RE: [PATCH] USB3/DWC3: Enable undefined length INCR burst type

[Felipe Balbi]

Hi,

Jerry Huang <jerry.huang@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi, Balbi,
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Felipe Balbi [mailto:balbi@xxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 7:44 PM
>> To: Jerry Huang <jerry.huang@xxxxxxx>; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Rajesh Bhagat
>> <rajesh.bhagat@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: RE: [PATCH] USB3/DWC3: Enable undefined length INCR burst type
>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Jerry Huang <jerry.huang@xxxxxxx> writes:
>> >> there's no need for that. This patch is in good format. I do have a
>> >> question,
>> >> however: how do you know this will work for all users? Burst size is
>> >> a function of how wide the interconnect where dwc3 is attached to, is.
>> > So I need to generate one new property in usb node to identify my
>> platform?
>> 
>> Well, we probably need a property to be passed, yes. But let's go through it
>> all first :-)
>
> I think "snps,quirk-frame-length-adjustment" is one good reference,
> which can pass the required value to driver from DTS file.

that's not for burst increment, though.

>> >> You could very well be degrading performance for some users here. Can
>> >> you send me the result of the following commands *without* this patch
>> applied?
>> >>
>> >> # mkdir -p /d
>> >> # mount -t debugfs none /d
>> >> # cat /d/*dwc3*/regdump
>> >>
>> > Below is the regdump:
>> > root@ls1043ardb:/d/3000000.usb3# cat regdump
>> > GSBUSCFG0 = 0x00100080
>> 
>> so you already have INCR256 here. There's one note in the databook which
>> just caught my attention. It states the following:
>> 
>> 	"Undefined burst length has priority over all other burst lenghts."
>> 
>> This means that setting both INCR16 and undefined INCR is unnecessary.
> When bit0 = 1 (Undefined Length INCR Burst Type Enable), which means:
>  1: INCR (undefined length) burst mode
> - AHB configurations: HBURST uses SINGLE or INCR
> of any length less than or equal to the largest-enabled
> burst length of INCR4/8/16/32/64/128/256.
> - AXI configurations: ARLEN/AWLEN uses any length
> less than or equal to the largest-enabled burst length
> of INCR4/8/16/32/64/128/256.

interesting, it doesn't describe what happens to OCP or PCI.

> So, after enable undefined length INCR burst and enable INCR16,
> controller will use less than or equal to 16byte.
>
>> Only Undefined INCR will be taken into consideration. Can you check with
>> your HW engineers what's the largest burst the interconnect is supposed to
>> support?
> I will check it with IP designer.

cool, thanks :-)

>> > GSBUSCFG1 = 0x00000700
>> 
>> 8 AXI pipelined requests
>> 
>> > GSNPSID = 0x5533280a
>> 
>> 2.80a cool :-)
>> 
>> I'll check these settings on my platform as well and see if there's any setting
>> which would improve transfer speed. This is a very good idea, btw, but we
>> need to be careful about how to play with it.
>> 
>> --
>> balbi
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balbi