[edk2-devel] [PATCH edk2-platforms v2 0/4] Provide XHCI USB controller only for newer hardware

Nhi Pham via groups.io nhi=os.amperecomputing.com at groups.io
Tue Oct 17 11:46:52 UTC 2023


Hi Marcin,

On 10/16/2023 5:06 PM, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote:
> Platform version 0.3 introduced XHCI USB controller instead of EHCI one.
> But we did it in a way that there is no in-EDK2 check for platform
> version (XHCI is always given).
> 
> This behaviour works with Linux as it complains about being unable to
> initialize EHCI and goes on. Free/Net/Open BSD systems hang in such
> situation.
> 
> Now we check are we on Platform Version 0.3 at least and then initialize
> XHCI controller. Otherwise we disable it's node in DSDT table.
> 
> I checked several ways to handle the situation.
> 
> SSDT overlay enabling with LocateAndInstallAcpiFromFvConfitional() was
> first one but this function had only DBG2 and FACP tables.
> 
> Then looked at trying to detect XHCI from _STA method. But this is
> sysbus device which is there or not without way to discover it.
> 
> Next attempt was to have variable in DSDT and to use it in _STA. Too
> much trouble.
> 
> Then looked again at code from
> Ampere/JadePkg/Drivers/AcpiPlatformDxe/AcpiDsdt.c and noticed
> UpdateStatusMethodObject() function. Copied some code and it worked.

Could you please check whether we can replace the 
UpdateStatusMethodObject() function with the 
AcpiAmlObjectUpdateInteger() function provided by AcpiLib?

Regards,
Nhi
> 
> Booting OpenBSD reminded me to update table checksum.
> 
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - XHCI initialized only on PlatVer 0.3+
> - XHCI disabled in DSDT for older platforms
> - no SSDT overlays for EHCI/XHCI
> - no EHCI at all (it does not work anyway)
> - no Pcd renaming
> 
> ---
> Marcin Juszkiewicz (4):
>        SbsaQemu: introduce macro to compare platform version
>        SbsaQemu: add AcpiLib
>        SbsaQemu: initialize XHCI only if it exists
>        SbsaQemu: disable XHCI in DSDT if not present
> 
>   Platform/Qemu/SbsaQemu/SbsaQemu.dsc                  |  2 +
>   .../Drivers/SbsaQemuAcpiDxe/SbsaQemuAcpiDxe.inf      |  4 +
>   .../IndustryStandard/SbsaQemuPlatformVersion.h       | 25 ++++++
>   .../Drivers/SbsaQemuAcpiDxe/SbsaQemuAcpiDxe.c        | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   .../SbsaQemuPlatformDxe/SbsaQemuPlatformDxe.c        | 47 +++++-----
>   5 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 06f6274d56422084281886fad447ab117fd0e487
> change-id: 20231013-ehci-xhci-fix-c529356a7a8f
> 
> Best regards,


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