[PATCH] powerpc: fsl_pci: Fix PCI/PCI-X regression
Scott Wood
scottwood at freescale.com
Sat Aug 23 04:36:31 EST 2014
On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 12:54 -0500, Aaron Sierra wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Wood" <scottwood at freescale.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:01:46 PM
> >
> > On Thu, 2014-08-21 at 16:54 -0500, Aaron Sierra wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Scott Wood" <scottwood at freescale.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 4:19:56 PM
> > > >
> > > > Why wouldn't a normal PCI agent be able to bus master?
> > > >
> > > > -Scott
> > > >
> > >
> > > Short answer:
> > >
> > > Simply because the hardware strapping for Host/Agent determines the
> > > default state of the Bus Master bit in the Command register. Without
> > > that bit being set, an Agent won't be able to send the PCI cycles
> > > necessary to enumerate the bus.
> >
> > But what if the host has already set that bit before Linux boots?
>
> That's a very good point. I think that concern can be addressed by looking
> for another telltale sign of enumeration, whether an address has been
> assigned to the bridge's BAR 0 (PCSRBAR).
I don't see how that's any different. The host may or may not have
assigned an address.
> > I understand why you need to do this -- I just don't think this is a
> > reliable way of detecting that you're in that situation. How about a
> > kernel command line setting?
>
> I'd like to avoid requiring a kernel command-line option for this.
It's hardware description, so you could use a device tree property.
-Scott
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