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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] MIPS: add support for buggy MT7621S core detection
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Hi Ilya,

On 1/10/21 2:41 am, Ilya Lipnitskiy wrote:
> Hi Sergio, Greg, Steven,
>
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 6:35 AM Sergio Paracuellos
> <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 3:13 PM Greg Ungerer <gerg@kernel.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Steven,
>>>
>>> On 16/9/21 6:54 pm, Strontium wrote:
>>>> Hi Greg,
>>>>
>>>> I had trouble with this as well. This line from the patch:
>>>>
>>>>> if (!(launch->flags & LAUNCH_FREADY))
>>>>
>>>> is checking ram which I believe is supposed to be set by the bootloader.
>>>> On my platform it looked like the preloaded uboot wasn't setting that as
>>>> expected.
>>>> If you have control over your bootloader you can force this ram address
>>>> to be what the kernel wants, or you can do what i did, because i didn't
>>>> have that targets uboot src, and wedge before the kernel starts to force
>>>> the ram to the required state, like so:
>>>
>>> Well, my solution was to revert that patch locally :-)
>>>
>>> But many people will not have control of or the desire to change
>>> their u-boot loader. I would have figured this ends up being a
>>> real regression for many (most?) users of this SoC.
>>
>> Agree.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> #define CORE0_INITIAL_CPU_STATE (0xf00)
>>>> #define CORE_FL_OFFSET (0x1C)
>>>> #define FLAG_LAUNCH_FREADY (1)
>>>>
>>>> #define WRITEREG(r, v) *(volatile uint32_t *)(r) = v
>>>> #define KSEG1ADDR(_x) (((_x)&0x1fffffff) | 0xa0000000)
>>>>
>>>> void set_core(uint32_t core)
>>>> {
>>>> uint32_t start = CORE0_INITIAL_CPU_STATE + (0x40 * core);
>>>> WRITEREG(KSEG1ADDR(start + CORE_FL_OFFSET), FLAG_LAUNCH_FREADY);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> void fix_cores(void) {
>>>> // Fixes the flags for each core, just before running the kernel.
>>>> // Means we don't have to patch the kernel check for valid CPU's.
>>>> for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
>>>> set_core(i);
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> It seems that memory section is supposed to set all the cores registers
>>>> before the kernel runs, but i never found it did anything except that 1
>>>> flag.
>>>>
>>>> Obviously a better way would be to properly detect the number of cores
>>>> and not rely on the boot loader to set a flag in ram, I don't know if
>>>> that's even possible.
>>>
>>> I can't help but think this commit is not a proper fix for this problem.
>>
>> I also do think this commit should be reverted. Ilya, do you have a
>> strong opinion to maintain it instead?
> Not a strong opinion - I think we need a better fix that would work on
> the platform I tested with as well as Greg's. I'm okay with reverting
> it while trying to come up with said fix. Downstream projects, such as
> OpenWrt can keep this patch or apply it only when building for MT7621S
> targets until the detection logic is made more robust.
>
> Greg - if and when a proper fix is made, a test against your platform
> would help so we don't regress again in the future.

Yep, no problem. Please CC me on any prospective patch and I can test.

