Re: [3.16-rcX][pciehp][radeon] PCIe HotPlug conflicts with radeon GPU

[Shawn Starr]

On September 11, 2014 04:26:21 PM Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [+cc linux-pci]
> 
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Shawn Starr <shawn.starr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello devs,
> > 
> > There are two issues I am encountering with the PCIe Hotplug driver on my
> > Lenovo Laptop (W500). I note this goes back further than 3.15.
> > 
> > It is noted here:
> > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=
> > f244d8b623dae7a7bc695b0336f67729b95a9736
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79701
> > 
> > And my open bug here:
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77261
> > 
> > 1) If I enable the device to use both the integrated and discrete GPU,
> > pciehp will decide to force unload radeon because it puts itself into a
> > power saving state, fails back to the Intel integrated GPU in this case
> > unless I tell radeon.ko to runpm=0 (no power management, then pciehp wont
> > touch it).
> > 
> > 2) If the Radeon GPU resets and you use pci_reset=1 for kernel module
> > option, pciehp decides to force unload radeon even though the GPU is
> > trying to setup after failing.
> > 
> > Kernel I am using right now: 3.16.0-0.rc7.git3.1.fc21.x86_64 (about to
> > boot into snapshot kernel-core-3.16.0-0.rc7.git4.1.fc21.x86_64)
> Hi Shawn,
> 
> Thanks for the report and sorry that it got dropped.  But I see you're
> cc'd on https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79701, so you've
> probably seen the work there.  If you can try out the patches I just
> posted, that would be great.
> 
> Bjorn


Hi Bjorn,

I will be testing this in 3.17-rcX if it hits 3.17, otherwise manually patch 
it in.

Thanks,
Shawn


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