[PATCH] xhci: 'noxhci_port_switch' kernel parameter

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Add a command line switch for disabling ehci port switchover.  Useful
for working around / debugging xhci incompatibilities where ehci
operation is available.

Reference: http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=138920063001509&w=2

Cc: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Holger Hans Peter Freyther <holger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    3 +++
 drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c       |   15 +++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7116fda7077f..126c6e064a1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2232,6 +2232,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
 
+	noxhci_port_switch
+			[USB] Use EHCI instead of XHCI where available
+
 	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
 			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
 			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c b/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c
index 00661d305143..38bfe3dfc0bb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c
@@ -823,6 +823,15 @@ static int handshake(void __iomem *ptr, u32 mask, u32 done,
 	return -ETIMEDOUT;
 }
 
+static int noxhci_port_switch;
+
+static int __init noxhci_port_switch_setup(char *str)
+{
+	noxhci_port_switch = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("noxhci_port_switch", noxhci_port_switch_setup);
+
 /*
  * Intel's Panther Point chipset has two host controllers (EHCI and xHCI) that
  * share some number of ports.  These ports can be switched between either
@@ -860,8 +869,7 @@ void usb_enable_intel_xhci_ports(struct pci_dev *xhci_pdev)
 		return;
 
 	/* Don't switchover the ports if the user hasn't compiled the xHCI
-	 * driver.  Otherwise they will see "dead" USB ports that don't power
-	 * the devices.
+	 * driver or has explicitly disabled switchover
 	 */
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD)) {
 		dev_warn(&xhci_pdev->dev,
@@ -871,6 +879,9 @@ void usb_enable_intel_xhci_ports(struct pci_dev *xhci_pdev)
 				"USB 3.0 devices will work at USB 2.0 speeds.\n");
 		usb_disable_xhci_ports(xhci_pdev);
 		return;
+	} else if (noxhci_port_switch) {
+		usb_disable_xhci_ports(xhci_pdev);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Read USB3PRM, the USB 3.0 Port Routing Mask Register

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