[PATCHv2] [RFC] Xilinx Virtex 4 FX Soft FPU support

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Wed May 26 07:38:47 EST 2010 

(cc'ing Josh Boyer and John Linn)

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Sergey Temerkhanov
<temerkhanov at cifronik.ru> wrote:
> This patch enables support for Xilinx Virtex 4 FX singe-float FPU.
>
> Changelog v1->v2:
>        -Added MSR_AP bit definition
>        -Renamed CONFIG_XILINX_FPU to CONFIG_XILINX_SOFTFPU, moved it to
>        'Platform support' and made it Virtex4-FX-only.
>        -Changed SAVE_FPR/REST_FPR definition style.
>
> Caveats:
>        - Hard-float binaries which rely on in-kernel math emulation will give
> wrong results since they expect 64-bit double-precision instead of 32-bit
> single-precision numbers which Xilinx V4-FX Soft FPU produces.
>
> Regards, Sergey Temerkhanov
>

Hi Sergey.  Comments below.

First off, see if you can use 'git mail' or some other way to inline
your patches.  Patches as attachments are awkward to deal with and the
patch description is getting separated from the patch itself.

> Signed-off-by: Sergey Temerkhanov<temerkhanov at cifronik.ru>
>
> diff -r b59861a64e13 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h	Thu May 20 13:24:53 2010 +0400
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h	Thu May 20 13:55:10 2010 +0400
> @@ -85,13 +85,21 @@
>  #define REST_8GPRS(n, base)	REST_4GPRS(n, base); REST_4GPRS(n+4, base)
>  #define REST_10GPRS(n, base)	REST_8GPRS(n, base); REST_2GPRS(n+8, base)
>
> -#define SAVE_FPR(n, base)	stfd	n,THREAD_FPR0+8*TS_FPRWIDTH*(n)(base)
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XILINX_SOFTFPU
> +#define SAVE_FPR(n, base)	stfs n,THREAD_FPR0+8*TS_FPRWIDTH*(n)(base)
> +#define REST_FPR(n, base)	lfs n,THREAD_FPR0+8*TS_FPRWIDTH*(n)(base)
> +#else
> +#define SAVE_FPR(n, base)	stfd n,THREAD_FPR0+8*TS_FPRWIDTH*(n)(base)
> +#define REST_FPR(n, base)	lfd n,THREAD_FPR0+8*TS_FPRWIDTH*(n)(base)
> +#endif
> +

Hint: If you don't change the whitespace on the SAVE_FPR() line, then diff will
realize it is unchanged and reviewers will have more context queues as
to what you are doing.

Otherwise, this looks better.

>  #define SAVE_2FPRS(n, base)	SAVE_FPR(n, base); SAVE_FPR(n+1, base)
>  #define SAVE_4FPRS(n, base)	SAVE_2FPRS(n, base); SAVE_2FPRS(n+2, base)
>  #define SAVE_8FPRS(n, base)	SAVE_4FPRS(n, base); SAVE_4FPRS(n+4, base)
>  #define SAVE_16FPRS(n, base)	SAVE_8FPRS(n, base); SAVE_8FPRS(n+8, base)
>  #define SAVE_32FPRS(n, base)	SAVE_16FPRS(n, base); SAVE_16FPRS(n+16, base)
> -#define REST_FPR(n, base)	lfd	n,THREAD_FPR0+8*TS_FPRWIDTH*(n)(base)
> +
>  #define REST_2FPRS(n, base)	REST_FPR(n, base); REST_FPR(n+1, base)
>  #define REST_4FPRS(n, base)	REST_2FPRS(n, base); REST_2FPRS(n+2, base)
>  #define REST_8FPRS(n, base)	REST_4FPRS(n, base); REST_4FPRS(n+4, base)
> diff -r b59861a64e13 arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h	Thu May 20 13:24:53 2010 +0400
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h	Thu May 20 13:55:10 2010 +0400
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>  #define MSR_ISF_LG	61              /* Interrupt 64b mode valid on 630 */
>  #define MSR_HV_LG 	60              /* Hypervisor state */
>  #define MSR_VEC_LG	25	        /* Enable AltiVec */
> +#define MSR_AP_LG	25	        /* Enable APU */
>  #define MSR_VSX_LG	23		/* Enable VSX */
>  #define MSR_POW_LG	18		/* Enable Power Management */
>  #define MSR_WE_LG	18		/* Wait State Enable */
> @@ -71,6 +72,7 @@
>  #define MSR_HV		0
>  #endif
>
> +#define MSR_AP		__MASK(MSR_AP_LG)	/* Enable APU */

Need to be more specific: "Enable Xilinx Virtex 405 APU".  Same goes
for MSR_AP_LG line above.

