Re: [PATCH] ioat: remove chanerr mask setting for IOAT v3.x

From: Dan Williams
Date: Mon Nov 26 2012 - 23:55:56 EST


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The CHANERRMSK_INT register should be 0. The existing code set a value
> for a workaround to address a pre-silicon bug on the Intel 5520 IO hub that
> has been fixed when the hardware was released. There is no need for this
> code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c | 8 ++------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
> index f7f1dc6..60c15c4 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
> @@ -1126,12 +1126,8 @@ static int ioat3_reset_hw(struct ioat_chan_common *chan)
> chanerr = readl(chan->reg_base + IOAT_CHANERR_OFFSET);
> writel(chanerr, chan->reg_base + IOAT_CHANERR_OFFSET);
>
> - /* -= IOAT ver.3 workarounds =- */
> - /* Write CHANERRMSK_INT with 3E07h to mask out the errors
> - * that can cause stability issues for IOAT ver.3, and clear any
> - * pending errors
> - */
> - pci_write_config_dword(pdev, IOAT_PCI_CHANERRMASK_INT_OFFSET, 0x3e07);
> + /* clearn CHANERRMASK_INT and clear any pending errors */
> + pci_write_config_dword(pdev, IOAT_PCI_CHANERRMASK_INT_OFFSET, 0);

Can we get rid of this write / register access altogether? Then the
driver will load on systems where extended pci configuration space is
not available.
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