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> From: Jonathan Cameron <[email protected]>
> Sent: 19 May 2026 18:16
> To: Manish Honap <[email protected]>
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> Subject: Re: [RFC 2/9] cxl: Add preserve_config to pxb-cxl OSC method
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> On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:42:28 +0530
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > From: Manish Honap <[email protected]>
> >
> > Before this patch, pxb-cxl bridges had no _DSM method at all. When the
> > OS called _DSM on a CXL host bridge, ACPI returned an error and the OS
> > defaulted to reassigning resources across suspend/resume. On machines
> > where firmware pre-commits the HDM decoder, that reassignment breaks
> > the DPA mapping.
> 
> Ah. Ok. So it's suspend / resume that is causing trouble. I wasn't aware
> PCI reenumerated on that as opposed to boot. I surprised more doesn't
> break.  Make sure to call that out in the cover letter as the impression I
> got was the problem was initial enumeration.
> 
> Mind you I'm still confused. Why is CXL.mem path affected?  That's nothing
> to do with PCI enumeration.

Yes, agreed, the FMWS region is described by CEDT already, no CRS entry
needed. I'll drop the CRS insertion in v2.

> 
> Jonathan
> 
> >
> > Wire preserve_config through GPEXConfig into build_cxl_osc_method() so
> > pxb-cxl host bridges get a _DSM method that signals the OS to keep
> > resource assignments stable when needed. The _DSM function 5 (preserve
> > firmware PCI configuration) is the mechanism used to convey this.
> >
> > build_pci_host_bridge_dsm_method() is promoted from static to exported
> > so cxl.c can call it without duplicating the AML.
> >
> > The x86 build_cxl_osc_method() call site passes false since x86 does
> > not use firmware-committed HDM decoders.
> >
> > build_cxl_osc_method is renamed to
> > acpi_dsdt_add_cxl_host_bridge_methods
> > The function now appends both the CXL _OSC method and the _DSM method,
> > so its old name is misleading. Renamed it to match the pxb-pcie
> > analogue acpi_dsdt_add_host_bridge_methods(), making the two root
> > bridge code paths symmetric. No AML change.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shameer Kolothum <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Manish Honap <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  hw/acpi/cxl-stub.c         | 2 +-
> >  hw/acpi/cxl.c              | 4 +++-
> >  hw/i386/acpi-build.c       | 2 +-
> >  hw/pci-host/gpex-acpi.c    | 5 +++--
> >  include/hw/acpi/cxl.h      | 2 +-
> >  include/hw/pci-host/gpex.h | 1 +
> >  6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/acpi/cxl-stub.c b/hw/acpi/cxl-stub.c index
> > 15bc21076b..d7c6731975 100644
> > --- a/hw/acpi/cxl-stub.c
> > +++ b/hw/acpi/cxl-stub.c
> > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
> >  #include "hw/acpi/aml-build.h"
> >  #include "hw/acpi/cxl.h"
> >
> > -void build_cxl_osc_method(Aml *dev)
> > +void acpi_dsdt_add_cxl_host_bridge_methods(Aml *dev, bool
> > +preserve_config)
> >  {
> >      g_assert_not_reached();
> >  }
> > diff --git a/hw/acpi/cxl.c b/hw/acpi/cxl.c index
> > f92f7fa3d5..b32740a3e3 100644
> > --- a/hw/acpi/cxl.c
> > +++ b/hw/acpi/cxl.c
> > @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
> >  #include "hw/pci/pci_host.h"
> >  #include "hw/cxl/cxl.h"
> >  #include "hw/cxl/cxl_host.h"
> > +#include "hw/pci-host/gpex.h"
> >  #include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
> >  #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
> >  #include "hw/acpi/aml-build.h"
> > @@ -320,11 +321,12 @@ static Aml *__build_cxl_osc_method(void)
> >      return method;
> >  }
> >
> > -void build_cxl_osc_method(Aml *dev)
> > +void acpi_dsdt_add_cxl_host_bridge_methods(Aml *dev, bool
