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

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Wed May 15 14:58:44 UTC 2019


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.

-- 
Tom
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