Most system have port link enabled by default, and should not have confusing printout. Also move printout before actully write, so could make debug print in order. Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c @@ -336,17 +336,21 @@ int pciehp_check_link_status(struct cont static int __pciehp_link_set(struct controller *ctrl, bool enable) { struct pci_dev *pdev = ctrl_dev(ctrl); - u16 lnk_ctrl; + u16 lnk_ctrl, old_lnk_ctrl; pcie_capability_read_word(pdev, PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, &lnk_ctrl); + old_lnk_ctrl = lnk_ctrl; if (enable) lnk_ctrl &= ~PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_LD; else lnk_ctrl |= PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_LD; - pcie_capability_write_word(pdev, PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, lnk_ctrl); + if (old_lnk_ctrl == lnk_ctrl) + return 0; + ctrl_dbg(ctrl, "%s: lnk_ctrl = %x\n", __func__, lnk_ctrl); + pcie_capability_write_word(pdev, PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, lnk_ctrl); return 0; }