linux-kernel - Re: Sharing PCIE driver between Microblaze and Arm zynq

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Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:17:06 +0000
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	John Linn <John.Linn@...inx.com>,
	John Williams <jwilliams@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: Sharing PCIE driver between Microblaze and Arm zynq

On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:23:14 +0100, Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I have a question regarding to sharing generic OF pcie driver between
> two architectures MB and ARM Zynq.
> Is drivers/pci/pcie location good for it?
> Make no sense to have the same driver in two locations.
> Is using readl/writel IO functions in this driver the best option
> which we can have?
> Or is there any other recommendation?
> 
> Also just want to check if it is correct to use pcie device_type.
> The rest should be the same with pci description:
> (http://devicetree.org/MPC5200:PCI#PCI_Address_Translation).

Yes. device_type may be deprecated, but the PCI binding predates that.
PowerPC uses pcie in the device type. arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c

Some of that powerpc DT PCI support code really should be made generic.

g.

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