On 20.08.2018 20:44, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > [+cc Marc, Thomas, Christoph, linux-pci) > (beginning of thread at [1]) > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 09:50:48PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote: >> On 16.08.2018 21:39, David Miller wrote: >>> From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 21:37:31 +0200 >>> >>>> On 16.08.2018 21:21, David Miller wrote: >>>>> From: <jian-hong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:21:10 +0800 >>>>> >>>>>> Found the ethernet network on ASUS X441UAR doesn't come back on resume >>>>>> from suspend when using MSI-X. The chip is RTL8106e - version 39. >>>>> >>>>> Heiner, please take a look at this. >>>>> >>>>> You recently disabled MSI-X on RTL8168g for similar reasons. >>>>> >>>>> Now that we've seen two chips like this, maybe there is some other >>>>> problem afoot. >>>>> >>>> Thanks for the hint. I saw it already and just contacted Realtek >>>> whether they are aware of any MSI-X issues with particular chip >>>> versions. With the chip versions I have access to MSI-X works fine. >>>> >>>> There's also the theoretical option that the issues are caused by >>>> broken BIOS's. But so far only chip versions have been reported >>>> which are very similar, at least with regard to version number >>>> (2x VER_40, 1x VER_39). So they may share some buggy component. >>>> >>>> Let's see whether Realtek can provide some hint. >>>> If more chip versions are reported having problems with MSI-X, >>>> then we could switch to a whitelist or disable MSI-X in general. >>> >>> It could be that we need to reprogram some register(s) on resume, >>> which normally might not be needed, and that is what is causing the >>> problem with some chips. >>> >> Indeed. That's what I'm checking with Realtek. >> In the register list in the r8169 driver there's one entry which >> seems to indicate that there are MSI-X specific settings. >> However this register isn't used, and the r8168 vendor driver >> uses only MSI. And there are no public datasheets. > > Do we have any information about these chip versions in other systems? > Or other devices using MSI-X in the same ASUS system? It seems > possible that there's some PCI core or suspend/resume issue with MSI-X > and this patch just avoids it without fixing the root cause. > I'm in contact with Realtek and according to them few chip versions seem to clear MSI-X table entries on resume from suspend. Checking with them how this could be fixed / worked around. Worst case we may have to disable MSI-X in general. > It might be useful to have a kernel.org bugzilla with the complete > dmesg, "sudo lspci -vv" output, and /proc/interrupts contents archived > for future reference. > > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180815062110.16155-1-jian-hong@xxxxxxxxxxxx >
