linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] RFC: dt bindings: Add property "brcm,gen3-eq-presets"

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Message-ID: <20241021190334.GA953710-robh@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:03:34 -0500
From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To: Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@...adcom.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] RFC: dt bindings: Add property "brcm,gen3-eq-presets"

On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 02:22:45PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> Support configuration of the GEN3 preset equalization settings, aka the
> Lane Equalization Control Register(s) of the Secondary PCI Express
> Extended Capability.  These registers are of type HwInit/RsvdP and
> typically set by FW.  In our case they are set by our RC host bridge
> driver using internal registers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@...adcom.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml       | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> index 0925c520195a..f965ad57f32f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> @@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ properties:
>      minItems: 1
>      maxItems: 3
>  
> +  brcm,gen3-eq-presets:
> +    description: |
> +      A u16 array giving the GEN3 equilization presets, one for each lane.
> +      These values are destined for the 16bit registers known as the
> +      Lane Equalization Control Register(s) of the Secondary PCI Express
> +      Extended Capability.  In the array, lane 0 is first term, lane 1 next,
> +      etc. The contents of the entries reflect what is necessary for
> +      the current board and SoC, and the details of each preset are
> +      described in Section 7.27.4 of the PCI base spec, Revision 3.0.

If these are defined by the PCIe spec, then why is it Broadcom specific 
property?

> +
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint16-array

minItems: 1
maxItems: 16

Last I saw, you can only have up to 16 lanes.

Rob