Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: imx6: Keep i.MX6Q Root Port MSI capability with iMSI-RX to work around hardware bug

From: Soeren Moch

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 04:20:53 EST


On 17.07.26 05:32, hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Soeren Moch <smoch@xxxxxx>

On some NXP chipsets, disabling Root Port MSI/MSI-X Capabilities blocks
MSIs originating from Endpoints from reaching the iMSI-RX controller.

To address this hardware bug, commit 3a4e8302e72f ("PCI: imx6: Keep Root
Port MSI capability with iMSI-RX to work around hardware bug") preserves
Root Port MSI and MSI-X Capabilities on i.MX7D, i.MX8MM, and i.MX8MQ
when iMSI-RX is in use.

The same applies to i.MX6Q, i.MX6QP and i.MX6SX. So preserve Root Port
MSI/MSI-X Capabilities there as well.

Note that preserving these Capabilities means Root Port-originated MSIs
such as AER and PME won't be received due to separate hardware limitations.
Users may need to use workarounds such as passing the 'pcie_pme=nomsi'
command-line parameter.

Fixes: f5cd8a929c825 ("PCI: dwc: Remove MSI/MSIX capability for Root Port if iMSI-RX is used as MSI controller")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 7.0+
Signed-off-by: Soeren Moch <smoch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
changes in v3:
- Extend the fix to i.MX6QP and i.MX6SX variants as well.
- Update the commit descriptions suggested by Bjorn.
Thanks Richard for checking 6QP and 6SX platforms and extending the fix for them.

Soeren

changes in v2:
- collect a-b and r-b tags
- use correct fixes tag (Manivannan)
(reference commit that introduced the bug, not the incomplete fix)
---
drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
index 98e1db751132a..dba27eac6bff6 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
@@ -1995,7 +1995,8 @@ static const struct imx_pcie_drvdata drvdata[] = {
.flags = IMX_PCIE_FLAG_IMX_PHY |
IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SPEED_CHANGE_WORKAROUND |
IMX_PCIE_FLAG_BROKEN_SUSPEND |
- IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND,
+ IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND |
+ IMX_PCIE_FLAG_KEEP_MSI_CAP,
.dbi_length = 0x200,
.gpr = "fsl,imx6q-iomuxc-gpr",
.ltssm_off = IOMUXC_GPR12,
@@ -2011,7 +2012,8 @@ static const struct imx_pcie_drvdata drvdata[] = {
.flags = IMX_PCIE_FLAG_IMX_PHY |
IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SPEED_CHANGE_WORKAROUND |
IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SKIP_L23_READY |
- IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND,
+ IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND |
+ IMX_PCIE_FLAG_KEEP_MSI_CAP,
.gpr = "fsl,imx6q-iomuxc-gpr",
.ltssm_off = IOMUXC_GPR12,
.ltssm_mask = IMX6Q_GPR12_PCIE_CTL_2,
@@ -2026,7 +2028,8 @@ static const struct imx_pcie_drvdata drvdata[] = {
.flags = IMX_PCIE_FLAG_IMX_PHY |
IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SPEED_CHANGE_WORKAROUND |
IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SKIP_L23_READY |
- IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND,
+ IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND |
+ IMX_PCIE_FLAG_KEEP_MSI_CAP,
.dbi_length = 0x200,
.gpr = "fsl,imx6q-iomuxc-gpr",
.ltssm_off = IOMUXC_GPR12,