linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Add basic support for LS7A bridge chip

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Message-ID: <8afa3df1-9c9f-aa90-e630-2b77f24fe41f@loongson.cn>
Date:   Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:31:54 +0800
From:   Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
To:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
Cc:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Add basic support for LS7A bridge chip

On 04/03/2020 05:29 PM, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> The LS7A bridge chip has been released for several years since the
> second half of 2017, but it is not supported by the Linux mainline
> kernel while it only works well with the Loongson internal kernel
> version. When I update the latest version of Linux mainline kernel
> on the Loongson 3A3000 CPU and LS7A bridge chip system, the boot
> process failed and I feel depressed.
>
> The LS7A bridge chip is used a lot with 3A3000 or 3A4000 CPU in
> the most Loongson desktop and sever products, it is important to
> support LS7A bridge chip by the Linux mainline kernel.
>
> This patch series adds the basic support for the LS7A bridge chip,
> the patch about vendor ID and SATA has been merged into the mainline
> tree, the next work is to refactor the code about the interrupt
> controller, and then power management and some other controller
> device drivers.
>
> By the way, if you want the boot process is successful (just for
> test) on the Loongson 3A3000 CPU and LS7A bridge chip system,
> you should not only apply these patches, but also need the support
> for SATA and interrupt controller in the v1 patch series.
>
> This patch series is based on mips-next.
>
> If you have any questions and suggestions, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tiezhu Yang
>
> v2:
>    - The split patch series about Loongson vendor ID and SATA controller
>      has been merged into the linux-block.git by Jens Axboe [1].
>
>    - Think about using hierarchy IRQ domain in the patch of interrupt
>      controller, and this maybe depend on the patch series by Jiaxun
>      ("Modernize Loongson64 Machine"), so the patch about interrupt is
>      not included in this v2 patch series.
>
> v3:
>    - The split patch series about Loongson vendor ID and SATA controller
>      has been merged into the mainline tree [2]
>
>    - Modify the macro definition and add comment to make it easy to read
>
>    - Move ls7a1000_pci_class_quirk() to fixup-loongson3.c
>
>    - Use PCI_VENDOR_ID_LOONGSON in pci_ids.h instead of 0x0014
>
> v4:
>    - Use LS7A instead of Loongson 7A1000 in the description
>    - Use LS7A or ls7a instead of LS7A1000 or ls7a1000 in the code
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=9acb9fe18d86
>      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=e49bd683e00b
> [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9acb9fe18d86
>      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e49bd683e00b
>
> Tiezhu Yang (3):
>    MIPS: Loongson: Get host bridge information
>    MIPS: Loongson: Add DMA support for LS7A
>    MIPS: Loongson: Add PCI support for LS7A
>
>   arch/mips/include/asm/mach-loongson64/boot_param.h | 20 +++++++
>   arch/mips/loongson64/dma.c                         |  9 ++--
>   arch/mips/loongson64/env.c                         | 22 ++++++++
>   arch/mips/loongson64/init.c                        | 17 ++++++
>   arch/mips/pci/fixup-loongson3.c                    | 12 +++++
>   arch/mips/pci/ops-loongson3.c                      | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++--
>   6 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>

Hi Thomas,

Could you please apply the following two patches to mips-next?

[v4,1/3] MIPS: Loongson: Get host bridge information
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1220009/

[v4,2/3] MIPS: Loongson: Add DMA support for LS7A
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1220010/

Thanks,
Tiezhu Yang