Re: [PATCH 1/2] IB/hfi1: Try slot reset before secondary bus reset

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:11:27PM +0000, Deucher, Alexander wrote:

> My understanding was that some platfoms only bring up the link in
> gen 1 mode for compatibility reasons.  TBH, I'm not that familiar
> with how the links come up on different platforms.

Then the platform firmware or platform's linux PCI root complex driver
should perform speed negotiation.

Something like that shouldn't be a driver problem to solve.

The driver should only be involved if it has to alter the device (eg
new device firmware or something)..

Jason