[PATCH v4 05/12] PCI: mvebu: Correctly configure x1/x4 mode

Bjorn Helgaas helgaas at kernel.org
Thu Feb 24 16:08:00 PST 2022


On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 04:50:23PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> If x1/x4 mode is not set correctly then link with endpoint card is not
> established.
> 
> Use DTS property 'num-lanes' to deteriminate x1/x4 mode.

I know this is already merged, but if tweaking for any other reason,
s/deteriminate/determine/

> +	 * Set Maximum Link Width to X1 or X4 in Root Port's PCIe Link
> +	 * Capability register. This register is defined by PCIe specification
> +	 * as read-only but this mvebu controller has it as read-write and must
> +	 * be set to number of SerDes PCIe lanes (1 or 4). If this register is
> +	 * not set correctly then link with endpoint card is not established.

True, everything in Link Capability is RO or HwInit, but that's for
the architected access via config space.  I think a device-specific
mechanism like this is fair game as long as you do it before anybody
can read it via config space.

> +	 */
> +	lnkcap = mvebu_readl(port, PCIE_CAP_PCIEXP + PCI_EXP_LNKCAP);
> +	lnkcap &= ~PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_MLW;
> +	lnkcap |= (port->is_x4 ? 4 : 1) << 4;
> +	mvebu_writel(port, lnkcap, PCIE_CAP_PCIEXP + PCI_EXP_LNKCAP);



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