[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/2] net: fec_mxc: Do not error out when FEC_TBD_READY

[Stefano Babic]

Hi,

On 21/08/2014 07:02, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 06:11:16 AM, Ye Li wrote:
>> The TDAR bit is set when the descriptors are all out from TX ring, but the
>> descriptor properly is in transmitting not READY.
> 
> I don't quite understand this, can you please rephrase ?
> 
>> These are two signals,
>> and in Ic simulation, we found the TDAR always clear prior than the READY
>> bit of last BD. In mx6solox, we use a latest version of FEC IP. It looks
>> the intrinsic behave of TDAR bit is changed in this FEC version, not any
>> bug in mx6sx.
> 
> OK, so this behavior is isolated to MX6SX and newer. Then any adjustment should 
> focus solely on MX6SX and newer.

Not really. It looks like that the implementation is suitable for
current FEC IP, but this does not mean that is correct at all. A
solution working for all FEC IP versions is surely preferable.

> 
>> There are some solutions for this problem. Which would be acceptable?
>> 1. Change the TDAR polling to checking the READY bit in BD.
> 
> This would return the cache-grinding, so this is not nice.
> 

Agree.

>> 2. Add polling the READY bit of BD after the TDAR polling.
> 
> If this would be isolated to MX6SX only, then that is doable.
> 

Why not ? On current FEC IP (not MX6SX), this costs only one read of the
BD register. Only by MX6SX is polled again. This looks to me the best
solution.

>> 3. Add a delay after the TDAR polling.
> 
> This is just work.

Of course, but it is a trick and we have to add some magical number of
uSec, explaining that with "so it works". My preference goes to 2.

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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