RE: [PATCH v6 02/11] arm64: defconfig: enable CONFIG_PCIE_RCAR_HOST

From: Yoshihiro Shimoda
Date: Fri Apr 03 2020 - 05:04:44 EST


Hi Geert-san,

Thank you for your comments!

> From: Geert Uytterhoeven, Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 5:28 PM
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> > But, I'm thinking this patch (and patch 03/11) should be separated
> > from this patch series for arm64 subsystem to ease maintenance.
> > My scenario is:
> > 1) patch series 1: R-Car PCIe endpoint support.
> > -- This means: patch 1, 4 - 9, 11
> >
> > 2) After the patch series 1 is merged, submit this patch 2/11 to arm subsystem
> > and submit the patch 10/11 to misc subsystem.
> >
> > 3) At last, submit patch 3/11 after the patch 2/11 is merged.
> >
> > Geert-san, what do you think?
>
> Thanks, I agree with your summary.
>
> I can take patch 2/11 through renesas-devel.
> Probably it's best if I submit it to arm-soc as a fix for v5.8, after
> the driver part
> has been merged into v5.8-rc1, so 3/11 can be submitted for v5.9.

Thank you! I got it.

> BTW, I'm wondering about "[PATCH v6 05/11] PCI: rcar: Fix calculating
> mask for PCIEPAMR register". Can the issue fixed by this patch happen with
> the current driver in host mode, or is that limited to ep mode?
> In case of the former, please submit it to the PCI maintainer as a separate
> fix.

Thank you for pointed it out. I think this is the case of the former.
IIUC, if such a small window PCIe device exists, the issue happens.

Prabhakar-san, is my understanding correct?

Best regards,
Yoshihiro Shimoda