> -----Original Message----- > From: Bernat, Yehezkel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 3:11 PM > To: Limonciello, Mario <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Jamet, Michael > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Levy, Amir (Jer) > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Dominguez, Jared > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; linux- > [email protected] > Subject: RE: [PATCH 00/24] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware > upgrade > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 23:08 > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Jamet, > > Michael <[email protected]>; Bernat, Yehezkel > > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Levy, Amir (Jer) > > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [PATCH 00/24] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware > > upgrade > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mika Westerberg [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 6:37 AM > > > To: Limonciello, Mario <[email protected]> > > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; > > > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > > > [email protected]; [email protected]; Dominguez, Jared > > > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > > linux- > > > [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/24] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware > > upgrade > > > > > > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 11:24:12AM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 05:54:37PM +0000, [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > It happens occasionally when you reboot the machine when a device > > is > > > > > > connected but seems to be dependent on the BIOS version. Since it is > > the > > > > > > BIOS who is supposed to enumerated these devices, I suspect that it > > is > > > > > > either problem in BIOS or our PCI enumeration code does something > > wrong. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm fairly certain it's an issue somewhere with Linux PCI > > > > > enumeration. I > > took > > > > > the exact same HW and switched it out the SSD to one w/ Win10 1607. > > > > > I set the dock and cable to "always allow" in TBT settings applet. > > > > > > > > > > I don't reproduce any problems with enumeration with the dock > > plugged in > > > > > on cold boot. All the devices hanging off the bridge show up > > > > > properly. > > > > > > > > You mean in Windows you don't reproduce the problem, right? Even > > when > > > > you reboot the machine with devices connected. > > > > > > > > I tried on Intel Skull Canyon NUC so that I disabled the thunderbolt > > > > driver and after reboot (warm) I can see the PCI scan error about bus > > > > being partially hidden behind a bridge. > > > > > > > > When this happens PCIe ports of the thunderbolt device/host seem to > > be > > > > unconfigured and Linux then decides to reconfigure them which leads to > > > > the problem. When it works we get ACPI hotplug event to the PCIe root > > > > port and the PCIe upstream/downstream ports are properly configured > > by > > > > the BIOS. > > > > > > > > I guess Windows does something differently here than what we do when > > PCI > > > > devices are enumerated. > > > > > > We discussed this with our BIOS/firmware people and there was a > > firmware > > > bug that caused many issues around hotplug and reboot flows. Is is > > > possible for you to try with the latest BIOS and see if the issue > > > reproduces (or are you already running the latest)? > > > > I was 1 version behind, but I double checked with the latest version > > (1.1.15) > > and the same behavior exists on Linux (still works properly on Win10). > > > > If you have some more details about what the FW guys changed, I can check > > with my Dell FW team if they've picked up the same fix. I'm guessing it's > > not > > the same problem though considering it works properly on Win10? > > What about the TBT NVM version? > NVM 16 sounds a bit old to me.
16 is the latest available for the XPS 9350. I'd guess it's got to do with the stepping of AR, but I don't know for sure.
