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Jetson Customize Pcie

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Per-controller PCIe enable / disable / lanes / link-speed for a Jetson Thor or Orin custom carrier via ODMDATA + kernel-DT overlay. Do NOT use for UPHY lane allocation or endpoint-mode bring-up.
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This skill manages the per-controller configuration for PCIe on Jetson Thor and Orin platforms. It operates by generating kernel-DT overlay fragments to define controller status, lane width, and link speed. It ensures consistency between the kernel device tree and the BPMP-side ODMDATA settings, which are managed by the sibling jetson-customize-uphy skill. The process involves topology analysis, pin verification against carrier schematics, and the generation of overlay commits for the BSP source repository.

What it does

  • Analyzes PCIe topology differences between reference devkits and custom carriers.
  • Verifies required PCIe sideband signals (CLKREQ, RST) against carrier pinmaps and schematics.
  • Generates kernel-DT overlay fragments to enable or configure PCIe controllers.
  • Performs consistency checks between kernel-DT overlays and ODMDATA settings.
  • Maintains a run-state JSON sidecar to track configuration history.
  • Integrates with the broader BSP customization workflow for Jetson platforms.

When to use it

  • When configuring PCIe controllers on a custom Jetson carrier board.
  • When a PCIe slot or M.2 receptacle fails to enumerate after flashing.
  • When PCIe links train at incorrect widths or speeds.
  • After running jetson-customize-uphy to reallocate lanes across controllers.

Advantages

  • Ensures hardware-software alignment through schematic and pinmap verification.
  • Prevents configuration drift by cross-checking ODMDATA and kernel-DT settings.
  • Automates the creation of complex kernel-DT overlay fragments.
  • Provides a structured, repeatable workflow for custom carrier bring-up.

Usage examples

“Configure PCIe controller C3 for my custom Orin carrier.”
The agent will analyze the current UPHY state, verify the carrier pinmap for C3, and generate the necessary kernel-DT overlay fragment to enable the controller.
“My M.2 slot is training at x1 speed instead of x4, please fix it.”
The agent will compare the current kernel-DT configuration against the carrier schematic and UPHY allocation, then update the overlay to set the correct lane width.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/nvidia/jetson-customize-pcie/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip jetson-customize-pcie.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Jetson Team

Customize PCIe (per-controller status / lanes / speed)

Overview

PCIe on Tegra264 (Thor, [email protected]) and Tegra234 (Orin, [email protected]) is split across multiple controllers that share the UPHY lane pool with USB3 / MGBE / UFS. Each controller's runtime behavior is determined by two surfaces, both required:

SurfaceTargetAuthoritative for
ODMDATA pcie@N_status=… (+ pcie@N_max-link-speed, pcie@N_pcie-mode, pcie@N_clk-scheme, pcie-cN-endpoint-enable)/pcie/pcie@N in BPMP DTBUPHY lane power, refclk gating, controller-side power rails
Kernel-DT overlay on &pcieN/bus@0/pcie@<addr> in kernel DTBKernel probe, lane width, link speed, RC/EP mode

Skipping the kernel overlay on a disable lets the kernel probe a powered-down PHY (link timeouts in dmesg). Skipping the ODMDATA token on a disable leaves BPMP holding the PHY hot.

Agentic, not table-driven — no controller table, no questions.json. Every controller, lane width, schematic-routed receptacle, and authoritative DT node address is discovered at runtime from the docs + DTB + carrier pinmap.

The output is a kernel-DT overlay commit only. Per-controller fragment@N blocks are appended to the composite custom overlay .dts per ../../references/bsp-customization-kernel-dtb.md and committed to the bsp_sources/ hardware repo. /jetson-build-source compiles the composite to .dtbo and owns its Makefile + flash-conf registration.

This skill MUST NOT edit ODMDATA="...". All ODMDATA tokens (pcie@N_status=…, pcie@N_max-link-speed, pcie@N_pcie-mode, pcie@N_clk-scheme, pcie-cN-endpoint-enable, plus the uphyX-config-N surface tokens and UPHY_CONFIG="" clear) are emitted by /jetson-customize-uphy in a single atomic commit on the carrier flash-conf fork. The allocation table this skill consumes from the UPHY sidecar already tells the operator which controllers are okay / disabled / per-lane sized; this skill only translates that table into kernel-DT overlay fragments and verifies that the overlay agrees with the ODMDATA already committed by customize-uphy (consistency check in Step 8 — disagreement is reported, not silently fixed).

When to invoke

  • The user says "configure PCIe", "enable PCIe controller", "set PCIe num-lanes", "change PCIe link speed", or asks to flip a pcie@N_status token.

  • A specific PCIe slot or M.2 receptacle doesn't enumerate after flash, OR the link trains at the wrong width / speed.

  • jetson-customize-uphy ran and re-allocated lanes across PCIe controllers (e.g. switched from uphy0-config-7 to uphy0-config-6 enabling PCIe C3); the per-controller side now needs to be brought up.

  • jetson-customize-mgbe reports the QSFP path is wired but the kernel doesn't probe its PCIe-side companion (rare; XFI configurations).

Prerequisites:

  • Active profile with reference_devkit: + custom_carrier: blocks.

  • <source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/.git exists (/jetson-init-source).

