netdev - [PATCH 01/12] e1000e: disable far-end loopback mode on ESB2

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Date:	Thu,  9 Jun 2011 20:47:45 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/12] e1000e: disable far-end loopback mode on ESB2

From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>

The ESB2 LAN includes a debug feature that enables far-end loopback (FELB)
of the SerDes/Kumeran interface.  This feature is activated when receiving
a sequence of symbols that includes a reserved codeword.  On a perfect
link, FELB would never be activated.  In the presence of bit errors, there
is a very small, but non-zero, probability of FELB being activated.

If the FELB is activated, the SerDes link becomes non-functional and must
be reset.  It could also corrupt the switching tables in the switch since
the ESB2 is transmitting packets with a different source MAC address.

This patch disables the FELB feature.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c |    8 ++++++++
 drivers/net/e1000e/hw.h     |    1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
index f4bbeb2..c0ecb2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/es2lan.c
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ static s32 e1000_init_hw_80003es2lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 	struct e1000_mac_info *mac = &hw->mac;
 	u32 reg_data;
 	s32 ret_val;
+	u16 kum_reg_data;
 	u16 i;
 
 	e1000_initialize_hw_bits_80003es2lan(hw);
@@ -861,6 +862,13 @@ static s32 e1000_init_hw_80003es2lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 	/* Setup link and flow control */
 	ret_val = e1000e_setup_link(hw);
 
+	/* Disable IBIST slave mode (far-end loopback) */
+	e1000_read_kmrn_reg_80003es2lan(hw, E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_INBAND_PARAM,
+					&kum_reg_data);
+	kum_reg_data |= E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_IBIST_DISABLE;
+	e1000_write_kmrn_reg_80003es2lan(hw, E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_INBAND_PARAM,
+					 kum_reg_data);
+
 	/* Set the transmit descriptor write-back policy */
 	reg_data = er32(TXDCTL(0));
 	reg_data = (reg_data & ~E1000_TXDCTL_WTHRESH) |
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/hw.h b/drivers/net/e1000e/hw.h
index 6c2fa83..dde584f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/hw.h
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ enum e1e_registers {
 #define E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_DIAG_OFFSET	0x3    /* Kumeran Diagnostic */
 #define E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_TIMEOUTS	0x4    /* Kumeran Timeouts */
 #define E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_INBAND_PARAM	0x9    /* Kumeran InBand Parameters */
+#define E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_IBIST_DISABLE	0x0200 /* Kumeran IBIST Disable */
 #define E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_DIAG_NELPBK	0x1000 /* Nearend Loopback mode */
 #define E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_K1_CONFIG	0x7
 #define E1000_KMRNCTRLSTA_K1_ENABLE	0x0002
-- 
1.7.5.2

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