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[Boris]

I tested it again with the Ubuntu image from ARMBIAN (ARMBIAN 5.32.170626 nightly Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS 4.4.73-mvebu64). The behavior remains the same.

BCM4313:

[ 2.422240] PCI host bridge /soc/pcie@d0070000 ranges:
[ 2.427321] MEM 0xe8000000..0xe8ffffff -> 0xe8000000
[ 2.432532] IO 0xe9000000..0xe900ffff -> 0xe9000000
[ 2.537994] advk-pcie d0070000.pcie: link up
[ 2.542146] advk-pcie d0070000.pcie: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[ 2.548911] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
[ 2.554514] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xe8000000-0xe8ffffff]
[ 2.561713] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000-0xffff] (bus address [0xe9000000-0xe900ffff])
[ 2.571993] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xe8000000-0xe8003fff 64bit]
…
~$ lspci
00:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

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Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx:

[ 2.410950] PCI host bridge /soc/pcie@d0070000 ranges:
[ 2.416302] MEM 0xe8000000..0xe8ffffff -> 0xe8000000
[ 2.421271] IO 0xe9000000..0xe900ffff -> 0xe9000000
[ 2.526635] advk-pcie d0070000.pcie: link up
[ 2.530794] advk-pcie d0070000.pcie: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[ 2.537195] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
[ 2.543220] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xe8000000-0xe8ffffff]
[ 2.550170] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000-0xffff] (bus address [0xe9000000-0xe900ffff])
…
$ lspci
00:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

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ath10k (I have four different cards with this chipset):

[ 2.399443] PCI host bridge /soc/pcie@d0070000 ranges:
[ 2.404527] MEM 0xe8000000..0xe8ffffff -> 0xe8000000
[ 2.409736] IO 0xe9000000..0xe900ffff -> 0xe9000000
[ 3.412441] advk-pcie d0070000.pcie: link never came up
[ 3.417687] advk-pcie d0070000.pcie: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[ 3.423991] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
[ 3.429747] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xe8000000-0xe8ffffff]
[ 3.437035] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000-0xffff] (bus address [0xe9000000-0xe900ffff])
[ 4.878493] advk-pcie d0070000.pcie: Posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x0

In this case I see a red LED next to the mPCIe connector … What does that mean ?