[PATCH v4 4/6] ata: ahci_imx: Add 32bits DMA limit for i.MX8QM AHCI SATA

[Hongxing Zhu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Niklas Cassel <cassel at kernel.org>
> Sent: 2024年8月8日 6:35
> To: Hongxing Zhu <hongxing.zhu at nxp.com>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] ata: ahci_imx: Add 32bits DMA limit for i.MX8QM
> AHCI SATA
> 
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 02:30:45AM +0000, Hongxing Zhu wrote:
> > >
> > > Does this solve your problem:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
> > > b/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c index 581704e61f28..fc86e2c8c42b
> > > 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
> > > @@ -747,12 +747,11 @@ int ahci_platform_init_host(struct
> > > platform_device *pdev,
> > >                         ap->ops = &ata_dummy_port_ops;
> > >         }
> > >
> > > -       if (hpriv->cap & HOST_CAP_64) {
> > > -               rc = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(dev,
> > > DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
> > > -               if (rc) {
> > > -                       dev_err(dev, "Failed to enable 64-bit DMA.\n");
> > > -                       return rc;
> > > -               }
> > > +       rc = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(dev,
> > > +                       DMA_BIT_MASK((hpriv->cap & HOST_CAP_64) ?
> 64 :
> > > 32));
> > > +       if (rc) {
> > > +               dev_err(dev, "DMA enable failed\n");
> > > +               return rc;
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         rc = ahci_reset_controller(host);
> > >
> > Hi Niklas:
> > I'm so sorry to reply late.
> > About the 32bit DMA limitation of i.MX8QM AHCI SATA.
> > It's seems that one "dma-ranges" property in the DT can let i.MX8QM
> > SATA  works fine in my past days tests without this commit.
> > How about drop these driver changes, and add "dma-ranges" for i.MX8QM
> SATA?
> > Thanks a lot for your kindly help.
> 
> Hello Richard,
> 
> did you try my suggested patch above?
> 
> 
> If you look at dma-ranges:
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> 
> "dma-ranges" property should be used on a bus device node (such as PCI host
> bridges).
> 
> It does not seem correct to add this property (describing the DMA limit of the
> AHCI controller, a PCI endpoint) on the PCI host bridge/controller.
> 
> This property belongs to the AHCI controller, not the upstream PCI host
> bridge/controller.
> 
> AHCI has a specific register to describe if the hardware can support 64-bit DMA
> addresses or not, so if my suggested patch works for you, it seems like a more
> elegant solution (which also avoids having to abuse device tree properties).
> 
Hi Niklas:
Thank you very much for your kindly reply.
In i.MX8QM, both AHCI and PCIe are contained in HSIO(High Speed IO) module.
The "dma-ranges" property is defined in HSIO dts node actually.

BTW, I had tried the method you mentioned before. Unfortunately, it doesn't
work for i.MX8QM AHCI.

Best Regards
Richard Zhu
> 
> Kind regards,
> Niklas