Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] PCI: brcmstb: Don't assume 2711 bootloader leaves PERST# asserted

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Wed May 10 2023 - 18:26:24 EST


Re subject, what does the patch actually *do*?

It looks like it "asserts PERST# on BCM2711", which I think would be
more informative than "don't assume 2711 bootloader leaves PERST#
asserted".

On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 06:01:24PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> The current PCIe driver assumes PERST# is asserted when probe() is invoked.
> The reasons are as follows:
>
> (1) One Broadcom SOC (7278) causes a panic if the PERST# register is
> written during this time window.
>
> (2) If PERST# is deasserted at Linux probe() time, experience and QA
> suspend/resume tests have shown that some endpoint devices fail if the
> PERST# is pulsed (deasserted => asserted => deasserted) quickly in this
> fashion, even though the timing is in accordance with their datasheets.
>
> (3) Keeping things in reset tends to save power, if for some reason the
> PCIe driver is not yet present.
>
> Broadcom STB and CM SOCs bootloaders always have PERST# asserted at
> probe(). This is not necessarily the case for the 2711/RPi bootloader,
> so, for 2711/RPi SOCs, do what Raspian OS does and assert PERST#.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20230411165919.23955-1-jim2101024@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m39ebab8bc2827b2304aeeff470a6c6a58f46f987

Does this link go with something above? "[1]" isn't mentioned above.
I did look at that message, but the connection to this patch isn't
obvious to me.

> Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <jim2101024@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c
> index fe0415a98c63..7b698a9a851e 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c
> @@ -884,6 +884,11 @@ static int brcm_pcie_setup(struct brcm_pcie *pcie)
>
> /* Reset the bridge */
> pcie->bridge_sw_init_set(pcie, 1);
> +
> + /* Ensure that PERST# is asserted; some bootloaders may deassert it. */
> + if (pcie->type == BCM2711)
> + pcie->perst_set(pcie, 1);
> +
> usleep_range(100, 200);
>
> /* Take the bridge out of reset */
> --
> 2.17.1
>