PCI Interrupt

PCI Interrupt

[Duncan.Perrett]

I have a CAN PCI card installed on my Ubuntu box.
I understand that PCI interrupts should be level rather than edge
triggered.

The output of cat /proc/interrupts is :-

           CPU0
  0:    1614601    IO-APIC-edge  timer
  1:        164    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
  8:          3    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
  9:          1   IO-APIC-level  acpi
 12:          0    IO-APIC-edge  CAN-ACx-PCI_01
 14:      65786    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
169:       3220   IO-APIC-level  eth0, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
177:      46459   IO-APIC-level  eth1
209:          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb3, eth2
217:          2   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb4
225:        697   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb2
NMI:          0
LOC:    1614399
ERR:          0
MIS:          0

You see that irq 12 CAN-ACx-PCI_01 is edge triggered.
Is there any way of forcing the BIOS to see the interrupt as a
level-triggered one?


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Re: PCI Interrupt

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:

>
> I have a CAN PCI card installed on my Ubuntu box.
> I understand that PCI interrupts should be level rather than edge
> triggered.
>
> The output of cat /proc/interrupts is :-
>
>           CPU0
>  0:    1614601    IO-APIC-edge  timer
>  1:        164    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
>  8:          3    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
>  9:          1   IO-APIC-level  acpi
> 12:          0    IO-APIC-edge  CAN-ACx-PCI_01
> 14:      65786    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
> 169:       3220   IO-APIC-level  eth0, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
> 177:      46459   IO-APIC-level  eth1
> 209:          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb3, eth2
> 217:          2   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb4
> 225:        697   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb2
> NMI:          0
> LOC:    1614399
> ERR:          0
> MIS:          0
>
> You see that irq 12 CAN-ACx-PCI_01 is edge triggered.
> Is there any way of forcing the BIOS to see the interrupt as a
> level-triggered one?

It's done in the driver. IRQ12 can be shared, so the driver
needs to request the IRQ as a shared interrupt.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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Re: PCI Interrupt

[Duncan.Perrett]

The driver already does that ...

result =
        request_irq(irq, can_pci_interrupt, SA_INTERRUPT | SA_SHIRQ,
                    pDevice->au8IrqName, pDevice);


Any other ideas?

Duncan



                                                                           
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:

>
> I have a CAN PCI card installed on my Ubuntu box.
> I understand that PCI interrupts should be level rather than edge
> triggered.
>
> The output of cat /proc/interrupts is :-
>
>           CPU0
>  0:    1614601    IO-APIC-edge  timer
>  1:        164    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
>  8:          3    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
>  9:          1   IO-APIC-level  acpi
> 12:          0    IO-APIC-edge  CAN-ACx-PCI_01
> 14:      65786    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
> 169:       3220   IO-APIC-level  eth0, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
> 177:      46459   IO-APIC-level  eth1
> 209:          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb3, eth2
> 217:          2   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb4
> 225:        697   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb2
> NMI:          0
> LOC:    1614399
> ERR:          0
> MIS:          0
>
> You see that irq 12 CAN-ACx-PCI_01 is edge triggered.
> Is there any way of forcing the BIOS to see the interrupt as a
> level-triggered one?

It's done in the driver. IRQ12 can be shared, so the driver
needs to request the IRQ as a shared interrupt.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.30 BogoMips).
My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
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Re: PCI Interrupt

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 03:08:46PM +0100, Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:
> The driver already does that ...
> 
> result =
>         request_irq(irq, can_pci_interrupt, SA_INTERRUPT | SA_SHIRQ,
>                     pDevice->au8IrqName, pDevice);
> 
> 
> Any other ideas?

Maybe the system thinks a ps2 mouse port owns irq 12 and messes it up as
a result.

