On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:28 AM Lucas Stach <l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, den 05.12.2018, 23:45 -0800 schrieb Andrey Smirnov: > > Building a kernel with CONFIG_PCI_IMX6=y, but CONFIG_PCIEPORTBUS=n > > produces a system where built-in PCIE bridge (16c3:abcd) isn't bound > > to pcieport driver. This, in turn, results in a PCIE bus that is > > capable of enumerating attached PCIE device, but lacks functional > > interrupt support. > > This is odd. AFAIK PCI port services are a totally optional thing and > them being absent should not lead to a non-functional PCI bus. So I > would really like to see some deeper analysis what is going on here. > AFAICT, this is due to pcieport driver enabling MSI of the bridge device (16c3:abcd) via pcie_port_device_register() -> pcie_init_service_irqs() -> pcie_port_enable_irq_vec() -> etc. I did an experiment on a i.MX8MQ/PCIE -> i210 setup I have: I disabled CONFIG_PCIEPORTBUS and hacked igb_main.c enough to make the i210 driver believe it should fall back onto legacy interrupts. Even without pcieport present in the system, i210 worked as expected via legacy interrupts, which seems to collaborate my conjecture above. Thanks, Andrey Smirnov
