RE: [RFC PATCH] wifi: rtlwifi: disable ASPM for RTL8723BE with subsystem ID 11ad:1723

[Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>]

Mingcong Bai <jeffbai@aosc.io> wrote:

> RTL8723BE found on some ASUSTek laptops, such as F441U and X555UQ with
> subsystem ID 11ad:1723 are known to output large amounts of PCIe AER
> errors during and after boot up, causing heavy lags and at times lock-ups:
> 
>   pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: AER: Correctable error message received from 0000:00:1c.5
>   pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Correctable, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID)
>   pcieport 0000:00:1c.5:   device [8086:9d15] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
>   pcieport 0000:00:1c.5:    [ 0] RxErr
> 
> Disable ASPM on this combo as a quirk.
> 
> This patch is a revision of a previous patch (linked below) which
> attempted to disable ASPM for RTL8723BE on all Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake
> PCIe bridges. I take a more conservative approach as all known reports
> point to ASUSTek laptops of these two generations with this particular
> wireless card.
> 
> Please note, however, before the rtl8723be finishes probing, the AER
> errors remained. After the module finishes probing, all AER errors would
> indeed be eliminated, along with heavy lags, poor network throughput,
> and/or occasional lock-ups.

Let me clarify here means. Do you mean all work well after applying this
patch? Or still lag, poor throughput or lock-ups?

If all symptoms disappear, it would be worth to take this (quirk) patch.