[U-Boot] Pull request: u-boot-net.git master

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Thu Jul 25 23:12:46 UTC 2019


On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:40:45PM +0000, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On 5/15/19 5:58 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 09:50:45PM +0000, Joe Hershberger wrote:
> >> Hi Vladimir and Tom,
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 7:51 AM Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 09.05.2019 02:05, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> >>>> On 5/9/19 1:55 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 10:52:28PM +0000, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> >>>>>> On 5/9/19 1:48 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 10:45:50PM +0000, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On 5/9/19 1:42 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 10:40:57PM +0000, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> On 5/9/19 1:24 AM, Joe Hershberger wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 5:15 PM Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Tom,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> The following changes since commit 8d7f06bbbef16f172cd5e9c4923cdcebe16b8980:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I rebased on your master and built for BB Black. DHCP seems to work fine.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> MLO also now fits again.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>         Merge branch 'master' of git://git.denx.de/u-boot-sh (2019-05-07 09:38:00 -0400)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> are available in the git repository at:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>         git://git.denx.de/u-boot-net.git master
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> for you to fetch changes up to 8d0c6858455e89b089222a08d55ff711681ca011:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>         net: phy: micrel: Find Micrel PHY node correctly (2019-05-07 14:51:55 -0500)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Carlo Caione (4):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: Add generic helpers to access MMD PHY registers
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: ti: use generic helpers to access MMD registers
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             cmd: mdio: Switch to generic helpers when accessing the registers
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: realtek: Introduce quirk to mark RXC not stoppable
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> James Byrne (2):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: micrel: Use correct skew values on KSZ9021
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: micrel: Find Micrel PHY node correctly
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Murali Karicheri (2):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             ARM: k2g-gp-evm: update to rgmii pinmux configuration
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             ARM: k2g-ice: Add pinmux support for rgmii interface
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Pankaj Bansal (1):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             drivers: net: ldpaa_eth: fix resource leak
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Siva Durga Prasad Paladugu (2):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: Reloc next and prev pointers inside phy_drivers
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: Fix return value check phy_probe
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Valentin-catalin Neacsu (1):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: aquantia: Set only autoneg on in register 4.c441
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Vladimir Oltean (6):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: ar803x: Address packet drops at low traffic rate due to SmartEEE feature
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: ar803x: Make RGMII Tx delays actually configurable for AR8035
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: ar803x: Use common functions for RGMII internal delays
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: ar803x: Clarify the configuration of the CLK_25M output pin
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: ar803x: Explicitly disable RGMII delays
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Tom, this [1] is the patch that is breaking the evm. It doesn't affect
> >>>>>>>>>>> BB Black because it uses an SMSC phy, where as this evm uses an
> >>>>>>>>>>> AR8031/AR8033.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Is it possible the device tree [2] is wrong for the board? It lists
> >>>>>>>>>>> 'phy-mode = "rgmii-txid";', so that means that with this patch the RX
> >>>>>>>>>>> delay is now being disabled.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts, Vladimir?
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>>>>> -Joe
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> [1] b3224e0f7e - "net: phy: ar803x: Explicitly disable RGMII delays"
> >>>>>>>>>>> [2] arch/arm/dts/am335x-evm.dts
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>             net: phy: ar803x: Clarify the intention of ar8021_config
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        arch/arm/dts/sama5d3xcm.dtsi                    |  32 +++---
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        arch/arm/dts/sama5d3xcm_cmp.dtsi                |  32 +++---
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        arch/arm/dts/socfpga_arria5_socdk.dts           |   4 +-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        arch/arm/dts/socfpga_cyclone5_is1.dts           |   4 +-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        arch/arm/dts/socfpga_cyclone5_socdk.dts         |   4 +-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        arch/arm/dts/socfpga_cyclone5_sockit.dts        |   4 +-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        arch/arm/dts/socfpga_cyclone5_vining_fpga.dts   |   4 +-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        board/ti/ks2_evm/mux-k2g.h                      |  36 +++----
