# jetson-customize-pcie

Configures individual PCIe controllers on a Jetson Thor or Orin custom carrier: enable, lane count, link speed. Changes land in a kernel-DT overlay.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: Jetson Team
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/jetson-customize-pcie/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jetson-customize-pcie

## What it does

The skill works out which PCIe controllers exist on your board and appends `fragment@N` blocks to the composite overlay `.dts` in `bsp_sources/`. Before that it checks the pinmap and schematic, running `pin_verifier.py` against `PE<N>_CLKREQ_L`, `PE<N>_RST_L` and the optional `PE<N>_WAKE_L`. Lane width and speed come from the Adaptation Guide; the enable/disable decision comes from the JSON sidecar left by `/jetson-customize-uphy`.

\`ODMDATA` stays untouched. Every token — `pcie@N_status`, `pcie@N_max-link-speed`, `pcie@N_pcie-mode`, `pcie@N_clk-scheme`, `pcie-cN-endpoint-enable` — was already emitted by `/jetson-customize-uphy` in one atomic commit. This skill translates the lane allocation table into overlay fragments and checks that the overlay agrees with that `ODMDATA`. On a contradictory row it stops and asks how to recover the two commits. It never runs `git reset --hard` on its own.

What you need in place: an active profile with `reference_devkit:` and `custom_carrier:` blocks, `<source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/.git`, prior runs of `/jetson-derive-carrier` and `/jetson-customize-uphy`, and `dtc` on `PATH`. With a custom carrier both the schematic and the pinmux XLS are required — the skill refuses to run if either is missing, since routing cannot be guessed. Mode is hard-pinned to RC; endpoint mode only appears when the operator passes `mode_override="ep"`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pcie -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/jetson-customize-pcie/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/jetson-customize-pcie/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pcie -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/jetson-customize-pcie/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pcie -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/jetson-customize-pcie/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills jetson-customize-pcie
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/jetson-customize-pcie/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pcie -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/jetson-customize-pcie
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/jetson-customize-pcie/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-pcie -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/jetson-customize-pcie/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- enable a specific PCIe controller on a Jetson custom carrier
- set lane count and link speed for one slot or M.2 receptacle
- debug a slot that does not enumerate after flashing
- turn the lane allocation table from `/jetson-customize-uphy` into kernel-DT overlay fragments
- cross-check the overlay against the committed `ODMDATA` and catch a mismatch

## Example prompts
- configure PCIe on my custom carrier, enable controller C3
- set num-lanes and link speed for the M.2 slot
- the slot is missing after flash — check the overlay against ODMDATA

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: jetson-customize-pcie
description: >-
  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.
version: 0.0.1
license: "Apache-2.0"
metadata:
  data-classification: public
  author: "Jetson Team"
  tags:
    - bsp
    - phase-2
    - io
    - pcie
  domain: meta
---

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

## Overview

PCIe on Tegra264 (Thor, `pcie@C0..C5`) and Tegra234 (Orin,
`pcie@C0..C10`) 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**:

| Surface | Target | Authoritative 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 DTB | UPHY lane power, refclk gating, controller-side power rails |
| Kernel-DT overlay on `&pcieN` | `/bus@0/pcie@<addr>` in kernel DTB | Kernel 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`](../../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
```
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