[U-Boot] [PATCH v5] arm: Add sata support on Layerscape ARMv8 board

[York Sun]

On 12/03/2015 06:47 PM, Tang Yuantian-B29983 wrote:
> Hi York,
> 
> Please see my explanation inline.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: York Sun [mailto:yorksun at freescale.com]
>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 12:27 AM
>> To: Tang Yuantian-B29983 <Yuantian.Tang at freescale.com>
>> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; sinan at writeme.com
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] arm: Add sata support on Layerscape ARMv8 board
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/01/2015 07:27 PM, Yuantian.Tang at freescale.com wrote:
>>> From: Tang Yuantian <Yuantian.Tang at freescale.com>
>>>
>>> Freescale ARM-based Layerscape contains a SATA controller which comply
>>> with the serial ATA 3.0 specification and the AHCI 1.3 specification.
>>> This patch adds SATA feature on ls2080aqds, ls2080ardb and ls1043aqds
>>> boards.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tang Yuantian <Yuantian.Tang at freescale.com>
>>> ---
>>> v5:
>>> 	- re-organize the code
>>> v4:
>>> 	- rebase to lastest git tree
>>> 	- add another ARMv8 platform which is ls1043aqds
>>> v3:
>>> 	- rename ls2085a to ls2080a
>>> 	- rebase to the latest git tree
>>> 	- replace the magic number with micro variable
>>> v2:
>>> 	- rebase to the latest git tree
>>>
>>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/soc.c            | 43
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  .../include/asm/arch-fsl-layerscape/immap_lsch3.h  |  4 ++
>>>  arch/arm/include/asm/arch-fsl-layerscape/soc.h     | 31
>> ++++++++++++++++
>>>  include/configs/ls1043aqds.h                       | 17 +++++++++
>>>  include/configs/ls2080aqds.h                       | 18 +++++++++
>>>  include/configs/ls2080ardb.h                       | 18 +++++++++
>>>  6 files changed, 131 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/soc.c
>>> b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/soc.c
>>> index 8896b70..574ffc4 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/soc.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/soc.c
>>> @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
>>>
>>>  #include <common.h>
>>>  #include <fsl_ifc.h>
>>> +#include <ahci.h>
>>> +#include <scsi.h>
>>>  #include <asm/arch/soc.h>
>>>  #include <asm/io.h>
>>>  #include <asm/global_data.h>
>>> @@ -120,7 +122,44 @@ void fsl_lsch3_early_init_f(void)
>>>  	erratum_a009203();
>>>  }
>>>
>>
>> Yuantian,
>>
>> Please help me understand below.
>>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_AHCI_PLAT
>>> +int sata_init(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	struct ccsr_ahci __iomem *ccsr_ahci;
>>> +
>>> +	ccsr_ahci  = (void *)CONFIG_SYS_SATA2;
>>> +	out_le32(&ccsr_ahci->ppcfg, AHCI_PORT_PHY_1_CFG);
>>> +	out_le32(&ccsr_ahci->ptc, AHCI_PORT_TRANS_CFG);
>>
>> You didn't set pp2c or pp3c. Is it because the default values are OK or
>> something else?
>>
> Those settings of registers vary from soc to soc. If the default value will be used if the register is not updated explicitly.

If you put the macros for each SoC, you probably can use one function for all.
You only want to keep them separated if they have not much in common.

> Speaking of this, I got new information from validation team about giving a new value to PTC register.
> So please hold this patch for a while, I will update it in next version. 
> 
>>> +
>>> +	ccsr_ahci  = (void *)CONFIG_SYS_SATA1;
>>> +	out_le32(&ccsr_ahci->ppcfg, AHCI_PORT_PHY_1_CFG);
>>> +	out_le32(&ccsr_ahci->ptc, AHCI_PORT_TRANS_CFG);
>>> +
>>> +	ahci_init((void __iomem *)CONFIG_SYS_SATA1);
>>
>> You only call ahci_init() here but not above. Is SATA2 active?
>>
> AHCI SATA driver only supports one SATA port. On ls2080a we have two ports, so we have to choice one. In this case I choice the first one which is SATA1.

This should be put into comment, or README if you have one.

York