linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: Always set prefetchable base/limit upper32 registers

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:22:35 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...com>
CC:	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: Always set prefetchable base/limit upper32 registers

Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 15:32 -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> Alex Williamson wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 14:12 -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>>> Alex Williamson wrote: 
>>>>> I don't believe the PCI spec dictates whether the upper 32bit base
>>>>> should be 0 or -1, so it's purely a BIOS initialization choice and Linux
>>>>> should properly handle both.  If the hardware only supports 32bit
>>>>> prefetchable windows, the hardware will drop the write, just as it did
>>>>> for every 2.6 kernel before 1f82de10.  Thanks,
>>>> current code:
>>>>
>>>> #define  PCI_PREF_RANGE_TYPE_MASK 0x0fUL
>>>> #define  PCI_PREF_RANGE_TYPE_32 0x00     
>>>> #define  PCI_PREF_RANGE_TYPE_64 0x01
>>>> #define  PCI_PREF_RANGE_MASK    (~0x0fUL)
>>>>
>>>> if the HW state the pref mmio is 64bit, we will touch upper 32bit. otherwise we will not touch it.
>>> Really, where?  Please paste the code that writes to
>>> PCI_PREF_BASE_UPPER32 in the case of hardware supporting a 64bit
>>> prefetchable window.  I only see this happening if we are assigning it
>>> to an IORESOURCE_MEM_64 resources.
>> IORESOURCE_MEM_64 get set when PCI_PREF_RANGE_TYPE_64 is set.
>>
>> in probe.c::pci_read_bridge_bases()
> 
> Ah, I think I see where you're going.  We only set IORESOURCE_MEM_64 if
> base <= limit, ie. the BIOS has programmed the prefetchable range.  This
> is not a requirement by the PCI spec.  In my case the BIOS has left base
>> limit, just as Linux would do if it disabled the range, so we never
> set this flag.
> 
>> setup-bus.c::pci_bridge_check_ranges()
> 
> This is only checking that the upper 32bits is actually implemented,
> should we have already set the IORESOURCE_MEM_64 from the function
> above, which we haven't.  
> 
> So, in my case I have a 64bit capable prefetchable range, that the BIOS
> has not programmed and is not required to program.  We assign it to a
> 32bit window, and never touch the UPPER32 registers.

are you using 32bit kernel?

YH
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