On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > this brought me to and issue with "Intel® 6 Series Express Chipset B2 stepping" chips > having enabled SATA ports 2-5. This is my case: > > [ 3.037832] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0 > [ 3.037880] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X > [ 3.037906] ahci: SSS flag set, parallel bus scan disabled > [ 3.048233] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 6 ports 6 Gbps 0x31 impl SATA mode > [ 3.048335] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf stag pm led clo pio slum part ems sxs apst > [ 3.048371] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64 > [ 3.088902] scsi0 : ahci > [ 3.089010] scsi1 : ahci > [ 3.089098] scsi2 : ahci > [ 3.089185] scsi3 : ahci > [ 3.089272] scsi4 : ahci > [ 3.089361] scsi5 : ahci > [ 3.090528] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xf7f06000 port 0xf7f06100 irq 44 > [ 3.091400] ata2: DUMMY > [ 3.092262] ata3: DUMMY > [ 3.093112] ata4: DUMMY > [ 3.093952] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xf7f06000 port 0xf7f06300 irq 44 > [ 3.094803] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xf7f06000 port 0xf7f06380 irq 44 > > > Is this bug anyhow related to this already known chipset issue? > > http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&cs=04&docid=389728&l=en&s=bsd > http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/6/sb/CS-032521.htm > http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/6/sb/CS-032521.htm > >> > > > So you found two issues, right? > > Issue 1: > > Yinghai Lu wrote: >> for USB 3.0: >> SltSta: Status: AttnBtn- PowerFlt- MRL- CmdCplt- PresDet+ Interlock- >> Changed: MRL- PresDet- LinkState+ >> >> PresDet+: mean that card is still there. so no interrupt is generated >> by chipset. >> >> that present bit is decide by by inband link or out of band. >> >> sometimes when out of band pres is no, present bit could be keep flip >> around because in root port try to retrain to detect ... >> but it is not the case. >> >> the pin "CPPE# PCI Express interface presence detect" should get into >> hotplug FPGA in motherboard. >> >> You may need to check with vendor about if there is any problem with >> that hotplug FPGA. Not sure about this one. could be that outofband signal is not used. > > > Issue 2: >>>> Can you try to use acpiphp instead of pciehp? >> >> looks your BIOS does not support acpiphp. >> >> Maybe you have to stay with >> >> echo 1 > .../pcie_link_disable >> echo 0 > .../pcie_link_disable >> >> after removal every time. >> > > Does it make sense to report this to Dell (that it does not support ACPI hotplug)? > Can they fix it with BIOS or whatever? Thay will anyways replace my motherboard > in the laptop if my system is really affected. even there is intel silicon problem <user can not disable inband present detecting, and that could report wrong status> Dell should have good design to workaround it like add logic to check CPPE and reset the link if needed. > > Can I just return the thing after 2.5 months completely? You need to talk to dell about that. How about those test on other shipped OS? Yinghai -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
