Re: linux-3.1-0-rc4 bus error ... MPS configured higher thanmaximum supported by the device. If a bus issue occurs, try running withpci=pcie_bus_safe.

[Eric Dumazet]

Le mardi 06 septembre 2011 Ã 14:09 +0800, Jeff Chua a Ãcrit :
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Got the following error after upgrading from linux-2.6.36 to
> > linux-3.1.0-rc4 on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 that has a PCIe fax card, and
> > the system LED panel shows "Bus Fatal Error".
> >
> >
> > Is is normal or should I try out "pci=pcie_bus_safe" or "pci=pci" as
> > suggested in the dmesg?
> >
> > There was another error that also showed up on 2.6.36 but I'm ignoring
> > that for now ( ... disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device.  You can
> > enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force')
> >
> > pci 0000:07:00.0: Dev MPS 128 MPSS 256 MRRS 4096
> > pci 0000:07:00.0: Dev MPS 256 MPSS 256 MRRS 128
> > pci 0000:08:00.0: Dev MPS 128 MPSS 128 MRRS 128
> > pci 0000:08:00.0: MPS configured higher than maximum supported by the
> > device.  If a bus issue occurs, try running with pci=pcie_bus_safe.
> > pci 0000:08:00.0: Dev MPS 256 MPSS 256 MRRS 128
> > Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 31 on CPU 0.
> > Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?
> > Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
> > pci 0000:07:01.0: Dev MPS 128 MPSS 256 MRRS 4096
> > pci 0000:07:01.0: Dev MPS 256 MPSS 256 MRRS 128
> > pci 0000:00:06.0: Dev MPS 256 MPSS 256 MRRS 128
> > pci 0000:0e:00.0: Dev MPS 128 MPSS 128 MRRS 512
> > pci 0000:0e:00.0: MPS configured higher than maximum supported by the
> > device.  If a bus issue occurs, try running with pci=pci
> 
> The above aspm and bus error went away after I added pcie_aspm=force
> and pci=pcie_bus_safe.
> 
> Instead of default to pcie_bus_perf that caused problems, why not
> default to the formal behavior (see commit
> b03e7495a862b028294f59fc87286d6d78ee7fa1).

I believe a revert is in progress anyway, see my other thread (scsi:
hpsa: how to destroy your files)



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