Re: [PATCH v7 0/7] Add ASPEED PCIe Root Complex support

Mikhail Rudenko
2026-01-06T10:30:34Z

Hi Jacky,

On 2025-12-16 at 09:49 +08, Jacky Chou <jacky_chou@aspeedtech.com> wrote:

> This patch series adds support for the ASPEED PCIe Root Complex,
> including device tree bindings, pinctrl support, and the PCIe host controller
> driver. The patches introduce the necessary device tree nodes, pinmux groups,
> and driver implementation to enable PCIe functionality on ASPEED platforms.
> Currently, the ASPEED PCIe Root Complex only supports a single port.
>
> Summary of changes:
> - Add device tree binding documents for ASPEED PCIe PHY and PCIe RC
> - Update MAINTAINERS for new bindings and driver
> - Implement ASPEED PCIe PHY driver
> - Implement ASPEED PCIe Root Complex host controller driver
>
> This series has been tested on AST2600/AST2700 platforms and enables PCIe device
> enumeration and operation.

First of all, thank you for your efforts in getting this driver
upstreamed! I am trying to understand whether this driver supports
PCIe devices that have an I/O port BAR, where CPU access to I/O ports
is required for proper device operation.

If I understand correctly, this line in the Aspeed 2600 dtsi file
declares the I/O port range:

ranges = <0x01000000 0x0 0x00018000 0x00018000 0x0 0x00008000

During system initialization, the pci_remap_iospace() function in
arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c maps the physical address range
0x00018000-0x00020000 to the virtual address PCI_IO_VIRT_BASE
(0xfee00000). After this mapping, inb() and outb() calls work by
converting I/O port addresses to virtual addresses starting at
PCI_IO_VIRT_BASE, then performing reads and writes to those virtual
addresses.

What I don't understand is this: according to the Aspeed 2600
datasheet, the address range 0x00000000-0x0fffffff (which contains
0x00018000-0x00020000) is mapped to Firmware SPI Memory. This would
mean that outb() operations get routed to memory-mapped SPI flash
instead of PCIe.

It seems like there's a missing piece to this puzzle. Could you help
clarify how this is supposed to work?

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Kind regards,
Mikhail Rudenko