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Date:   Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:05:51 +0300
From:   "Ruinskiy, Dima" <dima.ruinskiy@...el.com>
To:     Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>,
        Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@...el.com>
CC:     Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "AceLan Kao" <acelan.kao@...onical.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "moderated list:INTEL ETHERNET DRIVERS" 
        <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <devora.fuxbrumer@...el.com>, <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/3] e1000e: Make mei_me active when
 e1000e is in use

On 14/07/2021 9:28, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
>> I do not know how MEI driver affect 1Gbe driver - so, I would suggest to
>> involve our CSME engineer (alexander.usyskin@...el.com) and try to
>> investigate this problem.
>> Does this problem observed on Dell systems? As I heard no reproduction
>> on Intel's RVP platform.
>> Another question: does disable mei_me runpm solve your problem?
> 
> Yes, disabling runpm on mei_me can workaround the issue, and that's
> essentially what this patch does by adding DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME |
> DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE flag.
> 
> Kai-Heng
Hi, Kai-Heng,

If the goal of the patch is to essentially disable runpm on mei_me, then 
why is the patch touching code in the e1000e driver?

I agree with Sasha Neftin; it seems like the wrong location, and the 
wrong way to do it, even if it currently works. We need to understand 
what causes runpm of mei_me to adversely affect LAN Rx, and for this we 
need the involvement of mei_me owners.

--Dima
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