--
Len Sorensen

Re: PCI Interrupt

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:

> The driver already does that ...
>
> result =
>        request_irq(irq, can_pci_interrupt, SA_INTERRUPT | SA_SHIRQ,
>                    pDevice->au8IrqName, pDevice);
>
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Duncan
>
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> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:
>
>>
>> I have a CAN PCI card installed on my Ubuntu box.
>> I understand that PCI interrupts should be level rather than edge
>> triggered.
>>
>> The output of cat /proc/interrupts is :-
>>
>>           CPU0
>>  0:    1614601    IO-APIC-edge  timer
>>  1:        164    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
>>  8:          3    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
>>  9:          1   IO-APIC-level  acpi
>> 12:          0    IO-APIC-edge  CAN-ACx-PCI_01
>> 14:      65786    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
>> 169:       3220   IO-APIC-level  eth0, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
>> 177:      46459   IO-APIC-level  eth1
>> 209:          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb3, eth2
>> 217:          2   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb4
>> 225:        697   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb2
>> NMI:          0
>> LOC:    1614399
>> ERR:          0
>> MIS:          0
>>
>> You see that irq 12 CAN-ACx-PCI_01 is edge triggered.
>> Is there any way of forcing the BIOS to see the interrupt as a
>> level-triggered one?
>
> It's done in the driver. IRQ12 can be shared, so the driver
> needs to request the IRQ as a shared interrupt.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
> Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.30 BogoMips).
> My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
> _

Okay, then in the BIOS, make sure that IRQ12 is not assigned to
a specific device. In other words, set it to PnP (if available).
As you well know, PCI requires sharable interrupts and edges
are not sharable so something is broken. As a last resort,
move your PCI board to abother slot which should pick up another
interrupt, which may not be broken. If that doesn't work, see
if a new BIOS is available for download.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.30 BogoMips).
My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
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Re: PCI Interrupt

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:57, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:
> 
> >
> > I have a CAN PCI card installed on my Ubuntu box.
> > I understand that PCI interrupts should be level rather than edge
> > triggered.
> >
> > The output of cat /proc/interrupts is :-
> >
> >           CPU0
> >  0:    1614601    IO-APIC-edge  timer
> >  1:        164    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
> >  8:          3    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
> >  9:          1   IO-APIC-level  acpi
> > 12:          0    IO-APIC-edge  CAN-ACx-PCI_01
> > 14:      65786    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
> > 169:       3220   IO-APIC-level  eth0, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
> > 177:      46459   IO-APIC-level  eth1
> > 209:          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb3, eth2
> > 217:          2   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb4
> > 225:        697   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb2
> > NMI:          0
> > LOC:    1614399
> > ERR:          0
> > MIS:          0
> >
> > You see that irq 12 CAN-ACx-PCI_01 is edge triggered.
> > Is there any way of forcing the BIOS to see the interrupt as a
> > level-triggered one?
> 
> It's done in the driver. IRQ12 can be shared, so the driver
> needs to request the IRQ as a shared interrupt.

Hm, edge-triggered interrupts cannot be shared, AFAIK.

Greetings,
Rafael

Re: PCI Interrupt

[Duncan.Perrett]

Sorted.

A setting in the BIOS meant it was storing old configuration data.
After disabling this option, it became a level triggered interrupt and
everything now works!

Thanks.



                                                                           
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:

> The driver already does that ...
>
> result =
>        request_irq(irq, can_pci_interrupt, SA_INTERRUPT | SA_SHIRQ,
>                    pDevice->au8IrqName, pDevice);
>
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Duncan
>
>
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>             Johnson\)"
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>                Johnson\)"
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>
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:
>
>>
>> I have a CAN PCI card installed on my Ubuntu box.
>> I understand that PCI interrupts should be level rather than edge
>> triggered.
>>
>> The output of cat /proc/interrupts is :-
>>
>>           CPU0
>>  0:    1614601    IO-APIC-edge  timer
>>  1:        164    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
>>  8:          3    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
>>  9:          1   IO-APIC-level  acpi
>> 12:          0    IO-APIC-edge  CAN-ACx-PCI_01
>> 14:      65786    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
>> 169:       3220   IO-APIC-level  eth0, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
>> 177:      46459   IO-APIC-level  eth1
>> 209:          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb3, eth2
>> 217:          2   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb4
>> 225:        697   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb2
>> NMI:          0
>> LOC:    1614399
>> ERR:          0
>> MIS:          0
>>
>> You see that irq 12 CAN-ACx-PCI_01 is edge triggered.
>> Is there any way of forcing the BIOS to see the interrupt as a
>> level-triggered one?
>
> It's done in the driver. IRQ12 can be shared, so the driver
> needs to request the IRQ as a shared interrupt.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
> Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.30 BogoMips).
> My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
> _

