[U-Boot] Pull request: u-boot-net.git master
Joe Hershberger
joe.hershberger at ni.com
Fri May 10 21:50:45 UTC 2019
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
> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>>>>>> 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.
Cheers,
-Joe
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