Commit 2e0239d4 authored by Bjorn Helgaas's avatar Bjorn Helgaas

PCI/ASPM: Clarify that pcie_aspm=off means leave ASPM untouched

Previously we claimed "pcie_aspm=off" meant that ASPM would be disabled,
which is wrong.

Correct this to say that with "pcie_aspm=off", Linux doesn't touch any ASPM
configuration at all.  ASPM may have been enabled by firmware, and that
will be left unchanged.  See "aspm_support_enabled".

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240429191821.691726-1-helgaas@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarDavid E. Box <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>
parent 4cece764
......@@ -4590,9 +4590,10 @@
norid [S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
one PCI domain per PCI function
pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or ignore PCIe Active State Power
Management.
off Disable ASPM.
off Don't touch ASPM configuration at all. Leave any
configuration done by firmware unchanged.
force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
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