>  #define MSR_VEC		__MASK(MSR_VEC_LG)	/* Enable AltiVec */
>  #define MSR_VSX		__MASK(MSR_VSX_LG)	/* Enable VSX */
>  #define MSR_POW		__MASK(MSR_POW_LG)	/* Enable Power Management */
> diff -r b59861a64e13 arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S	Thu May 20 13:24:53 2010 +0400
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S	Thu May 20 13:55:10 2010 +0400
> @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
>  _GLOBAL(load_up_fpu)
>  	mfmsr	r5
>  	ori	r5,r5,MSR_FP
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XILINX_SOFTFPU
> +	oris	r5,r5,MSR_AP at h
> +#endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
>  BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
>  	oris	r5,r5,MSR_VSX at h
> @@ -85,6 +88,9 @@
>  	toreal(r5)
>  	PPC_LL	r4,_MSR-STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD(r5)
>  	li	r10,MSR_FP|MSR_FE0|MSR_FE1
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XILINX_SOFTFPU
> +	oris	r10,r10,MSR_AP at h
> +#endif
>  	andc	r4,r4,r10		/* disable FP for previous task */
>  	PPC_STL	r4,_MSR-STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD(r5)
>  1:
> @@ -94,6 +100,9 @@
>  	mfspr	r5,SPRN_SPRG3		/* current task's THREAD (phys) */
>  	lwz	r4,THREAD_FPEXC_MODE(r5)
>  	ori	r9,r9,MSR_FP		/* enable FP for current */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XILINX_SOFTFPU
> +	oris	r9,r9,MSR_AP at h
> +#endif
>  	or	r9,r9,r4
>  #else
>  	ld	r4,PACACURRENT(r13)
> @@ -124,6 +133,9 @@
>  _GLOBAL(giveup_fpu)
>  	mfmsr	r5
>  	ori	r5,r5,MSR_FP
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XILINX_SOFTFPU
> +	oris	r5,r5,MSR_AP at h
> +#endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
>  BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
>  	oris	r5,r5,MSR_VSX at h
> @@ -145,6 +157,9 @@
>  	beq	1f
>  	PPC_LL	r4,_MSR-STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD(r5)
>  	li	r3,MSR_FP|MSR_FE0|MSR_FE1
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XILINX_SOFTFPU
> +	oris	r3,r3,MSR_AP at h
> +#endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
>  BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
>  	oris	r3,r3,MSR_VSX at h
> diff -r b59861a64e13 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S	Thu May 20 13:24:53 2010 +0400
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S	Thu May 20 13:55:10 2010 +0400
> @@ -420,7 +420,19 @@
>  	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
>  	EXC_XFER_STD(0x700, program_check_exception)
>
> +/* 0x0800 - FPU unavailable Exception */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FPU
> +	START_EXCEPTION(0x0800, FloatingPointUnavailable)
> +	NORMAL_EXCEPTION_PROLOG
> +	beq	1f;							      \
> +	bl	load_up_fpu;		/* if from user, just load it up */   \
> +	b	fast_exception_return;					      \
> +1:	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD;				      \
> +	EXC_XFER_EE_LITE(0x800, kernel_fp_unavailable_exception)
> +#else
>  	EXCEPTION(0x0800, Trap_08, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
> +#endif
> +
>  	EXCEPTION(0x0900, Trap_09, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
>  	EXCEPTION(0x0A00, Trap_0A, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
>  	EXCEPTION(0x0B00, Trap_0B, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
> @@ -432,7 +444,7 @@
>
>  	EXCEPTION(0x0D00, Trap_0D, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
>  	EXCEPTION(0x0E00, Trap_0E, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
> -	EXCEPTION(0x0F00, Trap_0F, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
> +	EXCEPTION(0x0F20, Trap_0F, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)

Is this change required to support the FPU?  It looks like something
that belongs in a separate patch.

>
>  /* 0x1000 - Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) Exception */
>  	START_EXCEPTION(0x1000, Decrementer)
> @@ -821,8 +833,10 @@
>   * The PowerPC 4xx family of processors do not have an FPU, so this just
>   * returns.
>   */
> +#ifndef CONFIG_PPC_FPU
>  _ENTRY(giveup_fpu)
>  	blr
> +#endif
>
>  /* This is where the main kernel code starts.
>   */
> diff -r b59861a64e13 arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig	Thu May 20 13:24:53 2010 +0400
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig	Thu May 20 13:55:10 2010 +0400
> @@ -333,4 +333,9 @@
>  	bool "Xilinx PCI host bridge support"
>  	depends on PCI && XILINX_VIRTEX
>
> +config XILINX_SOFTFPU
> +	bool "Xilinx Soft FPU"
> +	select PPC_FPU
> +	depends on XILINX_VIRTEX_4_FX && !PPC40x_SIMPLE && !405GP && !405GPR
> +

Hmmm.  There should be a nicer way of doing this, but this will do for now.

Otherwise, this patch looks good to me.  Josh, what do you think?

Cheers,
g.


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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.

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