From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 19:14:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Docs: dt: Add PCI MSI map bindings In-Reply-To: References: <1437670365-20704-1-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com> <1437670365-20704-3-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com> Message-ID: <20150806181453.GD6437@leverpostej> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org [...] > > +PCI root complex > > +================ > > + > > +Optional properties > > +------------------- > > + > > +- msi-map: Maps a Requester ID to an MSI controller and associated > > + msi-specifier data. The property is an arbitrary number of tuples of > > + (rid-base,msi-controller,msi-base,length), where: > > + > > + * rid-base is a single cell describing the first RID matched by the entry. > > + > > + * msi-controller is a single phandle to an MSI controller > > + > > + * msi-base is an msi-specifier describing the msi-specifier produced for the > > + first RID matched by the entry. > > + > > + * length is a single cell describing how many consecutive RIDs are matched > > + following the rid-base. > > + > > + Any RID r in the interval [rid-base, rid-base + length) is associated with > > + the listed msi-controller, with the msi-specifier (r - rid-base + msi-base). > > + > > +- msi-map-mask: A mask to be applied to each Requester ID prior to being mapped > > + to an msi-specifier per the msi-map property. > > Can we extend the msi-map-mask definition to say: "A mask value of 0x0 is valid > and indicates that no RIDs are _currently_ mapped to any msi-specifier." That would break a valid case of the mask being all zeroes. Consider the case that all RIDs get mapped to a single msi-specifier; the obvious way to write that is: msi-map-mask = <0x0000>; msi-map = <0x0000 &msi (msi-specifier) 1>; In this case all RIDS are always mapped to the single msi-specifier. > We have an SoC with a programmable hardware table in the PCI controller that maps > requester ID to stream ID, so the overall msi-map (and iommu-map) definition fit > into that scheme. But, we would like to be able make the RID->stream-ID mapping > decision _lazily_, in Linux, based on actual usage of PCI devices. Dynamically programming the mapping is at odds to this binding. I don't see how that can fit. Why can the RID->SID mapping not be statically configured prior to entering the OS? Thanks, Mark.