Re: Re: KVM PCI device assignment issues

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Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 04:32:47PM +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
  - Secondary Bus Reset (SBR) allows software to trigger a reset on all
    devices (and functions) behind a PCI bridge.

  - A PCI Power Management D-state transition (D3hot to D0) can be used
    to reset a device (all functions).

That's not guaranteed according to PCI PM 1.2:

5.4.1. Software Accessible D3 (D3hot)

  When programmed to D0, the function may return to the D0 Initialized
  or D0 Uninitialized state without PCI RST# being asserted. This option
  is determined at design time and allows designs the option of either
  performing an internal reset or not performing an internal reset.

The No_Soft_Reset bit in the PMCSR indicates which option is chosen at design time:

Section 3.2.4. says:
Value at Reset: Device specific
Read/Write: Read Only
When set (“1”), this bit indicates that devices transitioning from D3hot to D0 because of PowerState commands do not perform an internal reset. Configuration Context is preserved. Upon transition from the D3hot to the D0 Initialized state, no additional operating system intervention is required to preserve Configuration Context beyond writing the PowerState bits. When clear (“0”), devices do perform an internal reset upon transitioning from D3hot to D0 via software control of the PowerState bits. Configuration Context is lost when performing the soft reset. Upon transition from the D3hot to the D0 state, full reinitialization sequence is needed to return the device to D0 Initialized. Regardless of this bit, devices that transition from D3hot to D0 by a system or bus segment reset will return to the device state D0 Uninitialized with only PME context preserved if PME is supported and enabled.

So the reset is guaranteed if the bit is 0.

And I checked the devices on my machine, all of them who have PM perform internal reset when transiting from D3hot to D0 (GeForce 7300, Myri-10G, E1000 82567, ICH10 SATA, EHCI, etc.)
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