Re: [PATCH] PCI: Always lift 2.5GT/s restriction in PCIe failed link retraining

[Matthew W Carlis]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2026, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> Applied to pci/enumeration for v7.1, thanks.  This will be rebased
> after v7.0-rc1.

We're heading down a path here where we keep working around the work-around &
now have decided that the kernel will be meddling with the link on potentially
all of the PCIe devices in the world. The trade off that we're making here to
accommodate a device specific interaction doesn't seem like the right direction. 

Can we reconsider my patch that restricts the link retrain mechanism
to the specific device that created the work-around?
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250702052430.13716-1-mattc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

How do we decide which device to fix and which devices to break?

- Matt