Re: [PATCH] PCI: imx6: Keep Root Port MSI capability also for i.MX6Q

From: Soeren Moch

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 04:57:16 EST


On 06.07.26 12:29, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 01:58:04PM +0200, Soeren Moch wrote:
Also on the NXP i.MX6Q chipset MSIs from the endpoints won't be received by
the iMSI-RX MSI controller if the Root Port MSI capability is disabled.

Even though the Root Port MSIs won't be received by the iMSI-RX controller
due to design, this chipset has some weird hardware bug that prevents
the endpoint MSIs from reaching when the Root Port MSI capability is
disabled.

Hence, always keep the Root Port MSI capability for this chipset.

Note that by keeping Root Port MSI capability, Root Port MSIs such as AER,
PME and others won't be received by default. So users need to use
workarounds such as passing 'pcie_pme=nomsi' cmdline param.

Fixes: 3a4e8302e72f ("PCI: imx6: Keep Root Port MSI capability with iMSI-RX to work around hardware bug")
This is not the correct fixes tag. Correct one is:
f5cd8a929c825 ("PCI: dwc: Remove MSI/MSIX capability for Root Port if iMSI-RX is used as MSI controller")
Thanks for the fix of the fixes tag!
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 7.0.x
Signed-off-by: Soeren Moch <smoch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>

@Bjorn: Can you merge this patch for 7.2-rcS with correct fixes tag?
I can send a v2 of the patch if you prefer.

Thanks,
Soeren

- Mani

---
Cc: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: imx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tested on a tbs2910 board [1]
[1] arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tbs2910.dts
---
drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
index 6d6a1688e7eb..3d461bdef967 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
@@ -1865,7 +1865,8 @@ static const struct imx_pcie_drvdata drvdata[] = {
.flags = IMX_PCIE_FLAG_IMX_PHY |
IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SPEED_CHANGE_WORKAROUND |
IMX_PCIE_FLAG_BROKEN_SUSPEND |
- IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND,
+ IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND |
+ IMX_PCIE_FLAG_KEEP_MSI_CAP,
.dbi_length = 0x200,
.gpr = "fsl,imx6q-iomuxc-gpr",
.ltssm_off = IOMUXC_GPR12,
--
2.43.0