Re: [PATCH] PCI: imx6: Keep Root Port MSI capability also for i.MX6Q

[Soeren Moch]

On 19.09.26 01:00, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [+cc Thorsten, possible regzbot confusion?]
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 01:58:04PM +0200, Soeren Moch wrote:
> > Also on the NXP i.MX6Q chipset MSIs from the endpoints won't be received by
> > the iMSI-RX MSI controller if the Root Port MSI capability is disabled.
> >
> > Even though the Root Port MSIs won't be received by the iMSI-RX controller
> > due to design, this chipset has some weird hardware bug that prevents
> > the endpoint MSIs from reaching when the Root Port MSI capability is
> > disabled.
> >
> > Hence, always keep the Root Port MSI capability for this chipset.
> >
> > Note that by keeping Root Port MSI capability, Root Port MSIs such as AER,
> > PME and others won't be received by default. So users need to use
> > workarounds such as passing 'pcie_pme=nomsi' cmdline param.
> >
> > Fixes: 3a4e8302e72f ("PCI: imx6: Keep Root Port MSI capability with iMSI-RX to work around hardware bug")
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 7.0.x
> > Signed-off-by: Soeren Moch <smoch@xxxxxx>
> This thread is still listed as a regression:
> https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/regzbot/regression/lore/20260427115804.134231-1-smoch@xxxxxx/
>
> But I *think* it's been resolved by:
>
>    b4bee12ebecc ("PCI: imx6: Keep i.MX6 Root Port MSI/MSI-X Capabilities with iMSI-RX to work around hardware bug")
>
> Can you confirm?

It was fixed for 7.2.0, in 7.2.5 I saw a similar (?) problem again, in 
7.2.8 this is (finally?) fixed. I did not test the stable versions in 
between.

So I can confirm this is fixed, yes.

Thanks,
Soeren
> Maybe regzbot is confused by the fact that the regression was first
> attributed to 3a4e8302e72f, and then later attributed to
> f5cd8a929c825?
>
> > ---
> > Cc: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: imx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Tested on a tbs2910 board [1]
> > [1] arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tbs2910.dts
> > ---
> >   drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c | 3 ++-
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> > index 6d6a1688e7eb..3d461bdef967 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> > @@ -1865,7 +1865,8 @@ 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,
> > --
> > 2.43.0