[EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable PCIe controller on TI platforms

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 09/05/2023 11:19, Verma, Achal wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> On 5/9/2023 1:58 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Tue, May 9, 2023, at 10:08, Vignesh Raghavendra wrote:
>>
>>> Also, see [0] for history. We really want these to be
>>> modules unless its necessary for bootup.
>>>
>>> You may want to revive [1] and get it to mainline
>>>
>>> [0]
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/CAK8P3a2VSBvOn1o+q1PYZaQ6LS9U4cz+DZGuDbisHkwNs2dAAw@mail.gmail.com/
>>> [1]
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20230110153805.GA1505901@bhelgaas/
>>
>> Agreed, that seems simple enough. Ideally these should even
>> be removable modules, not just single-load but unremovable.
>>
>> Doing that may require changes to the cadence PCIe host
>> code if that does not support unloading yet (I have not
>> checked), but should not require any changes to the core
>> PCIe host code that supports loadable/removable modules.
>>
>>       Arnd
> So, my understanding is that following change is expected
> +CONFIG_PCIE_CADENCE=m
> +CONFIG_PCIE_CADENCE_HOST=m
> +CONFIG_PCIE_CADENCE_EP=m
> +CONFIG_PCI_J721E=m
> +CONFIG_PCI_J721E_HOST=m
> +CONFIG_PCI_J721E_EP=m
> +CONFIG_PCI_EPF_NTB=m
> 
> I also want to inform that pci_j721e.c is a single file with both host 
> and EP functionality, last attempt to build it as modules depending on 
> host or EP selected failed because of symbols dependency.
> Refactoring of pci_j721e.c into common, host and EP specific files could 
> work similar to the Cadence driver, So I will follow this way and push 
> the changes.
> 
> Please let me know if there are concerns.

Aren't HOST and EP just customizing main module?

Best regards,
Krzysztof