Re: [PATCH] PCI: qcom: Disable halting feature

From: Konrad Dybcio

Date: Mon Oct 12 2026 - 03:40:06 EST


On 10/9/26 2:55 PM, Krishna Chaitanya Chundru wrote:
> The PARF write, read and BDF halt features make the controller wait
> for earlier AXI transactions to complete before issuing new ones. This
> is needed on SoCs whose NoC cannot preserve the ordering of inbound
> transactions from the controller.
>
> On newer SoCs, the NoC preserves this ordering on its own. Halting at
> the controller adds no correctness benefit and reduces inbound DMA
> bandwidth.

Please explain what makes a SoC go into the "newer" category in this
context

Konrad