linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] pci, thunder: Add support for Thunder PCIe host controller

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:44:04 +0530
From:	Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@...il.com>
To:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"grant.likely@...aro.org" <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Robert Richter <rrichter@...ium.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] pci, thunder: Add support for Thunder PCIe host controller

Will/Arnd

Thanks for the comments.
There is another patch submitted for adding MSI controller to Generic driver.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/28/150

Will go through these and comeback.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 05:12:26PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wednesday 24 September 2014 17:37:43 Robert Richter wrote:
>> > From: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@...ium.com>
>> >
>> > This patch adds support for PCI host controller of Cavium Thunder
>> > SoCs.
>>
>> I had expected this hardware to be SBSA compliant. Why do you need
>> a hardware specific driver, is this a workaround for buggy hardware
>> or just noncompliant?
>
> Patches welcome to pci-host-generic.c :) Lorenzo already has code to port
> it to Liviu's new API, so do shout if it's not suitable for your needs.
>
>> > +static int thunder_pcie_msi_enable(struct thunder_pcie *pcie,
>> > +                                   struct pci_bus *bus)
>> > +{
>> > +   struct device_node *msi_node;
>> > +
>> > +   msi_node = of_parse_phandle(pcie->node, "msi-parent", 0);
>> > +   if (!msi_node)
>> > +           return -ENODEV;
>> > +
>> > +   pcie->msi = of_pci_find_msi_chip_by_node(msi_node);
>> > +   if (!pcie->msi)
>> > +           return -ENODEV;
>> > +
>> > +   pcie->msi->dev = pcie->dev;
>> > +   bus->msi = pcie->msi;
>> > +
>> > +   return 0;
>> > +}
>>
>> This is probably something we should add to the generic host driver as well,
>> so it can work with SBSA compliant implementations that come with an MSI
>> controller. Maybe move it into common code so it can be shared with that
>> driver.
>
> Agreed. I've been carrying something similar [1] (based on a hacked-up version
> of bios32, so not bothered to post it) whilst I've been waiting for the
> arm64 core PCI code to get merged.
>
> Will
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/will/linux.git/commit/drivers/pci/host/pci-host-generic.c?h=iommu/pci&id=b719acf062ceccfbd79ee7b1ae0b7904ea4da27e
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