Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: dra7: Add bus_dma_limit for L3 bus

[Robin Murphy]

On 11/03/2020 3:23 pm, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx> [200311 07:21]:
> > On 10/03/2020 17:48, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > * Tero Kristo <t-kristo@xxxxxx> [200310 14:46]:
> > > > On 10/03/2020 13:53, Roger Quadros wrote:
> > > > > The L3 interconnect can access only 32-bits of address.
> > > > > Add the dma-ranges property to reflect this limit.
> > > > >
> > > > > This will ensure that no device under L3 is
> > > > > given > 32-bit address for DMA.
> > > > >
> > > > > Issue was observed only with SATA on DRA7-EVM with 4GB RAM
> > > > > and CONFIG_ARM_LPAE enabled. This is because the controller
> > > > > can perform 64-bit DMA and was setting the dma_mask to 64-bit.
> > > > >
> > > > > Setting the correct bus_dma_limit fixes the issue.
> > > >
> > > > This seems kind of messy to modify almost every DT node because of this....
> > > > Are you sure this is the only way to get it done? No way to modify the sata
> > > > node only which is impacted somehow?
> > > >
> > > > Also, what if you just pass 0xffffffff to the dma-ranges property? That
> > > > would avoid modifying every node I guess.
> > >
> > > Also, I think these interconnects are not limited to 32-bit access.
> >
> > But from Table 2-1. L3_MAIN Memory Map
> >
> > Start address	0x0000_0000
> > End address	0xFFFF_FFFF
> >
> > So it is 32-bit limit, right?
>
> Hmm so what war Robin saying earlier that DMA access seems to be
> limited to lower 2GB only though?

That's the lower 2GB *of DRAM*, which occupies the upper 2GB of the L3 
memory map ;)

Robin.