[PATCH RFC] PCI: imx6: remove outbound io/mem ATU region mapping

Jingoo Han jg1.han at samsung.com
Thu Nov 28 00:54:19 EST 2013


On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 5:37 PM, Pratyush Anand wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 04:24:47PM +0800, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 04:46:09AM +0800, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > Dear Pratyush Anand,
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:55:43PM +0800, Tim Harvey wrote:
> > > > > > 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.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > > > It seems to me that in your controller you have only one view port.
> > > > > Also mem_base and mem_bus_addr is same. Thats why it works in your
> > > > > case.
> > > >
> > > > MX6 has 4 In/4 Out viewports AFAICT.
> > >
> > > Then if I do not miss anything, MX6 should work even without this patch.
> >
> > Yes, yet, it does not. On the other hand, this defect is only problematic if you
> > use the devices behind a switch. Do you use a PCIe switch on your platform
> > please?
> 
> I had tested with device under bridge.
> Mohit is in process of validating SPEAr patches with latest kernel.
> Mohit, see if we can arrange a switch and test, once SPEAr platform is
> ready with latest kernel.

I agree with Pratyush Anand's opinion.
One of our engineers had tested PCI cards under switch.
As far as I know, there was no issue about this.
However, currently, I don't have any switches. So, I
Cannot test this on Exynos platform.

Mohit,
If you test a switch on SPEAr platform, it will be
very helpful. Thank you.

Best regards,
Jingoo Han




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