Re: [PATCH 2/2] nvme: Quirk APST on Intel 600P/P3100 devices

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Wed May 31 2017 - 09:55:17 EST


On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 03:06:31PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> They have known firmware bugs. A fix is apparently in the works --
>> once fixed firmware is available, someone from Intel (Hi, Keith!)
>> can adjust the quirk accordingly.
>
> Here's the latest firmware with all the known fixes:
>
> https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26491?v=t
>
> I am not 100% sure if this fixes the issue you're quirking, but I think
> it falls under the issues the link initialization and ASPM comments in
> the release notes.

Can you or someone at Intel supply a reliable way to distinguish a
fixed firmware from an unfixed firmware? We have access to the "fr"
string, but I don't know what to do with it.