Merge tag 'firewire-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394

torvalds · torvalds · commit 1326af2464fc · 2014-05-30T12:06:15.000-07:00
Pull firewire fix from Stefan Richter:
 "A regression fix for the IEEE 1394 subsystem: re-enable IRQ-based
  asynchronous request reception at addresses below 128 TB"

* tag 'firewire-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394:
  firewire: revert to 4 GB RDMA, fix protocols using Memory Space
diff --git a/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt b/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ using data transfer rates in the order of 10MB/s or more.
 With most FireWire controllers, memory access is limited to the low 4 GB
 of physical address space.  This can be a problem on IA64 machines where
 memory is located mostly above that limit, but it is rarely a problem on
-more common hardware such as x86, x86-64 and PowerPC.  However, at least
-Agere/LSI FW643e and FW643e2 controllers are known to support access to
-physical addresses above 4 GB.
+more common hardware such as x86, x86-64 and PowerPC.
+
+At least LSI FW643e and FW643e2 controllers are known to support access to
+physical addresses above 4 GB, but this feature is currently not enabled by
+Linux.
 
 Together with a early initialization of the OHCI-1394 controller for debugging,
 this facility proved most useful for examining long debugs logs in the printk
@@ -101,8 +103,9 @@ Step-by-step instructions for using firescope with early OHCI initialization:
    compliant, they are based on TI PCILynx chips and require drivers for Win-
    dows operating systems.
 
-   The mentioned kernel log message contains ">4 GB phys DMA" in case of
-   OHCI-1394 controllers which support accesses above this limit.
+   The mentioned kernel log message contains the string "physUB" if the
+   controller implements a writable Physical Upper Bound register.  This is
+   required for physical DMA above 4 GB (but not utilized by Linux yet).
 
 2) Establish a working FireWire cable connection:
 
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core.h b/drivers/firewire/core.h
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ static inline bool is_next_generation(int new_generation, int old_generation)
 
 #define LOCAL_BUS 0xffc0
 
-/* arbitrarily chosen maximum range for physical DMA: 128 TB */
-#define FW_MAX_PHYSICAL_RANGE		(128ULL << 40)
+/* OHCI-1394's default upper bound for physical DMA: 4 GB */
+#define FW_MAX_PHYSICAL_RANGE		(1ULL << 32)
 
 void fw_core_handle_request(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_packet *request);
 void fw_core_handle_response(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_packet *packet);
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/ohci.c b/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
@@ -3716,7 +3716,7 @@ static int pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 		    version >> 16, version & 0xff, ohci->card.index,
 		    ohci->n_ir, ohci->n_it, ohci->quirks,
 		    reg_read(ohci, OHCI1394_PhyUpperBound) ?
-			", >4 GB phys DMA" : "");
+			", physUB" : "");
 
 	return 0;
 
