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

[Anand Moon]

Hi Geraldo,

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

Thanks
-Anand

> Fixes: 956cd99b35a8 ("PCI: rockchip: Separate common code from RC driver")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ffd05070-9879-4468-94e3-b88968b4c21b@rock-chips.com/
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic at manjaro.org>
> Reported-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin at rock-chips.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic at manjaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Geraldo Nascimento <geraldogabriel at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
> index 0f88da378805..992ccf4b139e 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
> @@ -66,8 +66,14 @@ int rockchip_pcie_parse_dt(struct rockchip_pcie *rockchip)
>         }
>
>         rockchip->link_gen = of_pci_get_max_link_speed(node);
> -       if (rockchip->link_gen < 0 || rockchip->link_gen > 2)
> -               rockchip->link_gen = 2;
> +       if (rockchip->link_gen < 0 || rockchip->link_gen > 2) {
> +               rockchip->link_gen = 1;
> +               dev_warn(dev, "invalid max-link-speed, set to 2.5 GT/s\n");
> +       }
> +       else if (rockchip->link_gen == 2) {
> +               rockchip->link_gen = 1;
> +               dev_warn(dev, "5.0 GT/s is dangerous, set to 2.5 GT/s\n");
> +       }
>
>         for (i = 0; i < ROCKCHIP_NUM_PM_RSTS; i++)
>                 rockchip->pm_rsts[i].id = rockchip_pci_pm_rsts[i];
> --
> 2.49.0
>
>