Re: [Intel-wired-lan] Opportunistic S0ix blocked by e1000e when ethernet is in use

2019-06-25 Thread Kai Heng Feng

at 6:25 PM, Neftin, Sasha  wrote:


On 6/24/2019 18:06, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:

at 19:56, Neftin, Sasha  wrote:

[Snipped]
Current HW have a limitation. Please, try follow workaround on your  
platform: echo 3 > /sys/kernel/debug/pmc_core/ltr_ignore


Yes, this does the trick.

On 4.15 based kernel I can see the SoC enters PC10 but SLP_S0 is not  
asserted.


On mainline kernel the SoC, PC10 is hit and SLP_S0 is asserted. Once SLP_S0  
is asserted the SSH connection becomes really sluggish.



>> S0ix support is under discussion with our architecture. We will try

enable S0ix in our e1000e OOT driver as first step.
Is it possible to add Dynamic LTR as an option so users and downstream  
distros can still benefit from it?
As I said before, this is not a stable solution. No guarantee that HW  
will work as properly.


Can you describe the symptom of "HW will work as properly”? Is this the  
sluggish connection I observed?


Kai-Heng


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Re: [Intel-wired-lan] Opportunistic S0ix blocked by e1000e when ethernet is in use

2019-06-25 Thread Neftin, Sasha

On 6/24/2019 18:06, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:

at 19:56, Neftin, Sasha  wrote:


On 6/24/2019 10:03, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:

Hi Jeffrey,
at 19:08, Kai-Heng Feng  wrote:

Hi Jeffrey,

There are several platforms that uses e1000e can’t enter 
Opportunistic S0ix (PC10) when the ethernet has a link partner.


This behavior also exits in out-of-tree e1000e driver 3.4.2.1, but 
seems like 3.4.2.3 fixes the issue.


A quick diff between the two versions shows that this code section 
may be our solution:


    /* Read from EXTCNF_CTRL in e1000_acquire_swflag_ich8lan 
function

 * may occur during global reset and cause system hang.
 * Configuration space access creates the needed delay.
 * Write to E1000_STRAP RO register 
E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER value
 * insures configuration space read is done before global 
reset.

 */
    pci_read_config_word(hw->adapter->pdev, 
E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER,

 &pci_cfg);
    ew32(STRAP, pci_cfg);
    e_dbg("Issuing a global reset to ich8lan\n");
    ew32(CTRL, (ctrl | E1000_CTRL_RST));
    /* cannot issue a flush here because it hangs the hardware */
    msleep(20);

    /* Configuration space access improve HW level time sync 
mechanism.
 * Write to E1000_STRAP RO register 
E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER

 * value to insure configuration space read is done
 * before any access to mac register.
 */
    pci_read_config_word(hw->adapter->pdev, 
E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER,

 &pci_cfg);
    ew32(STRAP, pci_cfg);
Turns out the "extra sauce” is not this part, it’s called “Dynamic 
LTR support”.

>>

Is there any plan to support this in the upstream kernel?

Is there any plan to support Dynamic LTR in upstream e1000e?
Dynamic LTR is not stable solution. So, we can not put this solution 
to upstream. I hope we will be able to fix this in HW for a future 
projects.


Does this mean current generation hardware won’t get the fix?
Current HW have a limitation. Please, try follow workaround on your 
platform: echo 3 > /sys/kernel/debug/pmc_core/ltr_ignore

>> S0ix support is under discussion with our architecture. We will try

enable S0ix in our e1000e OOT driver as first step.


Is it possible to add Dynamic LTR as an option so users and downstream 
distros can still benefit from it?
As I said before, this is not a stable solution. No guarantee that HW 
will work as properly.


Kai-Heng


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Re: [Intel-wired-lan] Opportunistic S0ix blocked by e1000e when ethernet is in use

2019-06-24 Thread Kai-Heng Feng

at 19:56, Neftin, Sasha  wrote:


On 6/24/2019 10:03, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:

Hi Jeffrey,
at 19:08, Kai-Heng Feng  wrote:

Hi Jeffrey,

There are several platforms that uses e1000e can’t enter Opportunistic  
S0ix (PC10) when the ethernet has a link partner.


