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authorJon Mason <jon.mason@intel.com>2013-11-01 15:08:19 -0700
committerJon Mason <jon.mason@intel.com>2013-11-20 09:57:33 -0700
commit58b889206ea4ba75a57986e223da647f91ba1a19 (patch)
tree82c7010bc3f2bf9258a97efa631768ed15a55d6d /drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
parentdcf81964e129da6140ff98a1a772044c62a7aa2e (diff)
NTB: Document HW errata
Add a comment describing the necessary ordering of modifications to the NTB Limit and Base registers. Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
index fa97948e66ad..391c377a5d38 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
@@ -689,6 +689,12 @@ static int ntb_xeon_setup(struct ntb_device *ndev)
*/
writeq(ndev->mw[1].bar_sz + 0x1000, ndev->reg_base +
SNB_PBAR4LMT_OFFSET);
+ /* HW errata on the Limit registers. They can only be
+ * written when the base register is 4GB aligned and
+ * < 32bit. This should already be the case based on the
+ * driver defaults, but write the Limit registers first
+ * just in case.
+ */
} else {
ndev->limits.max_mw = SNB_MAX_MW;
@@ -707,6 +713,12 @@ static int ntb_xeon_setup(struct ntb_device *ndev)
* something silly
*/
writeq(0, ndev->reg_base + SNB_PBAR4LMT_OFFSET);
+ /* HW errata on the Limit registers. They can only be
+ * written when the base register is 4GB aligned and
+ * < 32bit. This should already be the case based on the
+ * driver defaults, but write the Limit registers first
+ * just in case.
+ */
}
/* The Xeon errata workaround requires setting SBAR Base