Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] [RFC] Support for creating generic host_bridge from device tree

[Tanmay Inamdar]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:18 AM, Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 01:53:55AM +0000, Tanmay Inamdar wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thanks for the patch set.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > This is v5 of my attempt to add support for a generic pci_host_bridge controller created
>> > from a description passed in the device tree.
>> >
>> > Changes from v4:
>> >   - Export pci_find_host_bridge() to be used by arch code. There is scope for
>> >     making the arch/arm64 version of pci_domain_nr the default weak implementation
>> >     but that would double the size of this series in order to handle all #define
>> >     versions of the pci_domain_nr() function, so I suggest keeping that for a separate
>> >     cleanup series.
>> >
>> > Changes from v3:
>> >   - Dynamically allocate bus_range resource in of_create_pci_host_bridge()
>> >   - Fix the domain number used when creating child busses.
>> >   - Changed domain number allocator to use atomic operations.
>> >   - Use ERR_PTR() to propagate the error out of pci_create_root_bus_in_domain()
>> >     and of_create_pci_host_bridge().
>> >
>> > Changes from v2:
>> >   - Use range->cpu_addr when calling pci_address_to_pio()
>> >   - Introduce pci_register_io_range() helper function in order to register
>> >     io ranges ahead of their conversion to PIO values. This is needed as no
>> >     information is being stored yet regarding the range mapping, making
>> >     pci_address_to_pio() fail. Default weak implementation does nothing,
>> >     to cover the default weak implementation of pci_address_to_pio() that
>> >     expects direct mapping of physical addresses into PIO values (x86 view).
>> >
>> > Changes from v1:
>> >   - Add patch to fix conversion of IO ranges into IO resources.
>> >   - Added a domain_nr member to pci_host_bridge structure, and a new function
>> >     to create a root bus in a given domain number. In order to facilitate that
>> >     I propose changing the order of initialisation between pci_host_bridge and
>> >     it's related bus in pci_create_root_bus() as sort of a rever of 7b5436635800.
>> >     This is done in patch 1/4 and 2/4.
>> >   - Added a simple allocator of domain numbers in drivers/pci/host-bridge.c. The
>> >     code will first try to get a domain id from of_alias_get_id(..., "pci-domain")
>> >     and if that fails assign the next unallocated domain id.
>> >   - Changed the name of the function that creates the generic host bridge from
>> >     pci_host_bridge_of_init to of_create_pci_host_bridge and exported as GPL symbol.
>> >
>> >
>> > v4 thread here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/3/301
>> > v3 thread here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/28/216
>> > v2 thread here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/27/245
>> > v1 thread here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/3/380
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Liviu
>> >
>> > Liviu Dudau (7):
>> >   pci: Introduce pci_register_io_range() helper function.
>> >   pci: OF: Fix the conversion of IO ranges into IO resources.
>> >   pci: Create pci_host_bridge before its associated bus in pci_create_root_bus.
>> >   pci: Introduce a domain number for pci_host_bridge.
>> >   pci: Use parent domain number when allocating child busses.
>> >   pci: Export find_pci_host_bridge() function.
>> >   pci: Add support for creating a generic host_bridge from device tree
>> >
>> >  drivers/of/address.c       |  39 +++++++++++++
>> >  drivers/pci/host-bridge.c  | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> >  drivers/pci/probe.c        |  72 +++++++++++++++--------
>> >  include/linux/of_address.h |  14 +----
>> >  include/linux/pci.h        |  17 ++++++
>> >  5 files changed, 248 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > --
>> > 1.9.0
>> >
>>
>> This series is working fine on X-Gene with multiple PCIe ports. You
>> can add my Tested-by if you want.
>
> Cheers! Any ETA on your updated patches?

I will apply your V6 and generate mine on top of them. I will send my
X-Gene patches out today.

>
> I might get the required signatures on the legal approval next week and
> then I will publish my host controller driver.
>
> Best regards,
> Liviu
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tanmay
>>
>
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