Re: [PATCH v4 04/12] PCI: aardvark: Improve link training

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:06:17 +0200, =?UTF-8?q?Pali=20Roh=C3=A1r?= wrote:
> From: Marek Behún <marek.behun@xxxxxx>
> 
> Currently the aardvark driver trains link in PCIe gen2 mode. This may
> cause some buggy gen1 cards (such as Compex WLE900VX) to be unstable or
> even not detected. Moreover when ASPM code tries to retrain link second
> time, these cards may stop responding and link goes down. If gen1 is
> used this does not happen.
> 
> Unconditionally forcing gen1 is not a good solution since it may have
> performance impact on gen2 cards.
> 
> To overcome this, read 'max-link-speed' property (as defined in PCI
> device tree bindings) and use this as max gen mode. Then iteratively try
> link training at this mode or lower until successful. After successful
> link training choose final controller gen based on Negotiated Link Speed
> from Link Status register, which should match card speed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <marek.behun@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 89 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>



[Index of Archives]     [Device Tree Compilter]     [Device Tree Spec]     [Linux Driver Backports]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux PCI Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]     [Yosemite Backpacking]


  Powered by Linux