RE: [v2] PCI: imx: make msi work without pcieportbus

[Richard Zhu]

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> From: Lucas Stach [mailto:l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 2018å12æ13æ 18:07
> To: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>; bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx;
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> Subject: Re: [v2] PCI: imx: make msi work without pcieportbus
> 
> Am Donnerstag, den 13.12.2018, 09:57 +0000 schrieb Richard Zhu:
> > Hi Lucas:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Lucas Stach [mailto:l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 2018å12æ13æ 17:19
> > > > > > > To: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>; bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > > lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx; andrew.smirnov@xxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > > > > > linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [v2] PCI: imx: make msi work without pcieportbus
> > >
> > > Hi Richard,
> > >
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 13.12.2018, 08:02 +0000 schrieb Richard Zhu:
> > > > MSI_EN of iMX PCIe RC would be asserted when PCIEPORTBUS driver is
> > > > selected.
> > > > Thus, the MSI works fine on iMX PCIe before.
> > > > Assert it unconditionally when MSI is supported.
> > > > Otherwise, the MSI wouldn't be triggered although the EP is
> > > > present and the MSIs are assigned.
> > >
> > > Thanks for digging into this issue. This seems like the right way forward.
> > > However, did you test this with devices using legacy IRQs?
> > > I.e. booting with "nomsi" on the kernel command line to see if
> > > legacy IRQs still work if this bit is set, or if we need to avoid
> > > setting this when the user explicitly requests to disable MSIs?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Lucas
> > >
> >
> > [Richard Zhu] Thanks for your review.
> > The Legacy INTx is broken.
> > The MSI_EN bit shouldn't be asserted when the user explicitly requests to
> disable MSIs.
> 
> Okay, so this patch should be extended with a check for
> pci_msi_enabled() to see if the user explicitly want legacy IRQs.
> 
> > BTW, regarding to Baruch's comments, it seems that all the
> > (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PCI_MSI) check in
> > Âthe dwc host drivers are not required anymore, since the depends on
> PCI_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN, right?
> 
> That's correct. This is mostly a historical artifact from the time when  we
> were able to build without MSI support. Those checks could be cleaned up
> now that we depend on the MSI options.
> 
[Richard Zhu] Great. Thanks Baruch and Lucas.
I would send the v3 patch a moment later with the pci_msi_enabled() check when
assert the MSI_EN of RC.

Best Regards
Richard Zhu

> Regards,
> Lucas