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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 08/15] PCI: endpoint: Fix pci_epf_alloc_space to set correct MEM TYPE flags
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 11:49:12AM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo,
>
> On 14/02/19 9:59 PM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 07:17:14PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> >> Hi Lorenzo,
> >>
> >> On 11/02/19 11:07 PM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 04:45:06PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> >>>> pci_epf_alloc_space() sets the MEM TYPE flags to indicate a 32-bit
> >>>> Base Address Register irrespective of the size. Fix it here to indicate
> >>>> 64-bit BAR if the size is > 2GB.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c | 4 +++-
> >>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> This looks like a fix and should me marked as such. Does it work
> >>> as as standalone patch if it gets backported ?
> >>
> >> Yeah, it should work. But the current users doesn't allocate > 2GB and some
> >> EPC drivers configure their registers based on size. So nothing is broken
> >> without this patch as such.
> >
> > I suspect you mean 4GB (here and the commit log), right ? I am checking
> > the commit logs, aiming at merging the patches.
>
> A 32bit BAR register can support a 'size' of only up to 2GB. Though it
> can hold a memory address of up to 4GB.
>
> This is also mentioned in the PCI Local Bus Specification. "A 32-bit
> register can be implemented to support a single memory size that is a
> power of 2 from 16 bytes to 2 GB"

Very true - sorry for the noise.

Lorenz,o

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