Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] PCI/portdrv: Add necessary wait for disabling hotplug events

[Markus Elfring]

> There was problem reported by firmware developers that they received
> 2 pcie link control commands in very short intervals on an ARM server,
> which doesn't comply with pcie spec, and broke their state machine and
> work flow. According to PCIe 6.1 spec, section 6.7.3.2, software needs

Would you like to use key words in consistent ways also in such a change description?


> to wait at least 1 second for the command-complete event, before
> resending the cmd or …

                command?

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> Changlog:
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>   since v1:
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Are cover letters generally desirable for patch series?

Regards,
Markus