Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Add basic support for LS7A bridge chip

[Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:42:06 +0800
Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> wrote:

> On 04/27/2020 12:57 PM, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:31:54 +0800
> > Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> wrote:
> >  
> >> On 04/03/2020 05:29 PM, Tiezhu Yang wrote:  
> >>> The LS7A bridge chip has been released for several years since the
> >>> second half of 2017, but it is not supported by the Linux mainline
> >>> kernel while it only works well with the Loongson internal kernel
> >>> version. When I update the latest version of Linux mainline kernel
> >>> on the Loongson 3A3000 CPU and LS7A bridge chip system, the boot
> >>> process failed and I feel depressed.
> >>>
> >>> The LS7A bridge chip is used a lot with 3A3000 or 3A4000 CPU in
> >>> the most Loongson desktop and sever products, it is important to
> >>> support LS7A bridge chip by the Linux mainline kernel.
> >>>
> >>> This patch series adds the basic support for the LS7A bridge chip,
> >>> the patch about vendor ID and SATA has been merged into the
> >>> mainline tree, the next work is to refactor the code about the
> >>> interrupt controller, and then power management and some other
> >>> controller device drivers.
> >>>
> >>> By the way, if you want the boot process is successful (just for
> >>> test) on the Loongson 3A3000 CPU and LS7A bridge chip system,
> >>> you should not only apply these patches, but also need the support
> >>> for SATA and interrupt controller in the v1 patch series.
> >>>
> >>> This patch series is based on mips-next.
> >>>
> >>> If you have any questions and suggestions, please let me know.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Tiezhu Yang
> >>>
> >>> v2:
> >>>     - The split patch series about Loongson vendor ID and SATA
> >>> controller has been merged into the linux-block.git by Jens Axboe
> >>> [1].
> >>>
> >>>     - Think about using hierarchy IRQ domain in the patch of
> >>> interrupt controller, and this maybe depend on the patch series by
> >>> Jiaxun ("Modernize Loongson64 Machine"), so the patch about
> >>> interrupt is not included in this v2 patch series.
> >>>
> >>> v3:
> >>>     - The split patch series about Loongson vendor ID and SATA
> >>> controller has been merged into the mainline tree [2]
> >>>
> >>>     - Modify the macro definition and add comment to make it easy
> >>> to read
> >>>
> >>>     - Move ls7a1000_pci_class_quirk() to fixup-loongson3.c
> >>>
> >>>     - Use PCI_VENDOR_ID_LOONGSON in pci_ids.h instead of 0x0014
> >>>
> >>> v4:
> >>>     - Use LS7A instead of Loongson 7A1000 in the description
> >>>     - Use LS7A or ls7a instead of LS7A1000 or ls7a1000 in the code
> >>>
> >>> [1]
> >>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=9acb9fe18d86
> >>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=e49bd683e00b
> >>> [2]
> >>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9acb9fe18d86
> >>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e49bd683e00b
> >>>
> >>> Tiezhu Yang (3):
> >>>     MIPS: Loongson: Get host bridge information
> >>>     MIPS: Loongson: Add DMA support for LS7A
> >>>     MIPS: Loongson: Add PCI support for LS7A
> >>>
> >>>    arch/mips/include/asm/mach-loongson64/boot_param.h | 20 +++++++
> >>>    arch/mips/loongson64/dma.c                         |  9 ++--
> >>>    arch/mips/loongson64/env.c                         | 22
> >>> ++++++++ arch/mips/loongson64/init.c                        | 17
> >>> ++++++ arch/mips/pci/fixup-loongson3.c                    | 12
> >>> +++++ arch/mips/pci/ops-loongson3.c                      | 63
> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++-- 6 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 7
> >>> deletions(-)  
> >> Hi Thomas,
> >>
> >> Could you please apply the following two patches to mips-next?
> >>
> >> [v4,1/3] MIPS: Loongson: Get host bridge information
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1220009/
> >>
> >> [v4,2/3] MIPS: Loongson: Add DMA support for LS7A
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1220010/  
> > Sorry but I really don't like the DMA patch, hard coding a config
> > register in platform code is not necessarily a good idea, it
> > create painful hell for adding new platform support.
> >
> > I'm trying very hard to let all devices go through DeviceTree.
> >
> > I'd suggest you to limit DMA capability on LS7A PCH instead of doing
> > the hack.  
> 
> Hi Jiaxun,
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion, let me rethink how to properly support
> DMA.
> 
> Do you think the following patch could be applied first?
> 
> [v4,1/3] MIPS: Loongson: Get host bridge information
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1220009/

Looks reasonable.

Thanks.

> 
> Thanks,
> Tiezhu Yang
> 
> >
> > Or if you think the function is necessary, you can create a
> > DeviceTree node called "loongson,ls7a-syscon", and do whatever you
> > like in init_calls by parsing this node.
> >
> > Also that will also block my upcoming LS2K support patches.
> > You can check my tree here[1].
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > [1]: https://github.com/FlyGoat/linux/commits/next-testing-2k
> >  
> >> Thanks,
> >> Tiezhu Yang
> >>  
> > --
> > Jiaxun Yang  
> 
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Jiaxun Yang