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From: keith.busch@intel.com (Keith Busch)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 21:03:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Problems writing to intel P3700 NVMe drive
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Perhaps not a desirable/permanent solution, but for everyone's benefit,
we can work-around the problem with kernel parameter:

   pci=pcie_bus_safe

Using 'pcie_bus_perf' instead may also work, though your original
solution of just using x86 sounded perfectly reasonable to me. :)

On Thu, 28 May 2015, Pavilion Storage wrote:
> Thanks to Keith Busch for the providing the clues.
> The problem was that the PCIe MPSS on the drive and the CPU root
> complex did not match and that caused a problem. Setting it to a
> common value fixed the problem.
> Kishore