RE: [PATCH 3/4] ARM: dts: ls1021a: Remove num-lanes property from PCIe nodes

[Z.q. Hou]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks a lot for your review!

Regards,
Zhiqiang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Murray <andrew.murray@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: 2019年8月12日 16:35
> To: Z.q. Hou <zhiqiang.hou@xxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ARM: dts: ls1021a: Remove num-lanes property
> from PCIe nodes
> 
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 04:22:27AM +0000, Z.q. Hou wrote:
> > From: Hou Zhiqiang <Zhiqiang.Hou@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > On FSL Layerscape SoCs, the number of lanes assigned to PCIe
> > controller is not fixed, it is determined by the selected SerDes
> > protocol in the RCW (Reset Configuration Word), and the PCIe link
> > training is completed automatically base on the selected SerDes
> > protocol, and the link width set-up is updated by hardware. So the
> > num-lanes is not needed to specify the link width.
> >
> > The current num-lanes indicates the max lanes PCIe controller can
> > support up to, instead of the lanes assigned to the PCIe controller.
> > This can result in PCIe link training fail after hot-reset. So remove
> > the num-lanes to avoid set-up to incorrect link width.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hou Zhiqiang <Zhiqiang.Hou@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi
> > b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi index 464df4290ffc..2f6977ada447
> > 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi
> > @@ -874,7 +874,6 @@
> >  			#address-cells = <3>;
> >  			#size-cells = <2>;
> >  			device_type = "pci";
> > -			num-lanes = <4>;
> >  			num-viewport = <6>;
> >  			bus-range = <0x0 0xff>;
> >  			ranges = <0x81000000 0x0 0x00000000 0x40 0x00010000 0x0
> 0x00010000   /* downstream I/O */
> > @@ -899,7 +898,6 @@
> >  			#address-cells = <3>;
> >  			#size-cells = <2>;
> >  			device_type = "pci";
> > -			num-lanes = <4>;
> >  			num-viewport = <6>;
> >  			bus-range = <0x0 0xff>;
> >  			ranges = <0x81000000 0x0 0x00000000 0x48 0x00010000 0x0
> 0x00010000   /* downstream I/O */
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Murray <andrew.murray@xxxxxxx>
> 
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >