[U-Boot] [Bug] IXP425 and e1000 network driver

Ben Warren biggerbadderben at gmail.com
Fri Apr 3 23:43:45 CEST 2009


Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Ben,
>
> In message <gijdmd$vhk$1 at ger.gmane.org> Stefan Althoefer wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I found that IXP425 (big endian ARM) did not work with e1000 network
>> driver. The reason is broken access to controller registers.
>>
>> I get it working with this patch:
>>
>> --------
>> --- a/drivers/net/e1000.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/e1000.c
>> @@ -105,12 +105,15 @@ static void e1000_phy_hw_reset(struct e1000_hw *hw);
>>  static int e1000_phy_reset(struct e1000_hw *hw);
>>  static int e1000_detect_gig_phy(struct e1000_hw *hw);
>>
>> -#define E1000_WRITE_REG(a, reg, value) (writel((value), ((a)->hw_addr + E1000_##reg)))
>> -#define E1000_READ_REG(a, reg) (readl((a)->hw_addr + E1000_##reg))
>> -#define E1000_WRITE_REG_ARRAY(a, reg, offset, value) (\
>> -			writel((value), ((a)->hw_addr + E1000_##reg + ((offset) << 2))))
>> -#define E1000_READ_REG_ARRAY(a, reg, offset) ( \
>> -	readl((a)->hw_addr + E1000_##reg + ((offset) << 2)))
>> +#define E1000_WRITE_REG(a, reg, value) \
>> +	(writel(cpu_to_le32(value), ((a)->hw_addr + E1000_##reg)))
>> +#define E1000_READ_REG(a, reg) \
>> +	(le32_to_cpu(readl((a)->hw_addr + E1000_##reg)))
>> +#define E1000_WRITE_REG_ARRAY(a, reg, offset, value) \
>> +	(writel(cpu_to_le32(value),\
>> +		((a)->hw_addr + E1000_##reg + ((offset) << 2))))
>> +#define E1000_READ_REG_ARRAY(a, reg, offset) \
>> +	(le32_to_cpu(readl((a)->hw_addr + E1000_##reg + ((offset) << 2))))
>>  #define E1000_WRITE_FLUSH(a) {uint32_t x; x = E1000_READ_REG(a, STATUS);}
>>
>>  #ifndef CONFIG_AP1000 /* remove for warnings */
>> ---------
>>
>> However, I'm not sure it this is the correct fix.
>>
>> Is readl supposed to read raw data?
>>
>> Is le32_to_cpu/cpu_to_le32 a function or a macro? In the later case the
>> code is not save or slow due to multiple argument expansion.
>>
>> -- Stefan
>>     
>
> I have never seen any comments on this. Could you please have a look
> at it?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
>   
Sure thing.

regards,
Ben



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