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Message-ID: <20160203183844.GC10879@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2016 12:38:44 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:	Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org, CARLOS.PALMINHA@...opsys.com,
	Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
	pawel.moll@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
	ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk, galak@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] add new platform driver for PCI RC

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 06:12:00PM +0000, Joao Pinto wrote:
> Hi Bjorn,
> 
> Are these tasks enough?
> 
> - replace mdelay() for msleep()
> - remove synopsys_pcie_irq_handler()

Above are fine with me.

> - replace "snps,pcie-synopsys" for "snps,pcie-synopsys-ipk"?

This is a question for Arnd.

> - rename the driver to pcie-synopsys-ipk?

It doesn't seem necessary to me to include both "synopsys" and "ipk" in the
filename and the driver name.  Take a look at what the existing drivers do,
and do something similar.

> - update the devicetree documentation referring that the ranges also include the
> config space

Another one for Arnd.


> On 2/3/2016 6:05 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > Hi Joao & Arnd,
> > 
> > On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 09:25:25PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >> On Monday 01 February 2016 18:07:45 Joao Pinto wrote:
> >>> This patch adds a new driver that will be the reference platform driver
> >>> for all PCI RC IP Protoyping Kits based on ARC SDP.
> >>> This patch is composed by:
> >>>
> >>> -MAINTAINERS file was updated to include the new driver
> >>> -Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci was updated to include the new
> >>> driver documentation
> >>> -New driver called pcie-synopsys
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Joao Pinto <jpinto@...opsys.com>
> >>
> >> I must have completely missed all the earlier submissions and just happened
> >> to see this one now that it was merged.
> >>
> >> I have a couple of comments, maybe you can send a follow up patch to address
> >> them:
> > 
> > These seem pretty easy to address, so I pulled these patches out of
> > for-linus temporarily while we fix them.
> > 
> > Joao, you can just fix the mdelay() in your driver; don't worry about 
> > fixing other drivers with the same problem or consolidating them.
> > 
> > Bjorn
> > 
> >>> +----------------------------------
> >>> +
> >>> +This is the reference platform driver to be used in the Synopsys PCI Root
> >>> +Complex IP Prototyping Kit.
> >>> +
> >>> +Required properties:
> >>> +- compatible: set to "snps,pcie-synopsys";
> >>
> >> Please also include the exact version of the designware PCIe part that
> >> is used in here, such as "snps,dw-pcie-1.234". I'm sure you can find
> >> out the version.
> >>
> >> "snps,pcie-synopsys" by itself is about the worst possible compatible
> >> string because it says nothing about the specific hardware. Half the
> >> machines we support all have a designware PCIe host that was made
> >> by synopsys. Please use the name of the SoC for the most specific
> >> string.
> >>
> >>> +- reg: base address and length of the pcie controller registers.
> >>> +- #address-cells: set to <3>
> >>> +- #size-cells: set to <2>
> >>> +- device_type: set to "pci"
> >>> +- ranges: ranges for the PCI memory and I/O regions.
> >>> +- interrupts: one interrupt source for MSI interrupts, followed by interrupt
> >>> +	source for hardware related interrupts.
> >>> +- #interrupt-cells: set to <1>
> >>> +- num-lanes: set to <1>;
> >>> +
> >>> +Example configuration:
> >>> +
> >>> +	pcie: pcie@...ffff000 {
> >>> +		compatible = "snps,pcie-synopsys";
> >>> +		reg = <0xdffff000 0x1000>;
> >>> +		#address-cells = <3>;
> >>> +		#size-cells = <2>;
> >>> +		device_type = "pci";
> >>> +		ranges = <0x00000800 0 0xd0000000 0xd0000000 0 0x00002000>,
> >>
> >> This line looks misplaced here and does not match the documentation. It's
> >> probably a leftover from an earlier version that had the config space
> >> in the ranges, so you need to remove that.
> >>
> >>> +/* This handler was created for future work */
> >>> +static irqreturn_t synopsys_pcie_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	return IRQ_NONE;
> >>> +}
> >>
> >> It's not harmful, but we generally don't add code "for future work",
> >> better remove it for now.
> >>
> >>> +static void synopsys_pcie_establish_link(struct pcie_port *pp)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	int retries = 0;
> >>> +
> >>> +	/* check if the link is up or not */
> >>> +	for (retries = 0; retries < 10; retries++) {
> >>> +		if (dw_pcie_link_up(pp)) {
> >>> +			dev_info(pp->dev, "Link up\n");
> >>> +			return;
> >>> +		}
> >>> +		mdelay(100);
> >>> +	}
> >>> +}
> >>
> >> That mdelay() needs to be an msleep(). You should never waste
> >> a whole second worth of CPU time in a driver.
> >>
> >> 	Arnd
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