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Re: [PATCH] rtw88: pci: Power cycle device during shutdown

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> On Aug 26, 2020, at 08:27, Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 2:32 AM Kai-Heng Feng
> <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Sometimes system freeze on cold/warm boot when rtw88 is probing.
>> 
>> According to [1], platform firmware may not properly power manage the
>> device during shutdown. I did some expirements and putting the device to
>> D3 can workaround the issue.
>> 
>> So let's power cycle the device by putting the device to D3 at shutdown
>> to prevent the issue from happening.
>> 
>> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206411#c9
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Can you at least include some more details, like which hardware
> version and firmware?

8723DE, 8822BE and 8822CE are affected [1].

> And which platform?

Many x86 laptops.

Some users claim BIOS update can fix the issue, however some are still affected.

> It seems a bit harsh to
> include a platform workaround to run for everyone, unless there's
> truly no downside. But even then, it's good to log what you're working
> with, in case there are ever problems with this in the future.

Ok. I can send V2 with more detailed commit message.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1872984

Kai-Heng

> 
> Brian




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