Okay, then in the BIOS, make sure that IRQ12 is not assigned to
a specific device. In other words, set it to PnP (if available).
As you well know, PCI requires sharable interrupts and edges
are not sharable so something is broken. As a last resort,
move your PCI board to abother slot which should pick up another
interrupt, which may not be broken. If that doesn't work, see
if a new BIOS is available for download.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.30 BogoMips).
My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
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Re: PCI Interrupt

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Duncan.Perrett@elekta.com wrote:

> Sorted.
>
> A setting in the BIOS meant it was storing old configuration data.
> After disabling this option, it became a level triggered interrupt and
> everything now works!
>
> Thanks.

Good!



Cheers,
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Re: PCI Interrupt

[Jarek Poplawski]

On 18-09-2007 16:42, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
...
> 
> Hm, edge-triggered interrupts cannot be shared, AFAIK.
> 

Let's agree it's only a superstition...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_triggered_interrupt

Regards,
Jarek P.

Re: PCI Interrupt

[Frantisek Rysanek]

On 19 Sep 2007 at 12:14, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On 18-09-2007 16:42, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > Hm, edge-triggered interrupts cannot be shared, AFAIK.
> > 
> Let's agree it's only a superstition...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_triggered_interrupt
> 
Superstition? Depends on how stringent your requirements are.

On IBM PC compatible hardware, there's always a risky "window of 
opportunity" that a shared edge-triggered interrupt line gets 
electrically re-triggered before your ISR manages to service all the 
devices and ACK the interrupt (I believe RTAI does that in reverse 
order). In that case, you get a missed interrupt, and your 
peripherial device may wait for service indefinitely.

I don't recall if the i8259 AT-pic has some useable "retrigger while 
in service" register, maybe the APIC does. (I do recall that the 
8259's two-register IO footprint is rather convoluted.) I seriously 
doubt that the presence of such a register would completely eliminate 
the critical window of time.

On PC hardware or in general, sharing edge-triggered interrupts can 
be perfectly allright under very specific conditions, if you know 
exactly what you're doing, e.g. you know that the collision of 
interrupt sources simply cannot occur (due to some characteristic 
sequencing of interrupt-generating events in the specific peripherial 
hardware), or you don't quite bother (in that case, why use an 
interrupt at all?).

You can certainly try to re-check your string of devices before 
finally ACKing, or set up supplemental timer-based periodic polling, 
but those are all kludgey workarounds that converge towards not using 
interrupts at all. I believe this is one of the reasons why e.g. ISA 
multi-port serial boards with a shared interrupt have been dropped 
from Linux 2.6 (vs. 2.4).

The fact that some ISA peripherials do respect the open-collector
convention, so that electrical sharing of the IRQ line is possible, 
doesn't help the ISR do the job in time. Even at the electric level, 
this rule is far from notorious. I've had the opportunity to write a 
driver for a special-purpose ISA board, where two different 
generations of the hardware treated the IRQ line very differently. If 
you use OC+pullup combined with active-low pulses of fixed length and 
trigger on the trailing edge of the interrupt pulse, you miss the 
moment of interrupt by a few bus clocks, which adds to your IRQ 
latency... If you (mis)treat the IRQ line as active high, so as to be 
able to send a rising edge exactly in sync with the interrupt event, 
you lose the electrical-level sharing capability.

