Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] ARM: dts: aspeed-g6: Add PCIe RC node

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 03:51:11AM +0000, Jacky Chou wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> > >                                 quality = <100>;
> > >                         };
> > >
> > > +                       pcie_phy1: syscon@1e6ed200 {
> > > +                               compatible = "aspeed,pcie-phy",
> > "syscon";
> > > +                               reg = <0x1e6ed200 0x100>;
> > 
> > This looks like part of something else? It should be a child of that.
> > 
> > If this is the controls for the PCIe PHY, then use the PHY binding instead of your
> > own custom phandle property.
> > 
> 
> Our PCIe design has multiple functions. And the series of patches are submitted for
> PCIe RC. The other PCIe functions also use this phy node.
> I traced the PHY driver interface, it cannot meet our usage.

Why not?

There is also no requirement that using the DT PHY binding means you 
have to use the Linux PHY subsystem.

> Therefore, the RC driver uses the phandle property to configure.
> And this syscon also is used by the other PCIe functions.

Like what?

> > > +                       };
> > > +
> > > +                       pcie_cfg: syscon@1e770000 {
> > > +                               compatible = "aspeed,pcie-cfg",
> > "syscon";
> > > +                               reg = <0x1e770000 0x80>;
> > 
> > Looks like this is really part of the PCIe block as a h/w block isn't going to start
> > at offset 0xc0.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Actually.
> There are two PCIe bus in AST2600
> We use the other one PCIe to EP mode, here I call PCIe A.
> I call the pcie0 node as PCIe B.
> We do not provide PCIe A to RC mode for usage, just EP mode.
> But, when PCIe A is used as RC, it reg mapping is starting from 0x1e770080.
> I list there mapping.
> 
> 0x1e77_0000 ~ 0x1e77_007f : common usage
> 0x1e77_0080 ~ 0x1e77_00bf : PCIE A
> 0x1e77_00C0 ~ 0x1e77_00ff : PCIE B
> 
> So, it is why we create one node to describe common usage for PCIe A and B.
> And, why the pcie0 reg mapping is starting from 0x1e77_00c0.

In that case, maybe you need a common parent node with 2 child nodes for 
each bus.

Rob

> 
> > > +                       };
> > > +
> > > +                       pcie0: pcie@1e7700c0 {
> > > +                               compatible = "aspeed,ast2600-pcie";
> > > +                               device_type = "pci";
> > > +                               reg = <0x1e7700c0 0x40>;
> > > +                               linux,pci-domain = <0>;
> > 
> > No need for this. You only have 1 PCI host.
> > 
> 
> Agreed.
> We only provide one RC.
> 
> > > +                               #address-cells = <3>;
> > > +                               #size-cells = <2>;
> > > +                               interrupts = <GIC_SPI 168
> > IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> > > +                               bus-range = <0x80 0xff>;
> > 
> > Does this h/w not support bus 0-0x7f for some reason?
> > 
> 
> List:
> PCIE A: 0-0x7f
> PCIE B: 0x80-0xff
> 
> It is our design on PCIe B to use bus-range 0x80-0xff.

That's a policy or h/w limitation?

Rob