> > +preserve_config)
> >  {
> >      aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("SUPP", aml_int(0)));
> >      aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("CTRL", aml_int(0)));
> >      aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("SUPC", aml_int(0)));
> >      aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("CTRC", aml_int(0)));
> >      aml_append(dev, __build_cxl_osc_method());
> > +    aml_append(dev,
> > + build_pci_host_bridge_dsm_method(preserve_config));
> >  }
> > diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c index
> > f622b91b76..f66ec8ed24 100644
> > --- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
> > +++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
> > @@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker,
> >                  aml_append(aml_pkg, aml_eisaid("PNP0A08"));
> >                  aml_append(aml_pkg, aml_eisaid("PNP0A03"));
> >                  aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_CID", aml_pkg));
> > -                build_cxl_osc_method(dev);
> > +                acpi_dsdt_add_cxl_host_bridge_methods(dev, false);
> >              } else if (pci_bus_is_express(bus)) {
> >                  aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_HID",
> aml_eisaid("PNP0A08")));
> >                  aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_CID",
> > aml_eisaid("PNP0A03"))); diff --git a/hw/pci-host/gpex-acpi.c
> > b/hw/pci-host/gpex-acpi.c index 7de57bbc46..247bd78152 100644
> > --- a/hw/pci-host/gpex-acpi.c
> > +++ b/hw/pci-host/gpex-acpi.c
> > @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void acpi_dsdt_add_pci_route_table(Aml *dev,
> uint32_t irq,
> >      }
> >  }
> >
> > -static Aml *build_pci_host_bridge_dsm_method(bool preserve_config)
> > +Aml *build_pci_host_bridge_dsm_method(bool preserve_config)
> >  {
> >      Aml *method = aml_method("_DSM", 4, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
> >      Aml *UUID, *ifctx, *ifctx1, *buf; @@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ void
> > acpi_dsdt_add_gpex(Aml *scope, struct GPEXConfig *cfg)
> >              aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_CRS", crs));
> >
> >              if (is_cxl) {
> > -                build_cxl_osc_method(dev);
> > +                acpi_dsdt_add_cxl_host_bridge_methods(dev,
> > +
> > + cfg->preserve_config);
> >              } else {
> >                  /* pxb bridges do not have ACPI PCI Hot-plug enabled */
> >                  acpi_dsdt_add_host_bridge_methods(dev, true, diff
> > --git a/include/hw/acpi/cxl.h b/include/hw/acpi/cxl.h index
> > 8f22c71530..6fe6c9c58d 100644
> > --- a/include/hw/acpi/cxl.h
> > +++ b/include/hw/acpi/cxl.h
> > @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
> >  void cxl_build_cedt(GArray *table_offsets, GArray *table_data,
> >                      BIOSLinker *linker, const char *oem_id,
> >                      const char *oem_table_id, CXLState *cxl_state);
> > -void build_cxl_osc_method(Aml *dev);
> > +void acpi_dsdt_add_cxl_host_bridge_methods(Aml *dev, bool
> > +preserve_config);
> >  void build_cxl_dsm_method(Aml *dev);
> >
> >  #endif
> > diff --git a/include/hw/pci-host/gpex.h b/include/hw/pci-host/gpex.h
> > index a7c2e2edf3..e5c2ebef78 100644
> > --- a/include/hw/pci-host/gpex.h
> > +++ b/include/hw/pci-host/gpex.h
> > @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct GPEXHost {
> >  int gpex_set_irq_num(GPEXHost *s, int index, int gsi);
> >
> >  void acpi_dsdt_add_gpex(Aml *scope, struct GPEXConfig *cfg);
> > +Aml *build_pci_host_bridge_dsm_method(bool preserve_config);
> >  void acpi_dsdt_add_gpex_host(Aml *scope, uint32_t irq);
> >
> >  #define PCI_HOST_PIO_BASE               "x-pio-base"


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