[PATCH 1/3] PCI: rockchip: warn of danger of 5.0 GT/s speeds

From: Geraldo Nascimento

Date: Sat Nov 15 2025 - 04:10:24 EST


Shawn Lin from Rockchip has reiterated that there may be danger in using
their PCIe with 5.0 GT/s speeds. Warn the user if they make a DT change
from the default and at the same time, drive at 2.5 GT/s only, in case
the DT max-link-speed property is invalid or inexistent.

Fixes: 956cd99b35a8 ("PCI: rockchip: Separate common code from RC driver")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ffd05070-9879-4468-94e3-b88968b4c21b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Reported-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Geraldo Nascimento <geraldogabriel@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
index 0f88da378805..ed67886a6d43 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ int rockchip_pcie_parse_dt(struct rockchip_pcie *rockchip)
}

rockchip->link_gen = of_pci_get_max_link_speed(node);
- if (rockchip->link_gen < 0 || rockchip->link_gen > 2)
- rockchip->link_gen = 2;
+ if (rockchip->link_gen < 0 || rockchip->link_gen > 2) {
+ rockchip->link_gen = 1;
+ dev_warn(dev, "invalid max-link-speed, set to 2.5 GT/s\n");
+ }
+ else if (rockchip->link_gen == 2)
+ dev_warn(dev, "5.0 GT/s may lead to catastrophic failure\n");

for (i = 0; i < ROCKCHIP_NUM_PM_RSTS; i++)
rockchip->pm_rsts[i].id = rockchip_pci_pm_rsts[i];
--
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