On Friday 04 August 2023 15:46:22 Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > [Cc += linux-arm-kernel list] > > On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 12:35:13PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote: > > So it seems this patch got applied, but it wasn't Cc'd to > > linux-arm-kernel or anyone else, so those of us with platforms never > > had a chance to comment on it. > > > > *** This change causes a regression to working setups. *** > > > > It appears that the *only* reason this patch was proposed is to stop a > > kernel developer receiving problem reports from a set of users, but > > completely ignores that there is another group of users where this works > > fine - and thus the addition of this patch causes working setups to > > regress. > > > > Because one is being bothered with problem reports is not a reason to > > mark a driver broken - and especially not doing so in a way that those > > who may be affected don't get an opportunity to comment on the patch! > > Also, there is _zero_ information provided on what the reported problems > > actually are, so no one else can guess what these issues are. > > > > However, given that there are working setups and this change causes > > those to regress, it needs to be reverted. > > > > For example, I have an Atheros PCIe WiFi card in an Armada 388 Clearfog > > platform, and this works fine. > > > > Uwe has a SATA controller for a bunch of disks in an Armada 370 based > > NAS platform that is connected to PCIe, and removing PCIe support > > effectively makes his platform utterly useless. > > While this is true there is really a problem on my platform with > accessing the hard disks via that pci controller and a 88SE9215 SATA > controller. While it seems to work in principle, it's incredible slow. Exactly those are things which randomly does not work. > I intend to bisect that, 6.1.x is still fine. Don't know when I find the > time though, as there are a few things that are more important > currently. > > +1 on some information about what is already known about the breakage. > > > Please revert this patch. > > > > Thanks. > > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 05:41:25PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > People are reporting that pci-mvebu.c driver does not work with recent > > > mainline kernel. There are more bugs which prevents its for daily usage. > > > So lets mark it as broken for now, until somebody would be able to fix it > > > in mainline kernel. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > --- > > > Bjorn: I would really appreciate if you take this change and send it in > > > pull request for v6.2 release. There is no reason to wait more longer. > > > > > > > > > I'm periodically receiving emails that driver does not work correctly > > > anymore, PCIe cards are not detected or that they crashes during boot. > > > > > > Some of the issues are handled in patches which are waiting on the list for > > > a long time and nobody cares for them. Some others needs investigation. > > > > > > I'm really tired in replying to those user emails as I cannot do more in > > > this area. I have asked more people for help but either there were only > > > promises without any action for more than year or simple no direction how > > > to move forward or what to do with it. > > > > > > So mark this driver as broken. Users would see the real current state > > > and hopefully will stop reporting me old or new bugs. > > > --- > > > drivers/pci/controller/Kconfig | 1 + > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/controller/Kconfig > > > index 1569d9a3ada0..b4a4d84a358b 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/Kconfig > > > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/Kconfig > > > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config PCI_MVEBU > > > depends on MVEBU_MBUS > > > depends on ARM > > > depends on OF > > > + depends on BROKEN > > > select PCI_BRIDGE_EMUL > > > help > > > Add support for Marvell EBU PCIe controller. This PCIe controller > > > -- > > > 2.20.1 > > > > > > > -- > > RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ > > FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last! > > > > -- > Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König | > Industrial Linux Solutions | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |
