Re: [PATCH arm/aspeed/ast2500 v1] eSPI: add Aspeed AST2500 eSPI driver to boot a host with PCH runs on eSPI

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jan 23 2018 - 03:45:04 EST


On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 07:52:32PM +0800, Haiyue Wang wrote:
> When PCH works under eSPI mode, the PMC (Power Management Controller) in
> PCH is waiting for SUS_ACK from BMC after it alerts SUS_WARN. It is in
> dead loop if no SUS_ACK assert. This is the basic requirement for the BMC
> works as eSPI slave.
>
> Also for the host power on / off actions, from BMC side, the following VW
> (Virtual Wire) messages are done in firmware:
> 1. SLAVE_BOOT_LOAD_DONE / SLAVE_BOOT_LOAD_STATUS
> 2. SUS_ACK
> 3. OOB_RESET_ACK
> 4. HOST_RESET_ACK
>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/misc/aspeed-espi-slave.txt | 20 ++
> Documentation/misc-devices/espi-slave.rst | 114 +++++++++

DT files need to be split out into a separate patch so that the DT
maintainers can properly review them.

> --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> @@ -471,6 +471,17 @@ config VEXPRESS_SYSCFG
> ARM Ltd. Versatile Express uses specialised platform configuration
> bus. System Configuration interface is one of the possible means
> of generating transactions on this bus.
> +config ASPEED_ESPI_SLAVE

You need a blank line above this one please.

> + depends on ARCH_ASPEED || COMPILE_TEST
> + select REGMAP_MMIO

Select or depend?

> + tristate "Aspeed ast2500 eSPI slave device"
> + ---help---
> + This allows host to access Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) over the
> + Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) bus, which replaces the Low Pin
> + Count (LPC) bus.
> +
> + Its interface supports peripheral, virtual wire, out-of-band, and flash
> + sharing channels.

What is the module name?

>
> config ASPEED_LPC_CTRL
> depends on (ARCH_ASPEED || COMPILE_TEST) && REGMAP && MFD_SYSCON
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/Makefile b/drivers/misc/Makefile
> index 5ca5f64..a1081f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GENWQE) += genwqe/
> obj-$(CONFIG_ECHO) += echo/
> obj-$(CONFIG_VEXPRESS_SYSCFG) += vexpress-syscfg.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_CXL_BASE) += cxl/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_ESPI_SLAVE) += aspeed-espi-slave.o

Why no tab?

thanks,

greg k-h