All in all I'm glad that the PCI guarantees level-triggered 
interrupts, exactly because I don't have to worry much about the 
pesky details of IRQ sharing.

And I'm especially glad that PCIe+MSI (direct to LAPIC delivery)
will someday make IRQ sharing a matter of the past.
Note how modern PCIe-based PC's in "IO(x)APIC legacy-compatible mode" 
are still forcing most PCIe peripherials to share four (4) IRQ 
numbers, unless you take care to select your OS and drivers to 
support MSI on as many devices as possible...

Frank Rysanek

Re: PCI Interrupt

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wednesday, 19 September 2007 12:14, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On 18-09-2007 16:42, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> ...
> > 
> > Hm, edge-triggered interrupts cannot be shared, AFAIK.
> > 
> 
> Let's agree it's only a superstition...
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_triggered_interrupt

Well, if this is an MSI (which is edge-triggered), for example, it cannot be
shared.

Also, you must use a level-triggered interrupt for SCI, because that has to be
shareable.

Greetings,
Rafael

Re: PCI Interrupt

[Jarek Poplawski]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 02:32:12PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, 19 September 2007 12:14, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> > On 18-09-2007 16:42, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > ...
> > > 
> > > Hm, edge-triggered interrupts cannot be shared, AFAIK.
> > > 
> > 
> > Let's agree it's only a superstition...
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_triggered_interrupt
> 
> Well, if this is an MSI (which is edge-triggered), for example, it cannot be
> shared.

I'd rather say: "which is handled like edge-triggered".

> 
> Also, you must use a level-triggered interrupt for SCI, because that has to be
> shareable.

O.K. Let's agree we differ here a bit...

Cheers,
Jarek P.

Re: PCI Interrupt

[Jarek Poplawski]

On 19-09-2007 13:21, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
> On 19 Sep 2007 at 12:14, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
>> On 18-09-2007 16:42, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> Hm, edge-triggered interrupts cannot be shared, AFAIK.
>>>
>> Let's agree it's only a superstition...
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_triggered_interrupt
>>
> Superstition? Depends on how stringent your requirements are.
> 

My requirements aren't stringent at all. They are general like the
sentence: "edge-triggered interrupts cannot be shared", which, IMHO,
could mislead somebody. So, it's only about "cannot" vs. "cannot (or
is not recommended/implemented) with some kind of hardware (like PC)".

Regards,
Jarek P.

Re: PCI Interrupt

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:

> On IBM PC compatible hardware, there's always a risky "window of 
> opportunity" that a shared edge-triggered interrupt line gets 
> electrically re-triggered before your ISR manages to service all the 
> devices and ACK the interrupt (I believe RTAI does that in reverse 
> order). In that case, you get a missed interrupt, and your 
> peripherial device may wait for service indefinitely.

 That's because the 8259A does not support truly edge-triggered interrupts 
-- what it supports is a signalling model where the rising edge asserts 
the interrupt and the falling edge negates it if unhandled.  So in some 
sense it is a level-triggered interrupt with no retrigger before the 
falling edge.

> I don't recall if the i8259 AT-pic has some useable "retrigger while 
> in service" register, maybe the APIC does. (I do recall that the 
> 8259's two-register IO footprint is rather convoluted.) I seriously 
> doubt that the presence of such a register would completely eliminate 
> the critical window of time.

 The APIC can support truly edge-triggered interrupts as it only records 
one of the edges (which one of the two it is, depends on the polarity 
setting).  It also records another edge happening between an ACK and an 
EOI and signals another interrupt immediately after the EOI, so nothing is 
lost if pulses are short (assuming there is a reasonably small number of 
sources so that overlapping pulses do not continue for too long).  There 
are subtle differences, as usually with Intel, between APIC 
implementations that may have to be taken into account here.

 Also sharing at the vector level poses interesting issues, but that's 
different matter.

  Maciej