Problem with mini-PCI-E slot on P2020RDB

Felix Radensky felix at embedded-sol.com
Mon Apr 11 18:39:37 EST 2011


Hi,

Assuming I have all patches in place, will this problem be
resolved on earlier board revisions (before rev D) ?

Felix.

On 04/11/2011 12:06 PM, Kushwaha Prabhakar-B32579 wrote:
> Hi Fabe,
>
> Yes .. P1020/P1011 RDB has same issue as of P2020RDB.
>
> It was because of some missing patches at u-boot and Linux.
>
> U-boot patch : It is already present in open source. Please use latest code base
> Linux patch : I am in process of posting in open source. Please make mentioned changes of IDSEL.
>
> --Prabhakar
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fabian Bertholm [mailto:fabeisageek at googlemail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:53 PM
>> To: Kushwaha Prabhakar-B32579
>> Cc: Leon Woestenberg; linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org; Mahajan Vivek-B08308;
>> Felix Radensky; Aggrwal Poonam-B10812; Gupta Maneesh-B18878
>> Subject: Re: Problem with mini-PCI-E slot on P2020RDB
>>
>> Hello Kushwaha Prabhakar,
>>
>> Our impression is that there is the same issue on the P1020/P1011 RDB.
>> Can you confirm this?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Fabe
>>
>>
>> 2011/4/8 Kushwaha Prabhakar-B32579<B32579 at freescale.com>:
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Leon Woestenberg [mailto:leon.woestenberg at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 10:50 PM
>>>> To: linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org
>>>> Cc: Kumar Gala; Mahajan Vivek-B08308; Aggrwal Poonam-B10812; Felix
>>>> Radensky; Kushwaha Prabhakar-B32579
>>>> Subject: Re: Problem with mini-PCI-E slot on P2020RDB
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Felix Radensky
>>>> <felix at embedded-sol.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Kumar Gala wrote:
>>>>>> On Dec 17, 2009, at 2:59 AM, Mahajan Vivek-B08308 wrote:
>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot. If I understand you correctly, the only way I can
>>>>>>>> get ath9k driver to work on this board using legacy interrupts
>>>>>>>> is to wait for a hardware fix. Right ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Correct
>>>>>> I'm confused.  What's the issue with IRQ0 on the P2020RDB?  Is it
>>>>>> used for another purpose?
>>>>> There's a problem with IRQ0 with respect to mini-PCI-E slot. I have
>>>>> Atheros wireless card plugged into it. ath9k wireless driver for
>>>>> this card uses legacy PCI-E interrupts, and I get "irq 16: nobody
>> cared"
>>>>> message when driver executes request_irq(). Vivek has come to a
>>>>> conclusion that the problem is related to incorrect IRQ0 routing
>>>>> for mini-PCI-E slot on P2020RDB.
>>>>>
>>>> I would like to understand this issue better, as I seem to be running
>>>> into something similar, and it puts my board design on hold.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone (from Freescale) explain what happens if a PCI Express
>>>> end point on the mini-PCIe slot raises a legacy interrupt, and where
>>>> this goes wrong?
>>>>
>>>>  From what document or source code file can I conclude that the PCIe
>>>> legacy interrupt is shared with IRQ0?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I found this:
>>>>
>>>> P1020E/P2020E RDB System Errata, Last Update: 2/15/2010:
>>>> Problem:IRQ0 held low
>>>> Fix: Add 4.7K pull-up (to 3.3.V) for RTC_INT_N.
>>>> See R420 in Rev D schematic.
>>>> Add 4.7K pull-up (to 3.3.V) for MCU_INT_N.
>>>> See R423 in Rev D schematic.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hello Leon,
>>>
>>>   Yes you are right, PCIe leagacy interrupt is shared with IRQ0. For
>> Atheros issue.
>>>   Can you please try followings, Meanwhile I will try to dig into it.
>>>
>>> http://old.nabble.com/Problem-with-mini-PCI-E-slot-on-P2020RDB-td26802
>>> 038.html
>>>
>>> Regarding sata_sil24, Please see my e-mail on Linux-ide for correct
>> IDSEL value.
>>> Please first try IDSEL value mentioned in email on Linux-ide. Then try
>> this URL..
>>> --Prabhakar
>>>
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