  • /jetson-derive-carrier has run — carrier flash-conf fork is in the overlay tracker.

  • /jetson-customize-uphy has run — its JSON sidecar at <workspace>/target-platform/<profile-stem>.jetson-customize-uphy.json drives the per-controller enable decision.

  • Source-of-truth docs registered or supplied at prompt: Adaptation Guide, Module Design Guide, SoC TRM.

  • When custom_carrier: is present, both documents.custom_carrier_schematic AND documents.custom_carrier_pinmux_xls are REQUIRED. Refuse the run if either is missing — routing on a custom carrier cannot be guessed. Reference-devkit-only profiles skip this check.

  • dtc on PATH.

Procedure (summary)

Full step-by-step walkthrough lives in references/procedure.md. High-level flow:

  1. Resolve active target + open source-of-truth documents (incl. <carrier-pinmap>, <ref-dtb>, <uphy-state>). Refuse if <uphy-state> is missing.

  2. Diff PCIe topology — devkit vs custom carrier — by decompiling <ref-dtb> and grepping the schematic for PEX<N>_* net labels.

  3. AskUserQuestion (multiSelect) — which controllers to customize.

  4. Per-controller verification: pinmap + schematic + pin_verifier.py for PE<N>_CLKREQ_L, PE<N>_RST_L, optional PE<N>_WAKE_L.

  5. Auto-derive per-controller plan (enable from <uphy-state>, lanes / speed from Adaptation Guide, mode hard-pinned to "rc") → mandatory confirm-or-customize gate.

  6. Append per-controller fragment@N blocks (marker /* custom-bsp: pcie:pcie@<addr> */) to the composite custom overlay .dts in bsp_sources/. Pre-flight dtc + fdtoverlay. Commit via the workflow's preview gate. Do not edit ODMDATA — /jetson-customize-uphy already emitted pcie@N_status=…, pcie@N_max-link-speed, pcie@N_pcie-mode, pcie@N_clk-scheme, and pcie-cN-endpoint-enable in its single atomic ODMDATA commit. This skill only translates the per-controller plan into kernel-DT overlay fragments.

  7. (Step folded into Step 6 — overlay-only emission.)

  8. Cross-check ODMDATA vs overlay consistency. On a contradictory row, stop and ask the user how to recover the two commits. Never run git reset --hard autonomously.

  9. Write run-state JSON sidecar at <workspace>/target-platform/<profile-stem>.jetson-customize-pcie.json

    • summary, then drive the downstream next-step chain via sequential AskUserQuestion prompts per references/procedure.md Step 9. Never substitute a printed "Next step: …" line for the prompts.

Limitations

  • Mode hard-pinned to RC. Endpoint mode is only emitted when the operator passes mode_override="ep" in Step 5c.

  • enable is derived, not asked. UPHY-allocated controllers are mandatorily okay; non-allocated are mandatorily disabled.

  • No upstream BSP edits. Output lands in Linux_for_Tegra/ + bsp_sources/ only.

  • Pre-flight overlay merge is a sanity check, not the production build. /jetson-build-source is authoritative.

  • Flash-conf overlay registration is out of scope. Owned by /jetson-build-source Step 5.0a.

Troubleshooting

  • <uphy-state> missing → run /jetson-customize-uphy first.

  • Slot doesn't enumerate after flash → check dmesg | grep pcie; re-verify ODMDATA pcie@<N>_status=okay and the overlay fragment agree (Step 8 table in references/procedure.md).

  • Link trains at wrong width → confirm UPHY config in <uphy-state> allocates the expected lane count; the kernel fragment's num-lanes must match.

  • compatible mismatch → fix the composite root, not the fragment. UEFI plugin-manager silently skips on mismatch.

  • Contradictory ODMDATA-vs-overlay row → ask the user; do not auto-git reset --hard. See gotchas.

  • Common pitfalls — see references/gotchas.md (RC pinning, node- address sourcing, stock-disabled controllers, intra-file handoff with jetson-customize-uphy).

References

  • references/procedure.md — full nine- step procedure (topology diff, plan derivation, overlay append, ODMDATA cross-check, sidecar).

  • references/gotchas.md — failure modes

    • invariants (RC pinning, address sourcing, BPMP handoff).

  • ../../scripts/pin_verifier.py — shared HSIO pin verifier (Step 4).

  • ../../references/platform_template.yaml — documents: block consumed by Step 1.

  • ../../context/bsp-customization-workflow.md — overlay edit protocol + commit message preview gate.

  • ../../references/bsp-customization-kernel-dtb.md — composite overlay filename / skeleton / append protocol.

  • ../jetson-customize-uphy/SKILL.md — sibling skill that owns UPHY lane allocation; its sidecar drives the per-controller enable decision.

  • ../jetson-customize-pinmux/SKILL.md — sibling skill invoked by Step 4 (with operator confirmation) to fix HSIO pin SFIO mismatches.

  • ../jetson-customize-mgbe/SKILL.md — sibling for MGBE controllers; shares the two-surface (ODMDATA

    • overlay) pattern.

  • ../jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md — must run first; produces the carrier flash-conf fork edited in Step 6.

  • ../jetson-init-source/SKILL.md — produces the overlay tracker + bsp_sources repo this skill commits into.

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