> > > Does anybody know what's going on or how to debug this further? > > > As stated above, I was able to work around this problem by > > > ignoring SOUTHPORT_A via /sys/kernel/debug/pmc_core/ltr_ignore. > > > There has to be a better way, and I'm sure I'm not the only one > > > running into this. ltr_show shows the PMC's (Power Management Controller) view of SoC devices and busses. The SOUTHPORTs are the PCIe root ports on your system. When you run lspci they are the PCI bridges. Generally, the bridges are enumerated in the same order as the SOUTHPORTs, so SOUTHPORT_A is your first bridge and the device attached to it (shown in lspci -t) is the device that was blocking deeper PC states according to your debug. Determine what this device is on your system. If the ltr was low it's because that is what the device requested. You should first check that runtime pm is enabled for the device. To do this, check the control file in /sys/bus/pci/devices/<SSSS:BB:DD.F>/power, where SSSS:BB:DD.F is the enumeration of your device as shown in lspci. If it is 'on' then runtime pm is disabled. To enable it echo 'auto' into the file with root privileges. Enabling runtime pm should allow the driver to reduce functionality of the device when idle. This should lead to a larger latency request on the PCI bus which should be reflected in ltr_show. You can see if the device is actually runtime suspended and how much time it's been suspended (or active) by reading the associated files in the power folder. If this doesn't work, then it's possible that your device doesn't support runtime pm. This may be purposely for reliability reasons or the driver may just lack support. Check forums discussing issues with the device and look for possible options in the driver to force pm support (generally this will be centered around enabling ASPM). You can also download powertop to see the package c-state residencies more clearly as percentages of time. powertop also has a tunables tab that will show the status of runtime pm on all devices on the system and allow you to enable them individually. David
