Hi, This is v5 of the change to work around a PCIe link training phenomenon where a pair of devices both capable of operating at a link speed above 2.5GT/s seems unable to negotiate the link speed and continues training indefinitely with the Link Training bit switching on and off repeatedly and the data link layer never reaching the active state. This was originally observed in a configuration featuring a downstream port of the ASMedia ASM2824 Gen 3 switch wired to the upstream port of the Pericom PI7C9X2G304 Gen 2 switch. However in the course of review I have come to the conclusion that similarly to the earlier similar change to U-Boot it is indeed expected to be safe to apply this workaround to any downstream port that has failed link negotiation provided that: 1. the port is capable of reporting the data link layer link active status (because unlike U-Boot we cannot busy-loop continuously polling the link training bit), and: 2. we don't attempt to lift the 2.5GT/s speed restriction, imposed as the basis of the workaround, for devices not explicitly known to continue working in that case. It is expected to be safe because the workaround is applied to a failed link, that is one that does not (at the time this code is executed) work anyway, so trying to bring it up cannot make the situation worse. So this version of the workaround is attempted for all PCIe devices discovered, and only the lifting of the 2.5GT/s speed restriction is qualified by the vendor:device ID, currently one of the ASMedia ASM2824 device only. Broadening the scope of the quirk has in turn made it necessary to make some adjustments to code elsewhere and consequently what was originally a single patch has now become a small series instead. This has been verified with a SiFive HiFive unmatched board, booting with or without the workaround activated in U-Boot, which covered both the link retraining part of the quirk and the lifting of speed restriction already imposed by U-Boot. Please see individual change descriptions for further details. Questions or comments? Otherwise please apply. Maciej
