[RFC] PCI: pci-imx6: Add delay to workaround kernel hang

[Marek Vasut]

On Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 08:51:48 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 04:18:27PM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> > From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
> > 
> > When the mx6 PCI conctroller is initialized in the bootloader we see a
> > kernel hang inside imx6_add_pcie_port().
> > 
> > Adding a 30ms delay allows the kernel to boot.
> 
> Just my thought on how to debug that: I'd try to bisect the pci init
> routine in the boot loader. I.e. first only do the first half of the
> initialisation in U-Boot. Depending on Linux being able to boot or not
> initialize more or less on the next run.
> 
> Maybe there is a single register write that makes Linux fail?!

I am still hell-bent on thinking that the missing PCIe block reset is what makes 
the Linux fail. Missing block reset is always a problem. Or do we now have a 
mean to reset the PCIe block and it's PHY from software?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut