[U-Boot] imx8mq-evk: Outbound network packets lost

[Sergey Kubushyn]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2019, Chris Spencer wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 18:43, Sergey Kubushyn <ksi at koi8.net> wrote:
>> OK, it worked. The second patch is irrelevant for me because I'm working on
>> a custom device, not MCIMX8M-EVK (I don't have that, just using its
>> schematic from time to time as reference to its drivers and such) and I
>> _DID_ have "CONFIG_PINCTRL_IMX8M=y" in my config that made no good without
>> actual driver...
>>
>> I wonder how come nobody noticed that so far? It should affect other
>> functionality that relies on proper pin muxing...
>>
>> Anyway, it is solved so I'm on USB (host and peripheral) now. Next come
>> PWM/backlight/LCDIF->DSI->SN65DSI84->LVDS Panel (1024x768)...
>
> Turns out there's already a patch to add the driver as part of the
> i.MX8MM patch series. [1] Go figure.

What the fcuk is i.MX8MM? Are they going to do anything with their i.MX8MQ
documentation? It is currently at Rev.0 dated January 8, 2018. In its
present state it is not even a joke -- it is way worse than that. It is
missing lots of info while including hundreds and hundreds of pages that has
absolutely no relevance to i.MX8MQ like e.g. 120 pages long description of
different interfaces to LCDIF that simply don't apply to what's in that
chip. On the other hand there is _ABSOLUTELY_ nothing about e.g. USB PHYs in
that, sorry for an expression, documentation. Nada, zero, zilch. Not a word
about SIP. And it is all around their documentation. Hell, just try to find
out what those 4 input clock sources are to their PWM that are selectable
from a per-PWM configuration register...

And their only reaction for e.g. missing USB PHY information was "We told
design/documentation guys to include it in the future revisions" somewhen
around August last year. There we no revisions for a whole year since the
initial Rev.0 was released. Zero. Nada. Zilch. It is still that stinking
pile of manure, Rev.0 on NXP site.

> I guess that everything else must just happen to be usable in the
> default reset state.

It won't work. Pins come up as GPIOs on powerup and something _MUST_
reconfigure them for Ethernet. If there is no driver and they are not
reconfigured in board files there will be no Ethernet.

Same is true with USB. DTS files reference USB PHY that doesn't have a
driver in U-Boot. DWC3 USB references driver that doesn't exist in U-Boot.
There is no wonder nothing works.

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