[PATCH] irqchip/armada-370-xp: Enable MSI-X support

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Tue Aug 15 07:06:56 PDT 2017


Hi Thomas,

On 15.08.2017 16:01, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:31:31 +0200, Stefan Roese wrote:
> 
>> On 02.05.2017 09:26, Stefan Roese wrote:
>>> Armada XP does not only support MSI, but also MSI-X. This patch sets
>>> the MSI_FLAG_PCI_MSIX flag in the interrupt controller driver which
>>> is the only change necessary to enable MSI-X support on this SoC. As
>>> the Linux PCI MSI-X infrastructure takes care of writing the data and
>>> address structures into the BAR specified by the MSI-X controller.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
>>> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas at google.com>
>>> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
>>> Cc: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com>
>>> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason at lakedaemon.net>
>>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/irqchip/irq-armada-370-xp.c | 2 +-
>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-armada-370-xp.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-armada-370-xp.c
>>> index 33982cbd8a57..b17039ed8735 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-armada-370-xp.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-armada-370-xp.c
>>> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static struct irq_chip armada_370_xp_msi_irq_chip = {
>>>    
>>>    static struct msi_domain_info armada_370_xp_msi_domain_info = {
>>>    	.flags	= (MSI_FLAG_USE_DEF_DOM_OPS | MSI_FLAG_USE_DEF_CHIP_OPS |
>>> -		   MSI_FLAG_MULTI_PCI_MSI),
>>> +		   MSI_FLAG_MULTI_PCI_MSI | MSI_FLAG_PCI_MSIX),
>>>    	.chip	= &armada_370_xp_msi_irq_chip,
>>>    };
>>>    
>>>    
>>
>> Its been a while since this patch has been submitted - without any
>> comments so far. What's the current status with it? Is it someones
>> queue for upstreaming?
> 
> Sorry for the lack of feedback, very good idea to ping me on this
> topic. I don't have access to HW right now, so I can't give it a test.
> However, I don't think I have MSI-X capable hardware, only MSI capable.
> 
> With which hardware did you test this? An off-the-shell PCIe card, or
> some custom FPGA logic?

I tested this code with some Altera / Intel FPGA using their PCI-Express
IP core. It should be possible to test this with some MSI-X capable
desktop PCIe cards as well on AXP boards equipped with PCIe slots,
like the Marvell AXP development board (orange box).

Thanks,
Stefan



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