[PPC] Boot problems after the pci-v6.18-changes

Christian Zigotzky chzigotzky at xenosoft.de
Thu Oct 16 00:07:09 AEDT 2025


> Am 15 October 2025 um 02:27 pm, Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky at xenosoft.de> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 15 October 2025 at 01:58 pm, Herve Codina <herve.codina at bootlin.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Christian,
>> 
>>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:30:44 +0200
>>> Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky at xenosoft.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Herve,
>>> 
>>>>>> On 15 October 2025 at 10:39 am, Herve Codina <herve.codina at bootlin.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I also observed issues with the commit f3ac2ff14834 ("PCI/ASPM: Enable all
>>>>> ClockPM and ASPM states for devicetree platforms")  
>>> 
>>> Thanks for reporting.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Also tried the quirk proposed in this discussion (quirk_disable_aspm_all)
>>>> an the quirk also fixes the timing issue.  
>>> 
>>> Where have you added quirk_disable_aspm_all?
>> 
>> --- 8< ---
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
>> index 214ed060ca1b..a3808ab6e92e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
>> @@ -2525,6 +2525,17 @@ static void quirk_disable_aspm_l0s_l1(struct pci_dev *dev)
>> */
>> DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ASMEDIA, 0x1080, quirk_disable_aspm_l0s_l1);
>> 
>> +static void quirk_disable_aspm_all(struct pci_dev *dev)
>> +{
>> +       pci_info(dev, "Disabling ASPM\n");
>> +       pci_disable_link_state(dev, PCIE_LINK_STATE_ALL);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/* LAN966x PCI board */
>> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_EFAR, 0x9660, quirk_disable_aspm_all);
>> +
>> /*
>> * Some Pericom PCIe-to-PCI bridges in reverse mode need the PCIe Retrain
>> * Link bit cleared after starting the link retrain process to allow this
>> --- 8< ---
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Hervé
> 
> It is the same patch, I use for my AMD Radeon cards.

I use

+DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI, PCI_ANY_ID, quirk_disable_aspm_all);

in this patch.

> 
> In my point of view we have to add a lot of other devices.
> 
> But if the computer does not boot, will the average user know that there is a problem with the power management and their graphics card?
> I am unsure whether I can deliver the kernel to average users later on.
> 
> Thanks,
> Christian



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