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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Add basic support for Loongson 7A1000 bridge chip
To:     Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>
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        Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@loongson.cn>
From:   Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>
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0:59:12, Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson=2Ecn> =E5=86=99=E5=88=B0:
>The Loongson 7A1000 bridge chip has been released for several years
>since the second half of 2017, but it is not supported by the Linux
>mainline kernel while it only works well with the Loongson internal
>kernel version=2E When I update the latest version of Linux mainline
>kernel on the Loongson 3A3000 CPU and 7A1000 bridge chip system,
>the boot process failed and I feel depressed=2E
>
>The 7A1000 bridge chip is used a lot with 3A3000 or 3A4000 CPU in
>the most Loongson desktop and sever products, it is important to
>support Loongson 7A1000 bridge chip by the Linux mainline kernel=2E
>
>This patch series adds the basic support for the Loongson 7A1000
>bridge chip, when apply these patches based on linux-5=2E6-rc7, the
>boot process is successful and we can login normally used with the

Is it still true without IRQ driver?

>latest firmware and discrete graphics card, the next work to do is
>power management and some other controller device drivers=2E
>
>Additionally, when I git clone mips code [1], the speed is too slow
>and clone always failed, so this patch series is based on the latest
>linux-5=2E6-rc7 [2]=2E

You can clone stable tree from mirrors in China[1] at first,
then add mips tree as a remote and fetch from it=2E
In this way it will only download a minimal difference set from foreign se=
rver so won't spend a lot of time=2E


[1]: https://mirrors=2Etuna=2Etsinghua=2Eedu=2Ecn/git/linux-stable=2Egit

>
>If you have any questions and suggestions, please let me know=2E
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tiezhu Yang
>
>v2:
>  - The split patch series about Loongson vendor ID and SATA controller
>    has been merged into the linux-block=2Egit by Jens Axboe [3]=2E
>
>  - Think about using hierarchy IRQ domain in the patch of interrupt
>    controller, and this maybe depend on the patch series by Jiaxun
>    ("Modernize Loongson64 Machine"), so the patch about interrupt is
>    not included in this v2 patch series=2E
>
>[1] git clone
>https://git=2Ekernel=2Eorg/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mips/linux=2Egit
>[2] git clone https://github=2Ecom/torvalds/linux=2Egit
>[3]
>https://git=2Ekernel=2Eorg/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block=2Eg=
it/commit/?h=3Dfor-next&id=3D9acb9fe18d86
>https://git=2Ekernel=2Eorg/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block=2Eg=
it/commit/?h=3Dfor-next&id=3De49bd683e00b
>
>Tiezhu Yang (3):
>  MIPS: Loongson: Get host bridge information
>  MIPS: Loongson: Add DMA support for 7A1000
>  MIPS: Loongson: Add PCI support for 7A1000
>
> arch/mips/include/asm/mach-loongson64/boot_param=2Eh | 20 ++++++
> arch/mips/loongson64/dma=2Ec                         |  9 ++-
> arch/mips/loongson64/env=2Ec                         | 20 ++++++
> arch/mips/loongson64/init=2Ec                        | 17 +++++
>arch/mips/pci/ops-loongson3=2Ec                      | 72
>++++++++++++++++++++--
> 5 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--=20
Jiaxun Yang