linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: amlogic: meson: Don't use FAST_LINK

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Message-ID: <20200511102239.GC24149@e121166-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 11:22:40 +0100
From:   Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yue Wang <yue.wang@...ogic.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: amlogic: meson: Don't use FAST_LINK_MODE to set up
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 05:42:30PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> My vim3l board stubbornly refuses to play ball with a bog
> standard PCIe switch (ASM1184e), spitting all kind of errors
> ranging from link never coming up to crazy things like downstream
> ports falling off the face of the planet.
> 
> Upon investigating how the PCIe RC is configured, I found the
> following nugget: the Sysnopsys DWC PCIe Reference Manual, in the
> section dedicated to the PLCR register, describes bit 7 (FAST_LINK_MODE)
> as:
> 
> "Sets all internal timers to fast mode for simulation purposes."
> 
> I completely understand the need for setting this bit from a simulation
> perspective, but what I have on my desk is actual silicon, which
> expects timers to have a nominal value (and I expect this is the
> case for most people).
> 
> Making sure the FAST_LINK_MODE bit is cleared when configuring the RC
> solves this problem.
> 
> Fixes: 9c0ef6d34fdb ("PCI: amlogic: Add the Amlogic Meson PCIe controller driver")
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-meson.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reworded the commit log (even if yours was more fun :)) and applied
to pci/dwc, thanks !

Lorenzo

> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-meson.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-meson.c
> index 3715dceca1bf..ca59ba9e0ecd 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-meson.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-meson.c
> @@ -289,11 +289,11 @@ static void meson_pcie_init_dw(struct meson_pcie *mp)
>  	meson_cfg_writel(mp, val, PCIE_CFG0);
>  
>  	val = meson_elb_readl(mp, PCIE_PORT_LINK_CTRL_OFF);
> -	val &= ~LINK_CAPABLE_MASK;
> +	val &= ~(LINK_CAPABLE_MASK | FAST_LINK_MODE);
>  	meson_elb_writel(mp, val, PCIE_PORT_LINK_CTRL_OFF);
>  
>  	val = meson_elb_readl(mp, PCIE_PORT_LINK_CTRL_OFF);
> -	val |= LINK_CAPABLE_X1 | FAST_LINK_MODE;
> +	val |= LINK_CAPABLE_X1;
>  	meson_elb_writel(mp, val, PCIE_PORT_LINK_CTRL_OFF);
>  
>  	val = meson_elb_readl(mp, PCIE_GEN2_CTRL_OFF);
> -- 
> 2.26.2
>