Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:11:22 +0200 | From | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] dt-bindings: phy: Add bindings for HiKey 970 PCIe PHY |
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Hi Mani,
Em Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:12:25 +0530 Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@kernel.org> escreveu:
> I'm not sure about this. That fact that the PCIe device's PERST# signal > wired to different GPIOs doesn't mean that those GPIOs belong to the PHY. > Those GPIOs should be independent of the PCIe core controlled manually > by the driver. > > I think this issue is somewhat similar to the one we are dealing on the > Qcom platforms [1] where each PCIe device uses a different GPIO and voltage > config to operate. And those need to be active for the link training to > succeed. > > So perhaps we should aim for a common solution? The GPIO and voltage > layout should be described in DT for each port exposed by the SoC/board. > > Thanks, > Mani > > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/21/1524
After re-visiting this issue, I'm starting to think that this should be mapped as something similar to:
pcie@xxxx { ... slot { slot#1 { // clock, power supply, reset pins, etc } slot#2 { // clock, power supply, reset pins, etc } ... } };
E. g. placing each specific PCIe device requirement inside the pcie or phy, as it should be up to the driver to initialize each PCIe child-specific requirements when the hardware is ready for that.
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A longer explanation why this should be initialized during PHY power on sequence:
On my tests with Kirin 970, there are some steps to be done before enabling the clocks and sending PERST# signals, plus some extra steps to run after PERST# is sent to all devices.
While playing with PHY split, I noticed that Linux and/or the SoC is very sensitive to an specific probing order. If such order is not followed, an ARM SError happens and the Kernel panics with something similar to:
[ 1.837458] SError Interrupt on CPU0, code 0xbf000002 -- SError [ 1.837462] CPU: 0 PID: 74 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 5.8.0+ #205 [ 1.837463] Hardware name: HiKey970 (DT) [ 1.837465] Workqueue: events deferred_probe_work_func [ 1.837467] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO BTYPE=--) [ 1.837468] pc : _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x18/0x50 [ 1.837469] lr : regmap_unlock_spinlock+0x14/0x20 ... [ 1.837507] Kernel panic - not syncing: Asynchronous SError Interrupt
One example is with regards to the clocks required for the PCIe to work:
clocks = <&crg_ctrl HI3670_CLK_GATE_PCIEPHY_REF>, <&crg_ctrl HI3670_CLK_GATE_PCIEAUX>, <&crg_ctrl HI3670_PCLK_GATE_PCIE_PHY>, <&crg_ctrl HI3670_PCLK_GATE_PCIE_SYS>, <&crg_ctrl HI3670_ACLK_GATE_PCIE>;
If them aren't initialized at the expected order, the Kernel hangs. The same applies to the slot-specific clocks.
So, basically, the driver needs to initialize them on this sequence:
1. PHY ref clock; 2. APB sys and phy clock; 3. aclk and aux_clk; <some settings at the PHY hardware> 4. slot-specific clocks.
failing to follow a valid power-on sequence crashes the Kernel.
Thanks, Mauro
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