On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 09:15:27AM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> On 05.03.21 21:03, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > With the recent fixes in pci_mvebu and xhci-pci drivers, the two rear
> > USB3 ports are finally usable and accessing them no longer hangs the
> > system. Moreover, if Linux is booted without a prior call to 'pci enum'
> > and 'usb start', the HCD is detected but attached devices are not
> > usable:
> >
> > | xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
> > | xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
> > | xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: hcc params 0x040040a5 hci version 0x100 quirks
> > 0x0000000000080490
> > | usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice=
> > 5.04
> > | usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
> > | usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
> > | usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 5.4.92-1 xhci-hcd
> > | usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:02:00.0
> > | hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
> > | ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> > | hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
> > | xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
> > | xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
> > | xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: Host supports USB 3.0 SuperSpeed
> > | usb usb3: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling
> > LPM.
> > | usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice=
> > 5.04
> > | usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
> > | usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
> > | usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 5.4.92-1 xhci-hcd
> > | usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:02:00.0
> > | hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
> > | hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
> > [...]
> > | xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: Error while assigning device slot ID
> > | xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: Max number of devices this xHCI host supports is
> > 64.
> > | usb usb2-port2: couldn't allocate usb_device
> >
> > To avoid this problem, enumerate PCI (and USB) from PREBOOT.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc>
> > ---
> > Changes since v1:
> > - Have to enable XHCI_HCD as well to fulfill Kconfig dependency.
> > - Explicitly disable XHCI_MARVELL which defaults to enabled.
> > - Prefix PREBOOT with 'pci enum'.
> > - Update commit message accordingly.
>
> Hmmm, in general is should not be necessary to configure / setup any of
> the devices in the bootloader so that it works correctly in Linux. It's
> best practice, that Linux does not rely on any bootloader setup. If a
> device, like PCI and/or USB does not work in Linux without this U-Boot
> setup, then it should be fixed in Linux instead.
>
> Especially calling "usb start" adds a quite big delay to the bootup
> time. I would really like to not add such changes. Perhaps you could
> check with the maintainer(s) of the Linux PCI driver and/or the USB
> PCI controller driver about this issue instead?
Turns out I should have tried a more recent kernel first, the bug I
was working around is quite certainly fixed by Linux commit
216f8e95aacc8 ("PCI: mvebu: Setup BAR0 in order to fix MSI").
I'll send a v3 without the fuss but with the Kconfig fix.
Sorry for the noise,
Phil
