Re: [PATCH v3 09/12] PCI: brcmstb: Refactor for chips with many regular inbound BARs

[Stanimir Varbanov]

On 7/11/24 01:16, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> Previously, our chips provided three inbound "BARS" with fixed purposes:
> the first was for mapping SoC internal registers, the second was for
> memory, and the third was for memory but with the endian swapped.  We
> typically only used one of these BARs.
> 
> Complicating that BARs usage was the fact that the PCIe HW would do a
> baroque internal mapping of system memory, and concatenate the regions of
> multiple memory controllers.
> 
> Newer chips such as the 7712 and Cable Modem SOCs have taken a step forward
> and now provide multiple inbound BARs.  This works in concert with the
> dma-ranges property, where each provided range becomes an inbound BAR.
> 
> This commit provides support for these new chips and their multiple
> inbound BARs but also keeps the legacy support for the older system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c | 216 ++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 167 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@xxxxxxx>

~Stan