[PATCH] mx6cuboxi: fix ethernet after synchronise device-tree

Christian Gmeiner christian.gmeiner at gmail.com
Wed Mar 27 13:17:51 CET 2024


Hi Josua

My bisect showed me that after a device-tree sync the ethernet broke.

>
> please take a look at this patch, I suspect it will (hack-)fix your
> ethernet issue.
>

Yes.. it fixes the problem I am seeing.

>
> Unfortunately I had no time to revisit this yet and implement a correct solution.
>

Would it be okay for you if I look into a proper solution? I have a
handful of such devices here
that are already or will be used in a CI farm so I am interested in
using the latest U-Boot for them.

> sincerely
> Josua Mayer
>
> Am 28.07.22 um 09:08 schrieb Josua Mayer:
> > Please hold off merging this patch until someone tested it, I can not do so this week.
> > @Tom Can you confirm if this fixes the networking on your Cubox?
> > Also note that the phy-handle property may or may not be required, I am not sure.
> >
> > sincerely
> > Josua Mayer
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 7:05 AM Josua Mayer <josua at solid-run.com> wrote:
> >
> >     The i.MX6 Cubox-i and HummingBoards can have different PHYs at varying
> >     addresses. U-Boot needs to auto-detect which phy is actually present,
> >     and at which address it is responding.
> >
> >     Auto-detection from multiple phy nodes specified in device-tree does not
> >     currently work correct. As a work-around merge all three possible phys
> >     into one node with the special address 0xffffffff which indicates to the
> >     generic phy driver to probe all addresses.
> >     Also fixup this fake address before booting Linux, *if* booting with
> >     U-Boot's internal dtb.
> >
> >     Signed-off-by: Josua Mayer <josua at solid-run.com>
> >     Fixes: d0399a46e7cd
> >     ---
> >      arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-sr-som.dtsi     | 30 +++++++++-------------------
> >      board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c |  6 +++++-
> >      2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> >
> >     diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-sr-som.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-sr-som.dtsi
> >     index ce543e325c..2d7cbc26b3 100644
> >     ---_a/arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-sr-som.dtsi
> >     +++ b/arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-sr-som.dtsi
> >     @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
> >      &fec {
> >             pinctrl-names = "default";
> >             pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_microsom_enet_ar8035>;
> >     +       phy-handle = <&phy>;
> >             phy-mode = "rgmii-id";
> >
> >             /*
> >     @@ -68,30 +69,17 @@
> >                     #address-cells = <1>;
> >                     #size-cells = <0>;
> >
> >     -               /*
> >     -                * The PHY can appear at either address 0 or 4 due to the
> >     -                * configuration (LED) pin not being pulled sufficiently.
> >     -                */
> >     -               ethernet-phy at 0 {
> >     -                       reg = <0>;
> >     +               phy: ethernet-phy at 0 {
> >     +                       /*
> >     +                        * The PHY can appear either:
> >     +                        * - AR8035: at address 0 or 4
> >     +                        * - ADIN1300: at address 1
> >     +                        * Actual address being detected at runtime.
> >     +                        */
> >     +                       reg = <0xffffffff>;
> >                             qca,clk-out-frequency = <125000000>;
> >                             qca,smarteee-tw-us-1g = <24>;
> >     -               };
> >     -
> >     -               ethernet-phy at 4 {
> >     -                       reg = <4>;
> >     -                       qca,clk-out-frequency = <125000000>;
> >     -                       qca,smarteee-tw-us-1g = <24>;
> >     -               };
> >     -
> >     -               /*
> >     -                * ADIN1300 (som rev 1.9 or later) is always at address 1. It
> >     -                * will be enabled automatically by U-Boot if detected.
> >     -                */
> >     -               ethernet-phy at 1 {
> >     -                       reg = <1>;
> >                             adi,phy-output-clock = "125mhz-free-running";
> >     -                       status = "disabled";
> >                     };
> >             };
> >      };
> >     diff --git a/board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c b/board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c
> >     index debf4f6a3b..52172a03b1 100644
> >     ---_a/board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c
> >     +++ b/board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c
> >     @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static int find_ethernet_phy(void)
> >       */
> >      int ft_board_setup(void *fdt, struct bd_info *bd)
> >      {
> >     -       int node_phy0, node_phy1, node_phy4;
> >     +       int node_phy, node_phy0, node_phy1, node_phy4;
> >             int ret, phy;
> >             bool enable_phy0 = false, enable_phy1 = false, enable_phy4 = false;
> >             enum board_type board;
> >     @@ -478,6 +478,10 @@ int ft_board_setup(void *fdt, struct bd_info *bd)
> >                     return 0;
> >             }
> >
> >     +       // update U-Boot's own unified phy node phy address, if present
> >     +       node_phy = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/soc/bus at 2100000/ethernet at 2188000/mdio/phy");
> >     +       ret = fdt_setprop_u32(fdt, node_phy, "reg", phy);
> >     +
> >             // update all phy nodes status
> >             node_phy0 = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/soc/bus at 2100000/ethernet at 2188000/mdio/ethernet-phy at 0");
> >             ret = fdt_setprop_string(fdt, node_phy0, "status", enable_phy0 ? "okay" : "disabled");
> >     --_
> >     2.37.1
> >

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