PCIe troubleshooting grid

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Some typical issues related to the PCIe feature are listed below. Solutions or debugging methods are proposed for these issues.

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Symptom

Resolution

lspci doesn't show device. Device not enumerated

A possible issue is that the common reference clock is not started, check that the clkreq# sideband signal correctly toggles to low.

If it remains high, which indicates a non-conformant connection, force the GPIO to low in the device tree pcie_rc node:

&pcie_rc { 
-       pinctrl-names = "default", "init", "sleep"; 
-       pinctrl-0 = <&pcie_pins_a>; 
-       pinctrl-1 = <&pcie_init_pins_a>; 
-       pinctrl-2 = <&pcie_sleep_pins_a>; 
+       pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep"; 
+       pinctrl-0 = <&pcie_init_pins_a>; 
+       pinctrl-1 = <&pcie_sleep_pins_a>;

Information

by forcing the clkreq# to low, the host PCIe controller will not be able to enter in low power L1.1 substate if ASPM powersafe mode is enabled