[U-Boot] PCI-E problems on Kilauea board

[Felix Radensky <felix@embedded-sol.com>]

Felix Radensky wrote:
> Stefan Roese wrote:
>   
>> On Tuesday 17 February 2009, Felix Radensky wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>>>> 2. Another problem is that in bootstrap configuration B (CPU - 333 Mhz,
>>>>> PLB 166MHz)
>>>>>     PCI-E cards are not recognized in any slot. This happens with all
>>>>> u-boot versions I've
>>>>>     tested. Linux also does not recognize PCI-E cards. Kilauea board
>>>>> manual says that PCI
>>>>>     clock is determined by CPLD. Could it be CPLD/FPGA bug ?
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> Is bootstrap option C working?
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> No, C doesn't work either. The card I'm testing with is Intel Gigabit
>>> Ethernet adapter (PRO/1000 PT 1x)
>>>     
>>>       
>> Perhaps its only working with the I2C bootstrap settings. Could be that one 
>> (or more) register values are configured via the I2C bootstrap EEPROM 
>> compared to the hardwired bootstrap option. Please check the users manual and 
>> compare the register settings of I2C bootstrap option H to option B or C.
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> I did some more tests, and have found the following:
>
>     1. When system powers up in bootstrap option B or C u-boot does not 
> detect PCI-E device
>          PCI:   Bus Dev VenId DevId Class Int
>          PCIE0: link is not up.
>          PCIE0: initialization as root-complex failed
>          PCIE1: link is not up.
>          PCIE1: initialization as root-complex failed
>
>     2. Linux detects PCI-E device, but does not detect the link:
>         PCIE1: Checking link...
>         PCIE1: Device detected, waiting for link...
>         PCIE1: Link up failed
>
>     3. If I execute reboot from linux, u-boot now detects the device
>         PCI:   Bus Dev VenId DevId Class Int
>         PCIE0: link is not up.
>         PCIE0: initialization as root-complex failed
>         PCIE1: successfully set as root-complex
>             01  00  8086  10b9  0200  00
>
>     4. After that Linux detects both device and link
>         PCIE1: Checking link...
>         PCIE1: Device detected, waiting for link...
>         PCIE1: link is up !
>
>        -bash-3.2# lspci
>         0000:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Unknown device aaa0:bed0 (rev 01)
>         0001:40:00.0 PCI bridge: Unknown device aaa1:bed1 (rev 01)
>         0001:41:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82572EI 
> Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
>
> Also, I've compared the values of SDR0_SDSTP0-SDR0_SDSTP3 registers in 
> bootstrap options C and H
> and didn't find anything suspicious. There are differences in various 
> divisor values, but that is expected.
> Tested with u-boot 2009.03-rc1 and linux-2.6.29-rc5
>
>
>   
It is even more simple. It's enough to power up the board and run 
"reset" in u-boot,
to make u-boot recognize the card when it comes up.
>
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