Migrating from 2.6.11 to 2.6.23 breaks pci-e with LSI 1068 SAS chip

[Kumar Gala]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Vince Asbridge wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm new to this mailing list, but have not had any luck finding  
> information on this issue.
>
> Please be kind if I break the forum rules on my first post.
>
> We recently tried to upgrade our Freescale CDS 8548 look-alike  
> module (code name ATCA1000) from the 2.6.11 based BSP to the 2.6.23  
> based BSP.
>
> The upgrade went fairly smoothly, until we tried using SOME pci-e  
> devices (some work fine, some don't show up to lspci).
>
> LSI pci-e controllers no longer show up at all!
>
> We see the ixgbe (intel 10G), SiliconImage SATA controller but do  
> not see LSI devices (Specifically 1068 SAS, FC949-E fibrechannel).
>
> We're guessing it's a resource issue behind the bridge, because the  
> LSI devices try to allocate 1 - 3M behind the bridge, but we can't  
> find the bug, or where we would debug such an issue.
>
> The devices seem to "train" correctly, because we have an LED on the  
> pci-e switch (PLX 8 port pci-e switch), and it's ON indicating pci-e  
> link between the bridge and the 1068 device).
>
> We're totally at a loss as to why this always worked on the 2.6.11  
> kernel but doesn’t work on 2.6.23.
>
> Using lspci, the LSI adapters do not show up in the list at all, as  
> though they are not plugged into the system.
>
> Is there something that needs to be done with respect to PCI-E  
> devices that is new in the 2.6.23 based BSP that did not need to be  
> done in the 2.6.11 based kit?  For example, are pci resources  
> allocated by a different piece of code, that may have some issue  
> allocating resources for the LSI adapters?
>
>
>
Can you tree 2.6.25?  There are some fixes in that kernel related to  
PCIe support:

[POWERPC] FSL: Rework PCI/PCIe support for 85xx/86xx

However, its odd that lspci doesn't even show the device.  Are you  
using u-boot?  if so what version? and does u-boot see the LSI?

- k