Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] dt-bindings: pci: Add Sophgo SG2042 PCIe host

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Wed Feb 19 2025 - 13:25:36 EST


On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 01:54:11PM +0800, Chen Wang wrote:
> On 2025/2/12 12:25, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [......]
> > > pcie_rc1 and pcie_rc2 share registers in cdns_pcie1_ctrl. By using
> > > different "sophgo,core-id" values, they can distinguish and access
> > > the registers they need in cdns_pcie1_ctrl.
> > Where does cdns_pcie1_ctrl fit in this example? Does that enclose
> > both pcie_rc1 and pcie_rc2?
>
> cdns_pcie1_ctrl is defined as a syscon node,  which contains registers
> shared by pcie_rc1 and pcie_rc2. In the binding yaml file, I drew a diagram
> to describe the relationship between them, copy here for your quick
> reference:
>
> + +-- Core (Link0) <---> pcie_rc1 +-----------------+
> + | | |
> + Cadence IP 2 --+ | cdns_pcie1_ctrl |
> + | | |
> + +-- Core (Link1) <---> pcie_rc2 +-----------------+
>
> The following is an example with cdns_pcie1_ctrl added. For simplicity, I
> deleted pcie_rc0.

Looks good. It would be nice if there were some naming similarity or
comment or other hint to connect sophgo,core-id with the syscon node.

> pcie_rc1: pcie@7062000000 {
>     compatible = "sophgo,sg2042-pcie-host";
>     ...... // host bride level properties
>     linux,pci-domain = <1>;
>     sophgo,core-id = <0>;
>     sophgo,syscon-pcie-ctrl = <&cdns_pcie1_ctrl>;
>     port {
>         // port level properties
>         vendor-id = <0x1f1c>;
>         device-id = <0x2042>;
>         num-lanes = <2>;
>     };
> };
>
> pcie_rc2: pcie@7062800000 {
>     compatible = "sophgo,sg2042-pcie-host";
>     ...... // host bride level properties
>     linux,pci-domain = <2>;
>     sophgo,core-id = <1>;
>     sophgo,syscon-pcie-ctrl = <&cdns_pcie1_ctrl>;
>     port {
>         // port level properties
>         vendor-id = <0x1f1c>;
>         device-id = <0x2042>;
>         num-lanes = <2>;
>     }
>
> };
>
> cdns_pcie1_ctrl: syscon@7063800000 {
>     compatible = "sophgo,sg2042-pcie-ctrl", "syscon";
>     reg = <0x70 0x63800000 0x0 0x800000>;
> };
>