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Date:      Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:13 +0100
From:      Svatopluk Kraus <onwahe@gmail.com>
To:        Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: interrupt framework
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Nathan Whitehorn
<nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On 01/19/15 08:42, Svatopluk Kraus wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Nathan Whitehorn
>> <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 01/15/15 05:51, Svatopluk Kraus wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi community,
>>>>
>>>> I and Michal Meloun have done some work on ARM interrupt framework and
>>>> this is the result.
>>>>
>>>> We've started with intrng project with Ian's WIP changes, have looked
>>>> at Andrew's ARM64 git repository, and this is how we think an
>>>> interrupt framework should look like. We've implemented it with
>>>> removable interrupt controllers in mind (PCI world). It's not finished
>>>> from this point of view, however some functions are more complex
>>>> because of it.
>>>>
>>>> It's tested on pandaboard and only GIC is implemented now. There is no
>>>> problem to implement it to other controllers. We are open to questions
>>>> and can finish our work considering any comments. Whoever is waiting
>>>> for ARM interrupt framework as we were, you are welcome to test it.
>>>> Whoever is welcome. The patches are done against FreeBSD-11-current
>>>> revision 277210. There are two new files.
>>>>
>>>> ARM_INTRNG option must be added to board configuration file for new
>>>> framework.
>>>>
>>>> There are still some things not implemented and some things which
>>>> should be discussed like PPI support. For example, how to enable PPI
>>>> interrupt on other CPUs when they are already running?
>>>>
>>>> We keep in mind that an interrupt framework should be helpfull but
>>>> general enough to not dictate interrupt controlles too much. Thus we
>>>> try to keep some things as much separated as possible. Each interrupt
>>>> is represented by an interrupt source (ISRC) in the framework. An ISRC
>>>> is described by an interrupt number which is much more an unique
>>>> resource handle - totally independent on internal representation of
>>>> interrupts in any interrupt controller.
>>>>
>>>> An interrupt is described by cells in FDT world. The cells can be
>>>> decoded only by associated interrupt controller and as such, they are
>>>> transparent for interrupt framework. The framework provides
>>>> arm_fdt_map_irq() function which maps this transparent cells to an
>>>> interrupt number. It creates an ISRC, saves cells on it, and once when
>>>> associated interrupt controller is registered, it provides the ISRC
>>>> with cells into the controller.
>>>>
>>>> It's a controller responsibility to save an ISRC associated with
>>>> cells. An ISRC is transparent for any controller. However, an
>>>> controller can set/get its data to/from an ISRC. Further, an
>>>> controller should set a name to an ISRC according to internal
>>>> representation of associated interrupt.
>>>>
>>>> An controller interrupt dispatch function can call framework only if
>>>> it has associated ISRC to received interrupt.
>>>>
>>>> For legacy reason, there is arm_namespace_map_irq() function. An
>>>> interrupt is described by namespace type and a number from the
>>>> namespace. It's intented for use with no FDT drivers. Now, it's used
>>>> for mapping an IPI on a controller.
>>>>
>>>> We think that it's better to call chained controllers (with filter
>>>> only) without MI interrupt framework overhead, so we implemented
>>>> shortcut. It could be utilized by INTR_SOLO flag during
>>>> bus_setup_intr().
>>>>
>>>> Only an interrupt controller can really know its position in interrupt
>>>> controller's tree. So root controller must claim itself as a root. In
>>>> FDT world, according to ePAPR approved version 1.1 from 08 April 2011,
>>>> page 30:
>>>>
>>>> "The root of the interrupt tree is determined when traversal of the
>>>> interrupt tree reaches an interrupt controller node without an
>>>> interrupts property and thus no explicit interrupt parent."
>>>>
>>>> Thus there are no need for any non-standard things in DTS files.
>>>>
>>>> Svata
>>>>
>>>
>>> I took a look through intrng.c and had a couple comments about the FDT
>>> mapping stuff:
>>>
>>> 1. You use the device tree node handles as lookup keys rather than xref
>>> handles. These are not necessarily stable, so you should use xref handles
>>> instead.
>>>
>>> 2. If you make change (1), you don't depend on any OF_* stuff and can use
>>> the same code with the PIC node ID as an opaque key on non-FDT platforms.
>>> We
>>> do this on PowerPC as well, which has been very useful. It will also save
>>> some #ifdef.
>>> -Nathan
>>>
>> Thanks. I did changes due to (1). Considering (2), I understand what
>> you are doing in PowerPC, but it's not something I could adapt so
>> easily. Hiding phandle_t behind uint32_t is clever, saves a few FDT
>> #ifdefs, but makes things a little mysterious. Even if we will think
>> about this uint32_t like some kind of key, there should be a function
>> which convert phandle_t to that uint32_t key.
>>
>> I'm attaching new version of intrng.c with change (1) and with some
>> more little adjustments.
>>
>> Svata
>
>
> Thanks! How do you plan to support multiple PICs on non-FDT platforms then?
> It looks like it just fails at the moment.
> -Nathan


There is the following mapping function:
u_int arm_namespace_map_irq(device_t dev, uint8_t type, uint16_t num);

I named it "namespace" but it can be named another way. I think it
does same like in PowerPC when node is NULL. However, there is one
more argument - type. For example, it's used for IPI mapping in
intrng.c.

Svata



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