Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: PCI: brcmstb: Add two optional props

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Apr 12 2023 - 11:37:29 EST


On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 10:14:46AM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 7:56 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/04/2023 13:49, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/12/2023 1:09 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > >> On 11/04/2023 18:59, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> > >>> Regarding "brcm,enable-l1ss":
> > >>>
> > >>> The Broadcom STB/CM PCIe HW -- a core that is also used by RPi SOCs --
> > >>> requires the driver probe() to deliberately place the HW one of three
> > >>> CLKREQ# modes:
> > >>>
> > >>> (a) CLKREQ# driven by the RC unconditionally
> > >>> (b) CLKREQ# driven by the EP for ASPM L0s, L1
> > >>> (c) Bidirectional CLKREQ#, as used for L1 Substates (L1SS).
> > >>>
> > >>> The HW+driver can tell the difference between downstream devices that
> > >>> need (a) and (b), but does not know when to configure (c). Further, the
> > >>> HW may cause a CPU abort on boot if guesses wrong regarding the need for
> > >>> (c). So we introduce the boolean "brcm,enable-l1ss" property to indicate
> > >>> that (c) is desired. Setting this property only makes sense when the
> > >>> downstream device is L1SS-capable and the OS is configured to activate
> > >>> this mode (e.g. policy==superpowersave).
> > >>>
> > >>> This property is already present in the Raspian version of Linux, but the
> > >>> upstream driver implementaion that will follow adds more details and
> > >>
> > >> typo, implementation
> > >>
> > >>> discerns between (a) and (b).
> > >>>
> > >>> Regarding "brcm,completion-timeout-us"
> > >>>
> > >>> Our HW will cause a CPU abort if the L1SS exit time is longer than the
> > >>> PCIe transaction completion abort timeout. We've been asked to make this
> > >>> configurable, so we are introducing "brcm,completion-timeout-us".
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <jim2101024@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >>
> > >> What happened here? Where is the changelog?
> > >
> > > It is in the cover letter:
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230411165919.23955-1-jim2101024@xxxxxxxxx/
> > >
> > > but it does not look like the cover letter was copied to you or Rob.
> >
> > As you said, I did not get it.
>
> Yes, sorry about that; I use a wrapper over the "cocci_cc" script and
> I need to modify one or both scripts to send the cover to the
> superset of recipients in the constituent commits.

Try out 'b4'. It's much easier.

In any case, I don't read cover letters. Changes to a patch belong with
the patch.

Rob