Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] PCI: brcmstb: Refactor for chips with many regular inbound BARs

[Manivannan Sadhasivam]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 04:29:56PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 12:53 AM Manivannan Sadhasivam
> <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 05:31:24PM -0400, 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.
> > >
> >
> > BAR belongs to the endpoints not to the RC. How can the RC have 'BARs'? RC can
> > only map endpoint BARs to MEM region. What you are referring to is 'MEM region'
> > maybe?
> 
> Agreed, it is confusing.  Long story short, the HW team gave the
> inbound windows the label "BAR".   We will still have to use their
> register names,

Wow, such an inventive naming :)

> e.g. PCIE_MISC_RC_BAR4_CONFIG_LO, but what I can do is change
> for example "struct rc_bar" to "struct inbound_win" as well as make similar
> changes to the code and function names.
> 
> Let's assume you will be okay with my plan above; if not, please tell
> me what you would prefer.
> 

Yes please. Just keep BAR in the register name and use 'inbound_win' elsewhere.
Even better, add a comment at the top of these register names to clarify that
these refer to inbound windows.

- Mani

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