overriding ACPI _CRS method

overriding ACPI _CRS method

[Daniel J Blueman]

In firmware that is loaded after the BIOS, I need to trim the root bus 
resource (0x40000000-0xdfffffff) covering the MMIO window [1], so I can 
attach further PCI domains.

One strategy is to override the BIOS's DSDT [2] _SB.PCI0._CRS method; 
even when my firmware appends the bytecode for a new _CRS method [3], 
alas I see AE_ALREADY_EXISTS [4].

I understood methods were overrideable within the same table (eg not 
from an SSDT), but perhaps am missing something? Or any better approach 
to reduce the scope of the PCI domain 0000 root bus?

Thanks!
  Daniel

-- [1]

pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x0000-0x03af window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x03e0-0x0cf7 window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x03b0-0x03bb window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x03c0-0x03df window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x8000-0xdfff window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xf0000000-0xffffffff window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000d0000-0x000dffff window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x40000000-0xdfffffff window]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-04]

[2] https://resources.numascale.com/DSDT.dsl
[3] https://resources.numascale.com/DSDT-extra.dsl

-- [4]

ACPI: Core revision 20150930
ACPI Error: [_CRS] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS 
(20150930/dswload-378)
ACPI Exception: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog 
(20150930/psobject-227)
ACPI Exception: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, [DSDT] table load failed 
(20150930/tbxfload-163)
ACPI Error: [\_PR_.P001] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND 
(20150930/dswload-210)
ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog 
(20150930/psobject-227)
ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, (SSDT:POWERNOW) while loading table 
(20150930/tbxfload-193)
ACPI Error: 2 table load failures, 0 successful (20150930/tbxfload-214)
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Daniel J Blueman
Principal Software Engineer, Numascale

RE: overriding ACPI _CRS method

[Zheng, Lv]

Hi,

IMO, if you want the new _CRS to be applied during the Linux early boot stage, you can override the table using initrd override or DSDT override mechanism.
Please see Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt or Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt.

If you want the new _CRS to be applied during Linux runtime, you can override it using method customization mechanism.
Please see Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt

Thanks and best regards
-Lv

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From: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Daniel J Blueman
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Cc: Steffen Persvold <sp@numascale.com>; Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@redhat.com>
Subject: overriding ACPI _CRS method

In firmware that is loaded after the BIOS, I need to trim the root bus resource (0x40000000-0xdfffffff) covering the MMIO window [1], so I can attach further PCI domains.

One strategy is to override the BIOS's DSDT [2] _SB.PCI0._CRS method; even when my firmware appends the bytecode for a new _CRS method [3], alas I see AE_ALREADY_EXISTS [4].

I understood methods were overrideable within the same table (eg not from an SSDT), but perhaps am missing something? Or any better approach to reduce the scope of the PCI domain 0000 root bus?

Thanks!
  Daniel

-- [1]

pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x0000-0x03af window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x03e0-0x0cf7 window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x03b0-0x03bb window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x03c0-0x03df window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x8000-0xdfff window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xf0000000-0xffffffff window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000d0000-0x000dffff window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x40000000-0xdfffffff window] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-04]

[2] https://resources.numascale.com/DSDT.dsl
[3] https://resources.numascale.com/DSDT-extra.dsl

-- [4]

ACPI: Core revision 20150930
ACPI Error: [_CRS] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
(20150930/dswload-378)
ACPI Exception: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog
(20150930/psobject-227)
ACPI Exception: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, [DSDT] table load failed
(20150930/tbxfload-163)
ACPI Error: [\_PR_.P001] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
(20150930/dswload-210)
ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog
(20150930/psobject-227)
ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, (SSDT:POWERNOW) while loading table
(20150930/tbxfload-193)
ACPI Error: 2 table load failures, 0 successful (20150930/tbxfload-214)
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Daniel J Blueman
Principal Software Engineer, Numascale

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RE: overriding ACPI _CRS method

[Daniel J Blueman]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@intel.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> IMO, if you want the new _CRS to be applied during the Linux early 
> boot stage, you can override the table using initrd override or DSDT 
> override mechanism.
> Please see Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt or 
> Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt.
> 
> If you want the new _CRS to be applied during Linux runtime, you can 
> override it using method customization mechanism.
> Please see Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt

The reason I'm trying to adjust this in firmware, is to deliver the 
right behaviour with pre-built/distro kernels, so I can't use that 
approach.

Thanks Lv,
  Daniel

Re: overriding ACPI _CRS method

[Jon Masters]

On 11/29/15, 10:23 PM, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@intel.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> IMO, if you want the new _CRS to be applied during the Linux early
>> boot stage, you can override the table using initrd override or DSDT
>> override mechanism.
>> Please see Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt or
>> Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt.
>>
>> If you want the new _CRS to be applied during Linux runtime, you can
>> override it using method customization mechanism.
>> Please see Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
>
> The reason I'm trying to adjust this in firmware, is to deliver the
> right behaviour with pre-built/distro kernels, so I can't use that
> approach.

The initrd method prepends an override initrd so you can use the stock 
distro one (obviously any such modification might impact whether a 
system vendor will support you in any case). This is in fact why I use 
an initrd override method on ARM servers to test ACPI fixes.

The other option you have is to use the "acpi" command in GRUB to 
provide an override set of tables pre-OS boot. Depending upon your OS, 
you might need to regenerate your (dracut) initramfs with that via the 
GRUB configuration file(s).

Jon.