Re: [PATCH v24 01/11] sfc: add cxl support

Jonathan Cameron
2026-03-24T16:29:12Z

On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:31:07 +0000
<alejandro.lucero-palau@amd.com> wrote:

> From: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@amd.com>
>
> Add CXL initialization based on new CXL API for accel drivers and make
> it dependent on kernel CXL configuration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
> Acked-by: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Hi Alejandro,

Been a while since I looked at this, so I may well repeat earlier discussions!

One really minor thing inline.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_cxl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_cxl.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8e0481d8dced
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_cxl.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/****************************************************************************
> + *
> + * Driver for AMD network controllers and boards
> + * Copyright (C) 2025, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/pci.h>
> +
> +#include "net_driver.h"
> +#include "efx_cxl.h"
> +
> +#define EFX_CTPIO_BUFFER_SIZE SZ_256M
> +
> +int efx_cxl_init(struct efx_probe_data *probe_data)
> +{
> + struct efx_nic *efx = &probe_data->efx;
> + struct pci_dev *pci_dev = efx->pci_dev;
> + struct efx_cxl *cxl;
> + u16 dvsec;
> +
> + probe_data->cxl_pio_initialised = false;
> +
> + /* Is the device configured with and using CXL? */
> + if (!pcie_is_cxl(pci_dev))
> + return 0;
> +
> + dvsec = pci_find_dvsec_capability(pci_dev, PCI_VENDOR_ID_CXL,
> + PCI_DVSEC_CXL_DEVICE);
> + if (!dvsec) {
> + pci_err(pci_dev, "CXL_DVSEC_PCIE_DEVICE capability not found\n");

Trivial but if we are returning zero is it always an error?
Maybe pci_info() more appropriate?

> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + pci_dbg(pci_dev, "CXL_DVSEC_PCIE_DEVICE capability found\n");
> +
> + /* Create a cxl_dev_state embedded in the cxl struct using cxl core api
> + * specifying no mbox available.
> + */
> + cxl = devm_cxl_dev_state_create(&pci_dev->dev, CXL_DEVTYPE_DEVMEM,
> + pci_dev->dev.id, dvsec, struct efx_cxl,