netdev - RE: [PATCH net 1/3] lan78xx: PHY DSP registers initialization to address EEE link drop issues with long cables

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Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 02:27:54 +0000
From:   <RaghuramChary.Jallipalli@...rochip.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        <Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 1/3] lan78xx: PHY DSP registers initialization to
 address EEE link drop issues with long cables

> >
> > Hi Raghuram
> >
> > You might want to look at phy_read_paged(), phy_write_paged(), etc.
> >
> > There can be race conditions with paged access.
> 
> Yep, so something like:
> 
> static void lan88xx_TR_reg_set(struct phy_device *phydev, u16 regaddr,
> 			       u32 data)
> {
> 	int save_page, val;
> 	u16 buf;
> 
> 	save_page = phy_save_page(phydev);
> 	phy_write_paged(phydev, LAN88XX_EXT_PAGE_ACCESS_TR,
> 			LAN88XX_EXT_PAGE_TR_LOW_DATA, (data &
> 0xFFFF));
> 	phy_write_paged(phydev, LAN88XX_EXT_PAGE_ACCESS_TR,
> 			LAN88XX_EXT_PAGE_TR_HIGH_DATA,
> 			(data & 0x00FF0000) >> 16);
> 
> 	/* Config control bits [15:13] of register */
> 	buf = (regaddr & ~(0x3 << 13));/* Clr [14:13] to write data in reg */
> 	buf |= 0x8000; /* Set [15] to Packet transmit */
> 
> 	phy_write_paged(phydev, LAN88XX_EXT_PAGE_ACCESS_TR,
> 			LAN88XX_EXT_PAGE_TR_CR, buf);
> 	usleep_range(1000, 2000);/* Wait for Data to be written */
> 
> 	val = phy_read_paged(phydev, LAN88XX_EXT_PAGE_ACCESS_TR,
> 			     LAN88XX_EXT_PAGE_TR_CR);
> 	if (!(val & 0x8000))
> 		pr_warn("TR Register[0x%X] configuration failed\n",
> regaddr);
> 
> 	phy_restore_page(phydev, save_page, 0); }
> 
> Since PHY accesses and thus things like phy_save_page() can fail, the return
> type of this function should be changed to 'int' and some error checking
> should be added.

Thanks David/Andrew.
Will take care of it.

Thanks,
Raghu