[PATCH] powerpc/5200: Bugfix for PCI mapping of memory and IMMR

[Matt Sealey]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Grant Likely
<grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:
> From: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
>
> This patch ensures that memory gets properly mapped into the PCI
> address space.  Without this patch, the memory window BAR is left
> at whatever value happened to be loaded into the BAR when Linux
> was booted.  Without this patch, memory could end up getting mapped
> at any of the 1G address boundaries instead of at '0' where Linux
> expects it.
>
> Similarly, this patch also ensures that the internally memory mapped
> registers (IMMR) are mapped to the correct PCI address range.
>
> Without this patch, PCI appears to work correctly until a PCI
> device is inserted which DMAs into memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
> ---
>
> This is a bugfix that I intend to merge into 2.6.29 and once it is
> mainlined get it added to the stable queue.  If you have a 5200 system,
> please test and make sure it works for you.
>
> Thanks
> g.
>
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pci.c |   24 ++++++++++--------------
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>

This doesn't affect Efika, right?

What's the expected impact and how come nobody tried a DMA-capable PCI
card in an MPC5200B board before? :)

-- 
Matt Sealey <matt at genesi-usa.com>
Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations