[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/3] net: phy: ar803x: Address packet drops at low traffic rate due to SmartEEE feature
Joe Hershberger
joe.hershberger at ni.com
Thu Jan 24 06:22:00 UTC 2019
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 5:45 PM Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com> wrote:
>
> * According to the AR8031 and AR8035 datasheets, smartEEE mode
> (active by default) makes the PHY enter sleep after a configurable
> idle time. It does this autonomously, without LPI (Low Power Idle)
> signals coming from MAC. AR8021 does not appear to support this.
> * This patch allows disabling the SmartEEE feature of above PHYs.
> * Tested with ping (default of 1 second interval) over back-to-back
> RGMII between 2 boards having AR8035 at both ends:
> - Without SmartEEE:
> 225 packets transmitted, 145 received, 35% packet loss, time 229334ms
> - With SmartEEE:
> 144 packets transmitted, 144 received, 0% packet loss, time 146378ms
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com>
> Acked-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> * Adapted to use phy_read_mmd and phy_write_mmd functions.
>
> drivers/net/phy/Kconfig | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/phy/atheros.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> index 3dc0822..6abe8c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> @@ -94,6 +94,27 @@ config PHY_AQUANTIA_FW_NAME
> config PHY_ATHEROS
> bool "Atheros Ethernet PHYs support"
>
> +config PHY_ATHEROS_SMART_EEE
> + depends on PHY_ATHEROS
> + default y
> + tristate "SmartEEE feature for Atheros PHYs"
> + help
> + Enables the Atheros SmartEEE feature (not IEEE 802.3az). When 2 PHYs
> + which support this feature are connected back-to-back, they may
> + negotiate a low-power sleep mode autonomously, without the Ethernet
> + controller's knowledge. This setting may cause issues under 2 known
> + circumstances (both noticed at low traffic rates):
> + - If the voltage rails on the PHY are unstable, then the PHY can
> + actually reset as it enters the low power state. This means that
> + the frames it is supposed to buffer until it wakes up are going
> + to be dropped instead.
> + - If 1588/PTP synchronization is the only traffic source over this
> + PHY, the delays caused by the sleep/wakeup time are going to add
> + to the synchronization error between the master and the slave.
> + Default y, which means that the PHY's out-of-reset state is not
> + changed (SmartEEE active). To work around the issues described
> + above, change to n.
> +
> config PHY_BROADCOM
> bool "Broadcom Ethernet PHYs support"
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/atheros.c b/drivers/net/phy/atheros.c
> index b4066e3..750c11b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/atheros.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/atheros.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> * Copyright 2011, 2013 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
> * author Andy Fleming
> */
> +#include <linux/bitops.h>
> #include <common.h>
> #include <phy.h>
>
> @@ -17,6 +18,21 @@
> #define AR803x_DEBUG_REG_0 0x0
> #define AR803x_RGMII_RX_CLK_DLY 0x8000
>
> +#define AR803X_LPI_EN BIT(8)
> +
> +static void ar803x_enable_smart_eee(struct phy_device *phydev, bool on)
> +{
> + int regval;
> +
> + /* 5.1.11 Smart_eee control3 */
> + regval = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_PCS, 0x805D);
Can you add a #define for this or comment where it comes from / what
it means in a data sheet or both?
> + if (on)
> + regval |= AR803X_LPI_EN;
> + else
> + regval &= ~AR803X_LPI_EN;
> + phy_write_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_PCS, 0x805D, regval);
> +}
> +
> static int ar8021_config(struct phy_device *phydev)
> {
> phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x00, 0x1200);
> @@ -29,6 +45,11 @@ static int ar8021_config(struct phy_device *phydev)
>
> static int ar8031_config(struct phy_device *phydev)
> {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PHY_ATHEROS_SMART_EEE
> + ar803x_enable_smart_eee(phydev, true);
> +#else
> + ar803x_enable_smart_eee(phydev, false);
> +#endif
> if (phydev->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID ||
> phydev->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID) {
> phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, AR803x_PHY_DEBUG_ADDR_REG,
> @@ -57,6 +78,11 @@ static int ar8035_config(struct phy_device *phydev)
> {
> int regval;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PHY_ATHEROS_SMART_EEE
> + ar803x_enable_smart_eee(phydev, true);
> +#else
> + ar803x_enable_smart_eee(phydev, false);
> +#endif
> /* CLK_25M output clock select: 125 MHz */
> regval = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_AN, 0x8016);
> phy_write_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_AN, 0x8016, regval | 0x0018);
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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