Re: [PATCH 3/4] PCI: dra7xx: Add support to force RC to work in GEN1 mode

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Mon Nov 14 2016 - 16:24:10 EST


[+cc Shawn]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:40:10PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Saturday 12 November 2016 02:45 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > Hi Kishon,
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 06:28:34PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> >> PCIe in AM57x/DRA7x devices is by default
> >> configured to work in GEN2 mode. However there
> >> may be situations when working in GEN1 mode is
> >> desired. One example is limitation i925 (PCIe GEN2
> >> mode not supported at junction temperatures < 0C).
> >>
> >> Add support to force Root Complex to work in GEN1
> >> mode if so desired, but don't force GEN1 mode on
> >> any board just yet.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@xxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/ti-pci.txt | 1 +
> >> drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/ti-pci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/ti-pci.txt
> >> index 60e2516..a3d6ca3 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/ti-pci.txt
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/ti-pci.txt
> >> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ PCIe Designware Controller
> >>
> >> Optional Property:
> >> - gpios : Should be added if a gpio line is required to drive PERST# line
> >> + - ti,pcie-is-gen1 : Force the PCIe controller to work in GEN1 (2.5 GT/s).
> >
> > Can we use "max-link-speed" so it's similar to imx6?
>
> yeah, maybe we should make it a generic PCI property?

I forgot that Shawn has already done this! I had already merged those
patches on pci/host-rockchip, but I moved them to pci/host since
they're not Rockchip-specific. Can you take a look at that and see if
you can do what you need based on that pci/host branch?

Bjorn