linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 2/2] PCI: qcom: Add X1E80100 PCIe support

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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:09:30 +0530
From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@...aro.org>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
	Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 2/2] PCI: qcom: Add X1E80100 PCIe support

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:00:40PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:25:06PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 04:41:20PM +0200, Abel Vesa wrote:
> > > Add the compatible and the driver data for X1E80100.
> > 
> > If you happen to respin the series, please add info about the PCIe controller
> > found on this SoC. Like IP version, Gen speed, max. link width etc...
> 
> FWIW, I always prefer actual speeds, e.g., "8 GT/s", instead of things
> like "Gen3", for the reason mentioned in the spec:
> 
>   Terms like "PCIe Gen3" are ambiguous and should be avoided. For
>   example, "gen3" could mean (1) compliant with Base 3.0, (2)
>   compliant with Base 3.1 (last revision of 3.x), (3) compliant with
>   Base 3.0 and supporting 8.0 GT/s, (4) compliant with Base 3.0 or
>   later and supporting 8.0 GT/s, ....
> 

Makes sense. Will keep a note of it, thanks!

- Mani

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