Re: [PATCH v5] arm64: dts: marvell: add Globalscale MOCHAbin

["Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>]

On Friday 08 October 2021 17:52:40 Robert Marko wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 3:43 PM Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Friday 08 October 2021 15:28:38 Robert Marko wrote:
> > > > > +     cp0_pcie_reset_pins: cp0-pcie-reset-pins {
> > > > > +             marvell,pins = "mpp9";
> > > > > +             marvell,function = "gpio";
> > > >
> > > > Now I spotted this. Why is PERST# pin configured into gpio mode? Is
> > > > there some issue that this pin in pcie mode is not working properly,
> > > > that PCIe controller cannot handle it correctly? Or something else?
> > >
> > > Its because I have seen way too many broken controllers when it comes
> > > to PERST and
> > > other Armada 7k/8k devices are using it in GPIO mode as well.
> > > Just look at the number of conversions back to GPIO for other
> > > platforms as there is always some bug.
> >
> > I know that A3720 has broken PERST# control in PCIe block... or at least
> > I was not able to figure out how A3720 PCIe block can control PERST#. So
> > configuring it in gpio mode and let PERST# to be controlled manually via
> > gpio by the software is the workaround.
> >
> > I just wanted to know if A7k/A8k/CN913x is also broken in the same way
> > as A3720.
> >
> > Or it it just a configuration workaround for missing driver or missing
> > proper software setup.
> >
> > HW bugs like this should be properly documented and not hidden behind
> > some configuration in DTS file. And reported to HW vendors.
> 
> I have to agree, so I did some digging.
> I don't think that the Armada 8k PCI driver actually supports HW level PERST#.
> I then looked at the functional specs and the only thing that looks
> related to PERST#
> is PCIe Software Reset Register which has a SoftWarePERst bit.
> 
> Can you maybe look at it?

Some details are in "PCIe Reset" section in Hardware Specification. In
Software Functional Specification seems to be nothing useful. Just those
registers without description.

> Removed the reset-gpios and set the PERST pinmux to PCIe, and the
> QCA9377 card will
> show up, but I have no idea whether PERST# actually ever gets toggled.
> 
> Regards,
> Robert
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