Re: [RFC 2/2] PCI: imx6: Enable imx6qp pcie power management support

[Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 03:23:19AM +0000, Hongxing Zhu wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
> > Sent: 2022年2月9日 23:37
> > To: Hongxing Zhu <hongxing.zhu@nxp.com>
> > Cc: l.stach@pengutronix.de; bhelgaas@google.com;
> > lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com; shawnguo@kernel.org; linux-pci@vger.kernel.org;
> > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > kernel@pengutronix.de; dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@nxp.com>
> > Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] PCI: imx6: Enable imx6qp pcie power management
> > support
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 03:02:36PM +0800, Richard Zhu wrote:
> > > i.MX6QP PCIe supports the RESET logic, thus it can support the L2 exit
> > > by the reset mechanism.
> > > Enable the i.MX6QP PCIe suspend/resume operations support.

> > What does "L2 exit by reset mechanism" mean?  Is this an
> > i.MX6-specific thing?  If not, can you point me to the relevant
> > part of the PCIe spec?
>
> No, it's not i.MX6 specific thing. i.MX6Q/DL doesn't have the
> self-reset mechanism.  Thus, it can't reset itself to an initialized
> stat when link exit from the L2 or L3 stats.  i.MX6QP PCIe has the
> self-reset mechanism, and it can reset itself when link exit from L2
> or L3 stats.  The commit description might not accurate.  How about
> change them to "i.MX6QP PCIe supports the RESET logic, thus it can
> reset itself to the initialized stat when exit from L2 or L3 stats."

s/stat/state/

Ugh, I have all sorts of questions now, but I don't think I want to
know much more about this ;)

Seems like this device requires software assist when bringing the link
out of L2 or L3.  Is that allowed per PCIe spec, or is this an
erratum?

Does this mean the driver needs to be involved when we take a device
out of D3 (where the link was in L2 or L3)?

Bjorn