Regards
Greg


> Ilya
>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Greg
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Sergio Paracuellos
>>>
>>>
>>>> Steven Johnson
>>>>
>>>> On 16/9/21 09:56, Greg Ungerer wrote:
>>>>> Hi Ilya,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Most MT7621 SoCs have 2 cores, which is detected and supported properly
>>>>>> by CPS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately, MT7621 SoC has a less common S variant with only one
>>>>>> core.
>>>>>> On MT7621S, GCR_CONFIG still reports 2 cores, which leads to hangs when
>>>>>> starting SMP. CPULAUNCH registers can be used in that case to detect the
>>>>>> absence of the second core and override the GCR_CONFIG PCORES field.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rework a long-standing OpenWrt patch to override the value of
>>>>>> mips_cps_numcores on single-core MT7621 systems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tested on a dual-core MT7621 device (Ubiquiti ER-X) and a single-core
>>>>>> MT7621 device (Netgear R6220).
>>>>>
>>>>> This is breaking core detection on my MT7621 based platforms.
>>>>> I only get 2 cores detected now running 5.13. Reverting this change gives
>>>>> me 4 cores back.
>>>>>
>>>>> From a fully working (pre-change) system I get:
>>>>>
>>>>> # cat /proc/cpuinfo
>>>>> system type : MediaTek MT7621 ver:1 eco:3
>>>>> machine : Digi EX15
>>>>> processor : 0
>>>>> cpu model : MIPS 1004Kc V2.15
>>>>> BogoMIPS : 586.13
>>>>> wait instruction : yes
>>>>> microsecond timers : yes
>>>>> tlb_entries : 32
>>>>> extra interrupt vector : yes
>>>>> hardware watchpoint : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0ffc,
>>>>> 0x0ffc, 0x0ffb, 0x0ffb]
>>>>> isa : mips1 mips2 mips32r1 mips32r2
>>>>> ASEs implemented : mips16 dsp mt
>>>>> shadow register sets : 1
>>>>> kscratch registers : 0
>>>>> package : 0
>>>>> core : 0
>>>>> VPE : 0
>>>>> VCED exceptions : not available
>>>>> VCEI exceptions : not available
>>>>>
>>>>> processor : 1
>>>>> cpu model : MIPS 1004Kc V2.15
>>>>> BogoMIPS : 586.13
>>>>> wait instruction : yes
>>>>> microsecond timers : yes
>>>>> tlb_entries : 32
>>>>> extra interrupt vector : yes
>>>>> hardware watchpoint : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0ffc,
>>>>> 0x0ffc, 0x0ffb, 0x0ffb]
>>>>> isa : mips1 mips2 mips32r1 mips32r2
>>>>> ASEs implemented : mips16 dsp mt
>>>>> shadow register sets : 1
>>>>> kscratch registers : 0
>>>>> package : 0
>>>>> core : 0
>>>>> VPE : 1
>>>>> VCED exceptions : not available
>>>>> VCEI exceptions : not available
>>>>>
>>>>> processor : 2
>>>>> cpu model : MIPS 1004Kc V2.15
>>>>> BogoMIPS : 586.13
>>>>> wait instruction : yes
>>>>> microsecond timers : yes
>>>>> tlb_entries : 32
>>>>> extra interrupt vector : yes
>>>>> hardware watchpoint : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0ffc,
>>>>> 0x0ffc, 0x0ffb, 0x0ffb]
>>>>> isa : mips1 mips2 mips32r1 mips32r2
>>>>> ASEs implemented : mips16 dsp mt
>>>>> shadow register sets : 1
>>>>> kscratch registers : 0
>>>>> package : 0
>>>>> core : 1
>>>>> VPE : 0
>>>>> VCED exceptions : not available
>>>>> VCEI exceptions : not available
>>>>>
>>>>> processor : 3
>>>>> cpu model : MIPS 1004Kc V2.15
>>>>> BogoMIPS : 586.13
>>>>> wait instruction : yes
>>>>> microsecond timers : yes
>>>>> tlb_entries : 32
>>>>> extra interrupt vector : yes
>>>>> hardware watchpoint : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0ffc,
>>>>> 0x0ffc, 0x0ffb, 0x0ffb]
>>>>> isa : mips1 mips2 mips32r1 mips32r2
>>>>> ASEs implemented : mips16 dsp mt
>>>>> shadow register sets : 1
>>>>> kscratch registers : 0
>>>>> package : 0
>>>>> core : 1
>>>>> VPE : 1
>>>>> VCED exceptions : not available
>>>>> VCEI exceptions : not available
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> After this patch is applied:
>>>>>
>>>>> # cat /proc/cpuinfo
>>>>> system type : MediaTek MT7621 ver:1 eco:3
>>>>> machine : Digi EX15
>>>>> processor : 0
>>>>> cpu model : MIPS 1004Kc V2.15
>>>>> BogoMIPS : 586.13
>>>>> wait instruction : yes