This behavior also exits in out-of-tree e1000e driver 3.4.2.1, but  
seems like 3.4.2.3 fixes the issue.


A quick diff between the two versions shows that this code section may  
be our solution:


/* Read from EXTCNF_CTRL in e1000_acquire_swflag_ich8lan function
 * may occur during global reset and cause system hang.
 * Configuration space access creates the needed delay.
 * Write to E1000_STRAP RO register E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER value
 * insures configuration space read is done before global reset.
 */
pci_read_config_word(hw->adapter->pdev, E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER,
 &pci_cfg);
ew32(STRAP, pci_cfg);
e_dbg("Issuing a global reset to ich8lan\n");
ew32(CTRL, (ctrl | E1000_CTRL_RST));
/* cannot issue a flush here because it hangs the hardware */
msleep(20);

/* Configuration space access improve HW level time sync mechanism.
 * Write to E1000_STRAP RO register E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER
 * value to insure configuration space read is done
 * before any access to mac register.
 */
pci_read_config_word(hw->adapter->pdev, E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER,
 &pci_cfg);
ew32(STRAP, pci_cfg);
Turns out the "extra sauce” is not this part, it’s called “Dynamic LTR  
support”.

>>

Is there any plan to support this in the upstream kernel?

Is there any plan to support Dynamic LTR in upstream e1000e?
Dynamic LTR is not stable solution. So, we can not put this solution to  
upstream. I hope we will be able to fix this in HW for a future projects.


Does this mean current generation hardware won’t get the fix?

S0ix support is under discussion with our architecture. We will try  
enable S0ix in our e1000e OOT driver as first step.


Is it possible to add Dynamic LTR as an option so users and downstream  
distros can still benefit from it?


Kai-Heng


Kai-Heng

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Thanks
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Re: [Intel-wired-lan] Opportunistic S0ix blocked by e1000e when ethernet is in use

2019-06-24 Thread Neftin, Sasha

On 6/24/2019 10:03, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:

Hi Jeffrey,

at 19:08, Kai-Heng Feng  wrote:


Hi Jeffrey,

There are several platforms that uses e1000e can’t enter Opportunistic 
S0ix (PC10) when the ethernet has a link partner.


This behavior also exits in out-of-tree e1000e driver 3.4.2.1, but 
seems like 3.4.2.3 fixes the issue.


A quick diff between the two versions shows that this code section may 
be our solution:


    /* Read from EXTCNF_CTRL in e1000_acquire_swflag_ich8lan function
 * may occur during global reset and cause system hang.
 * Configuration space access creates the needed delay.
 * Write to E1000_STRAP RO register 
E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER value

 * insures configuration space read is done before global reset.
 */
    pci_read_config_word(hw->adapter->pdev, 
E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER,

 &pci_cfg);
    ew32(STRAP, pci_cfg);
    e_dbg("Issuing a global reset to ich8lan\n");
    ew32(CTRL, (ctrl | E1000_CTRL_RST));
    /* cannot issue a flush here because it hangs the hardware */
    msleep(20);

    /* Configuration space access improve HW level time sync 
mechanism.

 * Write to E1000_STRAP RO register E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER
 * value to insure configuration space read is done
 * before any access to mac register.
 */
    pci_read_config_word(hw->adapter->pdev, 
E1000_PCI_VENDOR_ID_REGISTER,

 &pci_cfg);
    ew32(STRAP, pci_cfg);


Turns out the "extra sauce” is not this part, it’s called “Dynamic LTR 
support”.

>>

Is there any plan to support this in the upstream kernel?


Is there any plan to support Dynamic LTR in upstream e1000e?

Dynamic LTR is not stable solution. So, we can not put this solution to 
upstream. I hope we will be able to fix this in HW for a future projects.
S0ix support is under discussion with our architecture. We will try 
enable S0ix in our e1000e OOT driver as first step.

Kai-Heng



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