions of the Marvell 370/XP
> + * platforms used 0xd0000000 as the base address. This base address is
> + * set up by the bootloader. However, in order to keep as much
> + * physical address space to address RAM below the 4 GB limit, we had
> + * to switch the base address of the internal registers window back to
> + * 0xf1000000, and we wanted to achieve that without breaking existing
> + * platforms, where the bootloader was initially setting the base
> + * address to 0xd0000000. So the kernel is responsible for switching
> + * to 0xf1000000 when needed.
> + *
> + * One particular bit of a CP15 register has been chosen to indicate
> + * whether we use an old bootloader (setting the address at
> + * 0xd0000000) or a new bootloader (setting the address at
> + * 0xf1000000). In the ->map_io() function, when the bit is already
> + * set, there is nothing to do, we are already using a new bootloader
> + * and internal registers are at 0xf1000000.
> + *
> + * However, when the bit is not set, we do a static mapping of the
> + * register area that allows to change the internal register address,
> + * we change this address, and set this bit.

Hi Thomas

Please could you explain this "and set this bit".

If i understand the comment correctly, you are talking about the bit
in CP15. Why is it necessary to set it, since at the next WFI its
going to get cleared. I also don't actually see any code doing the
setting of this bit.

> + *
> + * Note that this mechanism also needs cooperation from the
> + * earlyprintk addruart handler (in arch/arm/include/debug/mvebu.S)
> + * and the early secondary CPU initialization code (in
> + * arch/arm/mach-mvebu/headsmp.S).
> + */
> +
> +#define NEW_INTERNAL_REGS_ADDR  0xf1000000
> +#define OLD_INTERNAL_REGS_ADDR  0xd0000000
> +#define MBUS_OLD_PHYS_ADDR      (OLD_INTERNAL_REGS_ADDR + 0x20000)
> +#define MBUS_OLD_VIRT_ADDR      0xfebfe000
> +#define  MBUS_INTERNAL_REGS_ADDR      0x80
> +
> +/*
> + * We really want this variable to be part of the .data section,
> + * because it gets accessed by the earlyprintk code before BSS gets
> + * initialized to zero. This variable indicates whether the switch to
> + * the new register has taken place or not. It is needed because the
> + * CP15 bit used by the bootloader to tell the kernel where the
> + * registers are mapped is cleared to 0 at the first 'wfi'
> + * instruction. So we can't use it for the entire life of the system,
> + * and we instead use this boolean to indicate to the earlyprintk code
> + * that the switch has occured and it doesn't need to look at the CP15
> + * bit anymore.
> + */
> +unsigned int __section(.data) mvebu_switched_regs = 0;
> +
> +/*
> + * Detect if we're running an old bootloader that has set the physical
> + * base address of internal registers to 0xd0000000
> + */
> +static int armada_370_xp_has_old_bootloader(void)
> +{
> +	u32 val;
> +	asm volatile("mrc p15, 0, %0, c5, c0, 0" : "=r"(val));
> +	return !(val & BIT(11));
> +}
> +
>  static void __init armada_370_xp_map_io(void)
>  {
> +	if (armada_370_xp_has_old_bootloader()) {
> +		struct map_desc desc;
> +		void __iomem *mbus = IOMEM(MBUS_OLD_VIRT_ADDR);
> +
> +		desc.virtual = MBUS_OLD_VIRT_ADDR;
> +		desc.pfn     = __phys_to_pfn(MBUS_OLD_PHYS_ADDR);
> +		desc.length  = PAGE_SIZE;
> +		desc.type    = MT_DEVICE;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Map the area that contains the registers that
> +		 * allows to change the base address of internal
> +		 * registers.
> +		 */
> +		iotable_init(&desc, 1);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Change the physical base address of the
> +		 * registers. From now on, and until
> +		 * debug_ll_io_init() is called below, it is not
> +		 * possible to do any print, because earlyprintk will
> +		 * not work.

Is its "not work" or "locks up the CPU as dead as a Dodo?".

Thanks
	Andrew

> +		 */
> +		writel(NEW_INTERNAL_REGS_ADDR, mbus + MBUS_INTERNAL_REGS_ADDR);
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Either the registers have been switched by the above code,
> +	 * or the bootloader had already set the register space at the
> +	 * right location. In both cases, tell the earlyprintk code it
> +	 * can now use the new location.
> +	 */
> +	mvebu_switched_regs = 1;
> +
>  	debug_ll_io_init();
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.h b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.h
> index 585e147..ff9adc4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.h
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
>  #ifndef __MACH_ARMADA_370_XP_H
>  #define __MACH_ARMADA_370_XP_H
>  
> -#define ARMADA_370_XP_REGS_PHYS_BASE	0xd0000000
> +#define ARMADA_370_XP_REGS_PHYS_BASE	0xf1000000
>  
>  /* These defines can go away once mvebu-mbus has a DT binding */
>  #define ARMADA_370_XP_MBUS_WINS_BASE    (ARMADA_370_XP_REGS_PHYS_BASE + 0x20000)
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 



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