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        cmd/mdio.c                                      |  27 +++--
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        doc/device-tree-bindings/net/micrel-ksz90x1.txt |  27 +++++
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        drivers/net/ldpaa_eth/ldpaa_eth.c               |   1 +
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        drivers/net/phy/Kconfig                         |  41 ++++++++
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        drivers/net/phy/aquantia.c                      |   7 +-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        drivers/net/phy/atheros.c                       | 128 ++++++++++++++++-------
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        drivers/net/phy/micrel_ksz90x1.c                |  24 ++++-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        drivers/net/phy/phy.c                           |  21 +++-
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        drivers/net/phy/realtek.c                       |  19 ++++
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        drivers/net/phy/ti.c                            | 130 +++++-------------------
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        include/phy.h                                   |  70 +++++++++++++
> >>>>>>>>>>>>        19 files changed, 394 insertions(+), 221 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
> >>>>>>>>>>>> -Joe
> >>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>>>>>>>> U-Boot mailing list
> >>>>>>>>>>>> U-Boot at lists.denx.de
> >>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Joe, Tom,
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> It sounds like what Joe pointed to (my patch) has a high chance of
> >>>>>>>>>> causing link failure.
> >>>>>>>>>> If the board is relying on RX delays in the Atheros PHY to ensure
> >>>>>>>>>> correct RGMII timing budget, then for sure it was working before and now
> >>>>>>>>>> it is broken. In that case, it was working by mistake; the DT blob is
> >>>>>>>>>> broken and should be corrected.
> >>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the trouble this has caused.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> How is this handled in the Linux kernel and/or why doesn't it fail
> >>>>>>>>> there?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On the latest net-next, it's handled the same: disable everything and
> >>>>>>>> enable only what's specified in phy-mode. I didn't keep track of older
> >>>>>>>> versions.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> So you would expect the network to be broken on net-next with this DTS?
> >>>>>>> Because that's not allowed...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Yes, if it's the same problem, the behavior should be the same.
> >>>>>> I see net-next is only rejecting the bad DT since 2019-02-21:
> >>>>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10819279/
> >>>>>> So it depends when you checked it last time.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'll see about testing eth in Linux with net-next tomorrow, but, uh, is
> >>>>> there some work-around for the DTS so that ethernet works?
> >>>>
> >>>> Work-around in Linux or in U-boot?
> >>>> U-boot can fix up the DT for Linux and replace "rgmii-txid" with
> >>>> "rgmii-id", whereas neither Linux nor U-boot can do anything for
> >>>> themselves except either load a correct DT blob, or not use (revert, not
> >>>> upgrade to, etc) the enforcing patch.
> >>>>
> >>>>> You cannot break existing DTs
> >>>> RGMII delay breakages happen all the time. To play the devil's advocate,
> >>>> protecting against them should be done by observing the semantics
> >>>> described in the devicetree/bindings document.
> >>>> If you follow Linux net-next, a breakage for RTL8211F is planned out
> >>>> right as we speak.
> >>>>
> >>>> But let's wait until we know for sure that this is what's causing the
> >>>> issues.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> -Vladimir
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Tom,
> >>>
> >>> I understand now what you mean by "workaround".
> >>> Yes you can enable RGMII delays by hand in U-boot:
> >>>
> >>> Check if RX delay is enabled (bit 15 of debug register 0):
> >>> => mdio write eTSEC1 0x1D 0
> >>> => mdio read eTSEC1 0x1E
> >>> => mdio write eTSEC1 0x1E <new value>
> >>>
> >>> Check if TX delay is enabled (bit 8 of debug register 5):
> >>> => mdio write eTSEC1 0x1D 5
> >>> => mdio read eTSEC1 0x1E
> >>> => mdio write eTSEC1 0x1E <new value>
> >>>
> >>> Replace eTSEC1 with your net device from "mdio list".
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what the follow-on action is here. I'll hold off on
> >> Vladimir's series until there is a resolution that everyone is
> >> satisfied with.
> > 
> > While I personally think this breaks the "DT is ABI" model, the required
> > change has already been merged into Linus' tree so we just need to
> > re-sync the am335x DTS files again and then we can apply these changes.
> > I'll put it on my TODO list.
> > 
> 
> Hi Tom, Joe,
> 
> It's been a long while - what is the latest news on RGMII delays for the 
> am335x + Atheros PHY? I'd like to know whether Joe can pick up these 
> patches again. As you more-or-less admitted, it's not really ABI 
> breakage if the DT semantics were never properly followed in the first 
> place.

It's ABI breakage that no one cared about.  At this point, it's blocked
until the am335x DTS files get a resync from the kernel and that's
somewhere on my TODO list.

-- 
Tom
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