>>>>> microsecond timers : yes
>>>>> tlb_entries : 32
>>>>> extra interrupt vector : yes
>>>>> hardware watchpoint : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0ffc,
>>>>> 0x0ffc, 0x0ffb, 0x0ffb]
>>>>> isa : mips1 mips2 mips32r1 mips32r2
>>>>> ASEs implemented : mips16 dsp mt
>>>>> shadow register sets : 1
>>>>> kscratch registers : 0
>>>>> package : 0
>>>>> core : 0
>>>>> VPE : 0
>>>>> VCED exceptions : not available
>>>>> VCEI exceptions : not available
>>>>>
>>>>> processor : 1
>>>>> cpu model : MIPS 1004Kc V2.15
>>>>> BogoMIPS : 586.13
>>>>> wait instruction : yes
>>>>> microsecond timers : yes
>>>>> tlb_entries : 32
>>>>> extra interrupt vector : yes
>>>>> hardware watchpoint : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0ffc,
>>>>> 0x0ffc, 0x0ffb, 0x0ffb]
>>>>> isa : mips1 mips2 mips32r1 mips32r2
>>>>> ASEs implemented : mips16 dsp mt
>>>>> shadow register sets : 1
>>>>> kscratch registers : 0
>>>>> package : 0
>>>>> core : 0
>>>>> VPE : 1
>>>>> VCED exceptions : not available
>>>>> VCEI exceptions : not available
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Greg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Original 4.14 OpenWrt patch:
>>>>>> Link:
>>>>>> https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commitdiff;h=4cdbc90a376dd0555201c1434a2081e055e9ceb7
>>>>>> Current 5.10 OpenWrt patch:
>>>>>> Link:
>>>>>> https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=blob;f=target/linux/ramips/patches-5.10/320-mt7621-core-detect-hack.patch;h=c63f0f4c1ec742e24d8480e80553863744b58f6a;hb=10267e17299806f9885d086147878f6c492cb904
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Suggested-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ilya Lipnitskiy <ilya.lipnitskiy@gmail.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cps.h | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cps.h
>>>>>> b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cps.h
>>>>>> index fd43d876892e..35fb8ee6dd33 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cps.h
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cps.h
>>>>>> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
>>>>>> #include <linux/io.h>
>>>>>> #include <linux/types.h>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +#include <asm/mips-boards/launch.h>
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> extern unsigned long __cps_access_bad_size(void)
>>>>>> __compiletime_error("Bad size for CPS accessor");
>>>>>>
>>>>>> @@ -165,11 +167,30 @@ static inline uint64_t
>>>>>> mips_cps_cluster_config(unsigned int cluster)
>>>>>> */
>>>>>> static inline unsigned int mips_cps_numcores(unsigned int cluster)
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> + unsigned int ncores;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> if (!mips_cm_present())
>>>>>> return 0;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /* Add one before masking to handle 0xff indicating no cores */
>>>>>> - return (mips_cps_cluster_config(cluster) + 1) &
>>>>>> CM_GCR_CONFIG_PCORES;
>>>>>> + ncores = (mips_cps_cluster_config(cluster) + 1) &
>>>>>> CM_GCR_CONFIG_PCORES;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SOC_MT7621)) {
>>>>>> + struct cpulaunch *launch;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + /*
>>>>>> + * Ralink MT7621S SoC is single core, but the GCR_CONFIG method
>>>>>> + * always reports 2 cores. Check the second core's
>>>>>> LAUNCH_FREADY
>>>>>> + * flag to detect if the second core is missing. This method
>>>>>> + * only works before the core has been started.
>>>>>> + */
>>>>>> + launch = (struct cpulaunch *)CKSEG0ADDR(CPULAUNCH);
>>>>>> + launch += 2; /* MT7621 has 2 VPEs per core */
>>>>>> + if (!(launch->flags & LAUNCH_FREADY))
>>>>>> + ncores = 1;
>>>>>> + }
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + return ncores;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /**
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 2.31.1
>>>>>
>>>>

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