problem with attaching device to LPC bus
Sepherosa Ziehau
sepherosa at gmail.com
Wed Aug 24 18:24:20 PDT 2016
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:43 AM, karu.pruun <karu.pruun at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yay, it works!
>
> # kldload ./gmux_off_acpi.ko
>
> gives:
> gmux_off_acpi0: <apple gmux controller> port 0x700-0x7fe on acpi0
Grrr, this looks a bit weird, probably should be 0x700~0x7ff :). Let
me check the acpi spec, and update the patch, stay tuned.
>
> And the dmesg does not contain the unsupported range message any more.
>
> Will you commit this to master?
>
> Many thanks again!
>
> Peeter
>
> --
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Sepherosa Ziehau <sepherosa at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Try this patch:
>> https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~sephe/acpi_iorange.diff
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Veiko Palge <veiko.palge at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > dmesg attached --- yes, there is one:
>> >
>> > unknown: I/O range not supported
>> >
>> > I should also mention that I am not loading the driver at boot time; I
>> > do kldload and kldunload after boot.
>> >
>> >
>> > Peeter
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> >
>> > On 24 August 2016 at 11:06, Sepherosa Ziehau <sepherosa at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Did you get any "I/O range not supported" in your dmesg?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> sephe
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 9:23 PM, karu.pruun <karu.pruun at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Hello
>> >>>
>> >>> This is a newbie question: I am trying to write a simple DragonFly
>> >>> kernel
>> >>> module for the gmux device that is attached to the LPC bus. Probing
>> >>> works
>> >>> fine but I am stuck with the attachment routine: I can't allocate IO
>> >>> ports
>> >>> for the device.
>> >>>
>> >>> The device shows up in the device tree but is not attached:
>> >>>
>> >>> ---
>> >>> # devinfo -rv | grep GMUX:
>> >>>
>> >>> unknown pnpinfo _HID=APP000B _UID=0 at handle=\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.GMUX
>> >>> ---
>> >>>
>> >>> I looked up acpi tables (acpidump etc), the IO resources for GMUX seem
>> >>> to be
>> >>> there:
>> >>>
>> >>> --- ---
>> >>> Scope (\_SB.PCI0.LPCB)
>> >>> {
>> >>> Device (GMUX)
>> >>> {
>> >>> Name (_HID, EisaId ("APP000B")) // _HID: Hardware ID
>> >>> Name (_CID, "gmux") // _CID: Compatible ID
>> >>> Name (_STA, 0x0B) // _STA: Status
>> >>> Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () // _CRS: Current Resource
>> >>> Settings
>> >>> {
>> >>> IO (Decode16,
>> >>> 0x0700, // Range Minimum
>> >>> 0x07FF, // Range Maximum
>> >>> 0x01, // Alignment
>> >>> 0xFF, // Length
>> >>> )
>> >>> })
>> >>> --- ---
>> >>>
>> >>> Also, looking devinfo -rv shows that the range 0x0700 to 0x07FF has
>> >>> been set
>> >>> aside by the kernel:
>> >>>
>> >>> ---
>> >>> # devinfo -u
>> >>>
>> >>> . . .
>> >>> I/O ports:
>> >>> . . .
>> >>> 0x400 - 0x1fff (root0)
>> >>> . . .
>> >>> ---
>> >>>
>> >>> So am I right supposing that bus_alloc_resource_any should be able to
>> >>> claim
>> >>> the range 0x700 to 0x7FF for the gmux device? At the moment, trying to
>> >>> allocate IO ports with bus_alloc_resource returns NULL.
>> >>>
>> >>> I wonder if anyone has suggestions about what has gone wrong or where
>> >>> to dig
>> >>> further? I attach the code.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> Peeter
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Tomorrow Will Never Die
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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