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Dell Vostro 3550: pci_hotplug+acpiphp require 'pcie_aspm=force' on kernel command-line for hotplug to work

Message ID 513F5954.9060701@fold.natur.cuni.cz (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
Delegated to: Bjorn Helgaas
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Martin Mokrejs March 12, 2013, 4:35 p.m. UTC 
Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@fold.natur.cuni.cz> wrote:

> 
> There are three cards on the table now:
> 
>   pci 0000:11:00.0: [1095:3132] SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller
>   pci 0000:11:00.0: [1106:3403] VT6315 Series Firewire Controller
>   pci 0000:11:00.0: [1033:0194] NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host
> Controller
> 

>> My question is. Has the laptop hardwired the ExpressCard slot somehow through USB
>> to the SandyBridge chip?
> 
> An ExpressCard slot (spec at [1]) supports both a PCIe interface and a
> USB interface, so the slot *should* be connected to a USB controller
> as well as to a PCIe root port.  An ExpressCard can contain either a
> PCIe device or a USB device or both.  Section 6.3 of the spec talks
> about ACPI requirements to describe the relationship between the PCIe
> and USB devices.  I'm not sure that Linux pays any attention to this
> in the hotplug paths, so I'm a little worried about this.  (Maybe it
> doesn't need to in the PCIe-aware case; I don't know.)
> 
> It would be interesting to know exactly what devices are on your
> cards.  Assuming they all work when present at boot, you could find
> that by doing a single "lspci -vv" and "lsusb -v" after a boot with an
> empty slot, and doing it again after a boot with a card in the slot.

There is no USB device hidden in the eSATA card (SiI 3132) and
lspci -vvvxxx does not reveal any other device either. I also failed to 
ind any hidden interface in the Firewire card (based on VIA VT6315)
both using lspci -vvvxxx and lsusb -vv and comparing outputs gather
upon coldplug with a card in a slot and an empty slot. I even compared to
states with a hotplugged card.

The only difference I would mention is that acpiphp vs. pciehp give:

-       Physical Slot: 1
+       Physical Slot: 7

for whatever card is placed in the card slot.

Sometimes there is a difference in 

-       Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
+       Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes


-                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ...
+                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, ...


> The difference should be the ExpressCard devices.  I'm sure this is
> buried in your tarball somewhere, but all I want is the info from a
> machine in default configuration -- MediaCard enabled, etc.  Just the
> way a typical user would be using the machine.
> 
> [1] http://www.usb.org/developers/expresscard/EC_specifications/ExpressCard_2_0_FINAL.pdf

I tried to find some differences when I have Enabled (default) or Disables Media
Card Reader in BIOS. Unfortunately I had also disabled Intel WIFI and Bluetooth
via Fn+F2 (there is no BIOS entry for it so I forgot about the hotkey). The wifi
can be seen in lsusb and lspci. The bluetooth ... I don't know, looks btusb driver
is using it.
The MediaCard Reader device appears only in lsusb. If I disable it in BIOS its port
is left powered on. Below, one of the changes is the disabled wifi, the other is
the card reader being gone.

Looks that is all I could add to the whole story.

Martin
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--- eSATA_inserted_coldboot/lsusb_vv_after_HDD_attached.txt     2013-03-11 18:12:05.000000000 +0100
+++ eSATA_hotplug_disabled_Media_card_reader/lsusb_vv.txt       2013-03-11 22:49:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ 
    Port 1: 0000.0100 power
    Port 2: 0000.0100 power
    Port 3: 0000.0100 power
-   Port 4: 0000.0103 power enable connect
+   Port 4: 0000.0100 power
    Port 5: 0000.0503 highspeed power enable connect
    Port 6: 0000.0100 power
 Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ 
    Port 3: 0000.0103 power enable connect
    Port 4: 0000.0100 power
    Port 5: 0000.0100 power
-   Port 6: 0000.0503 highspeed power enable connect
+   Port 6: 0000.0100 power
    Port 7: 0000.0100 power
    Port 8: 0000.0100 power
 Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
@@ -1568,76 +1318,7 @@ 
 Device Status:     0x0000
   (Bus Powered)
 
-Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5138 Card Reader Controller
-Device Descriptor:
-  bLength                18
-  bDescriptorType         1
-  bcdUSB               2.00
-  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
-  bDeviceSubClass         0 
-  bDeviceProtocol         0 
-  bMaxPacketSize0        64
-  idVendor           0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
-  idProduct          0x0138 RTS5138 Card Reader Controller
-  bcdDevice           38.82
-  iManufacturer           1 Generic
-  iProduct                2 USB2.0-CRW
-  iSerial                 3 20090516388200000
-  bNumConfigurations      1
-  Configuration Descriptor:
-    bLength                 9
-    bDescriptorType         2
-    wTotalLength           32
-    bNumInterfaces          1
-    bConfigurationValue     1
-    iConfiguration          4 CARD READER
-    bmAttributes         0xa0
-      (Bus Powered)
-      Remote Wakeup
-    MaxPower              500mA
-    Interface Descriptor:
-      bLength                 9
-      bDescriptorType         4
-      bInterfaceNumber        0
-      bAlternateSetting       0
-      bNumEndpoints           2
-      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
-      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
-      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk-Only
-      iInterface              5 Bulk-In, Bulk-Out, Interface
-      Endpoint Descriptor:
-        bLength                 7
-        bDescriptorType         5
-        bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
-        bmAttributes            2
-          Transfer Type            Bulk
-          Synch Type               None
-          Usage Type               Data
-        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
-        bInterval               0
-      Endpoint Descriptor:
-        bLength                 7
-        bDescriptorType         5
-        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
-        bmAttributes            2
-          Transfer Type            Bulk
-          Synch Type               None
-          Usage Type               Data
-        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
-        bInterval               0
-Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
-  bLength                10
-  bDescriptorType         6
-  bcdUSB               2.00
-  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
-  bDeviceSubClass         0 
-  bDeviceProtocol         0 
-  bMaxPacketSize0        64
-  bNumConfigurations      1
-Device Status:     0x0000
-  (Bus Powered)
-
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