[PATCH v2 1/4] PCI: rockchip: limit RK3399 to 2.5 GT/s to prevent damage

[Anand Moon]

Hi Dragan,

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 at 18:25, Dragan Simic <dsimic at manjaro.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Anand,
>
> On Wednesday, December 24, 2025 09:04 CET, Anand Moon <linux.amoon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 at 11:08, Geraldo Nascimento
> > <geraldogabriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM Anand Moon <linux.amoon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 at 03:17, Geraldo Nascimento
> > > > <geraldogabriel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Shawn Lin from Rockchip has reiterated that there may be danger in using
> > > > > their PCIe with 5.0 GT/s speeds. Warn the user if they make a DT change
> > > > > from the default and drive at 2.5 GT/s only, even if the DT
> > > > > max-link-speed property is invalid or inexistent.
> > > > >
> > > > > This change is corroborated by RK3399 official datasheet [1], which
> > > > > says maximum link speed for this platform is 2.5 GT/s.
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://opensource.rock-chips.com/images/d/d7/Rockchip_RK3399_Datasheet_V2.1-20200323.pdf
> > > > >
> > > > To accurately determine the operating speed, we can leverage the
> > > > PCIE_CLIENT_BASIC_STATUS0/1 fields.
> > > > This provides a dynamic mechanism to resolve the issue.
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip-ep.c#L533-L595
> > >
> > > not to put you down but I think your approach adds unnecessary complexity.
> > >
> > > All I care really is that the Kernel Project isn't blamed in the
> > > future if someone happens to lose their data.
> > >
> > Allow the hardware to negotiate the link speed based on the
> > available number of lanes.
> > I don’t anticipate any data loss, since PCIe will automatically
> > configure the device speed with link training..
>
> Please, note that this isn't about performing auto negotiation
> and following its results, but about "artificially" limiting the
> PCIe link speed to 2.5 GT/s on RK3399, because it's well known
> by Rockchip that 5 GT/s on RK3399's PCIe interface may cause
> issues and data corruption in certain corner cases.
>
It’s possible the link speed wasn’t properly tuned. On my older
development board,
which supports this configuration, I haven’t observed any data loss.

sudo lspci -vvv | grep Speed
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L1, Exit
Latency L1 <8us
                LnkSta: Speed 5GT/s, Width x1
                LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
                LnkCap: Port #1, Speed 5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1,
Exit Latency L0s unlimited, L1 <2us
                LnkSta: Speed 5GT/s, Width x1
                LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-

Thanks
-Anand