Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] PCI: fu740: Add SiFive FU740 PCIe host controller driver

[Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>]

On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 08:46:32AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 06:59:39PM +0800, Greentime Hu wrote:
> > From: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
> > 
> > Add driver for the SiFive FU740 PCIe host controller.
> > This controller is based on the DesignWare PCIe core.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
> > Co-developed-by: Henry Styles <hes@sifive.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Henry Styles <hes@sifive.com>
> > Co-developed-by: Erik Danie <erik.danie@sifive.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Erik Danie <erik.danie@sifive.com>
> > Co-developed-by: Greentime Hu <greentime.hu@sifive.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Greentime Hu <greentime.hu@sifive.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Kconfig      |  10 +
> >  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Makefile     |   1 +
> >  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-fu740.c | 309 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 320 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-fu740.c
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Kconfig
> > index 22c5529e9a65..255d43b1661b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Kconfig
> > @@ -318,4 +318,14 @@ config PCIE_AL
> >  	  required only for DT-based platforms. ACPI platforms with the
> >  	  Annapurna Labs PCIe controller don't need to enable this.
> >  
> > +config PCIE_FU740
> > +	bool "SiFive FU740 PCIe host controller"
> > +	depends on PCI_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN
> > +	depends on SOC_SIFIVE || COMPILE_TEST
> > +	depends on GPIOLIB
> 
> 1) I'm a little disappointed that I reported the build issue 6 days
>    ago when we were already in the merge window, and it's taken until
>    now to make some progress.
> 
> 2) I would prefer not to depend on GPIOLIB because it reduces
>    compile-test coverage.  For example, the x86_64 defconfig does not
>    enable GPIOLIB, so one must manually enable it to even be able to
>    enable PCIE_FU740.
> 
>    Many other PCI controller drivers use GPIO, but no others depend on
>    GPIOLIB, so I infer that in the !GPIOLIB case, gpio/consumer.h
>    provides the stubs required for compile testing.
> 
>    We could have a conversation about whether it's better to
>    explicitly depend on GPIOLIB here, or whether building a working
>    FU740 driver implicitly depends on GPIOLIB being selected
>    elsewhere.  That implicit dependency *is* a little obscure, but I
>    think that's what other drivers currently do, and I'd like to do
>    this consistently unless there's a good reason otherwise.

I will drop the explicit GPIOLIB dependency and push it out. For (1) I
agree with you - I merged when I received some input - it is reasonable
to avoid adding it to v5.13 material for this reason, apologies.

Thanks,
Lorenzo

>    Here are some examples of other drivers:
> 
>    dwc/pci-dra7xx.c:
>      config PCI_DRA7XX_HOST
>        depends on SOC_DRA7XX || COMPILE_TEST
> 
>      config SOC_DRA7XX
>        select ARCH_OMAP2PLUS
> 
>      config ARCH_OMAP2PLUS
>        select GPIOLIB
> 
>    dwc/pci-meson.c:
>      config PCI_MESON
>        # doesn't, but probably *should* depend on "ARCH_MESON || COMPILE_TEST"
> 
>      menuconfig ARCH_MESON
>        select GPIOLIB
> 
>    dwc/pcie-qcom.c:
>      config PCIE_QCOM
>        depends on OF && (ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST)
> 
>      config ARCH_QCOM
>        select GPIOLIB
> 
>    pcie-rockchip.c:
>      config PCIE_ROCKCHIP_HOST
>        depends on ARCH_ROCKCHIP || COMPILE_TEST
> 
>      config ARCH_ROCKCHIP
>        select GPIOLIB
> 
> > +	select PCIE_DW_HOST
> > +	help
> > +	  Say Y here if you want PCIe controller support for the SiFive
> > +	  FU740.
> > +
> >  endmenu