Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] PCI: brcmstb: Split brcm_pcie_setup() into two funcs

[Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 02:56:03PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 2:14 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 06:24:49PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> > > Currently, the function does the setup for establishing PCIe link-up
> > > with the downstream device, and it does the actual link-up as well.
> > > The calling sequence is (roughly) the following in the probe:
> > >
> > > -> brcm_pcie_probe()
> > >     -> brcm_pcie_setup();                       /* Set-up and link-up */
> > >     -> pci_host_probe(bridge);
> > >
> > > This commit splits the setup function in two: brcm_pcie_setup(), which only
> > > does the set-up, and brcm_pcie_start_link(), which only does the link-up.
> > > The reason why we are doing this is to lay a foundation for subsequent
> > > commits so that we can turn on any power regulators, as described in the
> > > root port's DT node, prior to doing link-up.
> >
> > All drivers that care about power regulators turn them on before
> > link-up, but typically those regulators are described directly under
> > the host bridge itself.
> 
> Actually, what you describe is what I proposed with my v1 back in Nov 2020.
> The binding commit message said,
> 
>     "Quite similar to the regulator bindings found in
>     "rockchip-pcie-host.txt", this allows optional regulators to be
>     attached and controlled by the PCIe RC driver."
> 
> > IIUC the difference here is that you have regulators described under
> > Root Ports (not the host bridge/Root Complex itself), so you don't
> > know about them until you've enumerated the Root Ports.
> > brcm_pcie_probe() can't turn them on directly because it doesn't know
> > what Root Ports are present and doesn't know about regulators below
> > them.
> 
> The reviewer's requested me to move the regulator node(s)
> elsewhere, and at some point later it was requested to be placed
> under the Root Port driver.  I would love to return them under the
> host bridge, just say the word!

Actually, I think my understanding is wrong.  Even though the PCI core
hasn't enumerated the Root Port as a pci_dev, brcm_pcie_setup() knows
about it and should be able to look up the regulators and turn them
on.

Can you dig up the previous discussion about why the regulators need
to be under the Root Port and why they can't be turned on before
calling pci_host_probe()?

Bjorn