Re: [PATCH] e1000e: bump up timeout to wait when ME un-configure ULP mode

[Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@canonical.com>]

On 3/25/20 2:42 PM, Tsai, Rex wrote:
> Hello Kai-Heng,
> If you are using vPro system, ME LAN driver is always alive and you have no way to disable it until you build new BIOS. Is this also for Lenovo system?

Right, some new models from Lenovo.

Regards,
Aaron

> 
> Rex Tsai | Intel Client LAN Engineer | +1 (503) 264-0517
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com> 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 11:40 PM
> To: Neftin, Sasha <sasha.neftin@intel.com>
> Cc: Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@canonical.com>; Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>; David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>; moderated list:INTEL ETHERNET DRIVERS <intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org>; open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS <netdev@vger.kernel.org>; open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Lifshits, Vitaly <vitaly.lifshits@intel.com>; Tsai, Rex <rex.tsai@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000e: bump up timeout to wait when ME un-configure ULP mode
> 
> Hi Sasha,
> 
>> On Mar 25, 2020, at 14:36, Neftin, Sasha <sasha.neftin@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 3/25/2020 06:17, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>> On Mar 24, 2020, at 03:16, Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@canonical.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ME takes 2+ seconds to un-configure ULP mode done after resume from 
>>>> s2idle on some ThinkPad laptops.
>>>> Without enough wait, reset and re-init will fail with error.
>>> Thanks, this patch solves the issue. We can drop the DMI quirk in favor of this patch.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: f15bb6dde738cc8fa0 ("e1000e: Add support for S0ix")
>>>> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1865570
>>>> Signed-off-by: Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@canonical.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 4 ++--
>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c 
>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
>>>> index b4135c50e905..147b15a2f8b3 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
>>>> @@ -1240,9 +1240,9 @@ static s32 e1000_disable_ulp_lpt_lp(struct e1000_hw *hw, bool force)
>>>> 			ew32(H2ME, mac_reg);
>>>> 		}
>>>>
>>>> -		/* Poll up to 300msec for ME to clear ULP_CFG_DONE. */
>>>> +		/* Poll up to 2.5sec for ME to clear ULP_CFG_DONE. */
>>>> 		while (er32(FWSM) & E1000_FWSM_ULP_CFG_DONE) {
>>>> -			if (i++ == 30) {
>>>> +			if (i++ == 250) {
>>>> 				ret_val = -E1000_ERR_PHY;
>>>> 				goto out;
>>>> 			}
>>> The return value was not caught by the caller, so the error ends up unnoticed.
>>> Maybe let the caller check the return value of e1000_disable_ulp_lpt_lp()?
>>> Kai-Heng
>> Hello Kai-Heng and Aaron,
>> I a bit confused. In our previous conversation you told ME not running.
> 
> Yes I can confirm Intel AMT is disabled BIOS menu. I think Intel AMT is ME in this context?
> 
> How do I check if it's really disabled under Linux?
> 
> Kai-Heng
> 
>> let me shimming in. Increasing delay won't be solve the problem and just mask it. We need to understand why ME take too much time. What is problem with this specific system?
>> So, basically no ME system should works for you.
>>
>> Meanwhile I prefer keep DMI quirk.
>> Thanks,
>> Sasha
>>>> --
>>>> 2.17.1
>