From: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@ti.com>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Cc: "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: pci: add call to pcie_bus_configure_settings()
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 13:14:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5386195C.1080603@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140528165856.GA20193@obsidianresearch.com>
On 5/28/2014 12:58 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:26:16AM -0400, Murali Karicheri wrote:
>> PCI core supports PCIE_BUS_SAFE and PCIE_BUS_PERFORMANCE modes.
>> PCI controllers may not be able to handle pay load size higher
>> than MPS and also read data size higher than MRSS. So limit the
>> max to the least common supported payload size by calling
>> pcie_bus_configure_settings(). Using pci=pcie_bus_safe do a walk
>> and set the MPS to least common value used by devices on the bus.
>> pci=pcie_bus_perf does do a walk and set MRSS to MPS.
> This text doesn't make much sense.. Calling
> pcie_bus_configure_settings is just a good thing to do, the fact it
> helps avoid a HW defect in a specific PCI-E implementation is not the
> main reason to add this to the core ARM code.
>
> Call pcie_bus_configure_settings on ARM, like for other
> platforms. pcie_bus_configure_settings makes sure the MPS across the
> bus is uniform and provides the ability to tune the MRSS and MPS to
> higher performance values.
>
> This is particularly important for embedded where there is no
> firmware to program these PCI-E settings for the OS.
Thanks. I will add this text for v1.
>
>> +
>> + list_for_each_entry(child, &bus->children, node)
>> + pcie_bus_configure_settings(child);
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Missing indent.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
Will fix in v1.
Thanks
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-28 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-28 14:26 [PATCH] ARM: pci: add call to pcie_bus_configure_settings() Murali Karicheri
2014-05-28 16:58 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2014-05-28 17:14 ` Murali Karicheri [this message]
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