linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] MDI errors during resume from ACPI S3 (suspend to ram)

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Date:   Wed, 7 Aug 2019 10:23:59 +0300
From:   "Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@...el.com>
To:     Mario.Limonciello@...l.com, pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de,
        jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] MDI errors during resume from ACPI S3 (suspend
 to ram)

On 8/6/2019 18:53, Mario.Limonciello@...l.com wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 10:36 AM
>> To: Jeff Kirsher
>> Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org; Linux Kernel Mailing List; Limonciello, Mario
>> Subject: MDI errors during resume from ACPI S3 (suspend to ram)
>>
>> Dear Linux folks,
>>
>>
>> Trying to decrease the resume time of Linux 5.3-rc3 on the Dell OptiPlex
>> 5040 with the device below
>>
>>      $ lspci -nn -s 00:1f.6
>>      00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2)
>> I219-V [8086:15b8] (rev 31)
>>
>> pm-graph’s script `sleepgraph.py` shows, that the driver *e1000e* takes
>> around 400 ms, which is quite a lot. The call graph trace shows that
>> `e1000e_read_phy_reg_mdic()` is responsible for a lot of those. From
>> `drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/phy.c` [1]:
>>
>>          for (i = 0; i < (E1000_GEN_POLL_TIMEOUT * 3); i++) {
>>                  udelay(50);
>>                  mdic = er32(MDIC);
>>                  if (mdic & E1000_MDIC_READY)
>>                          break;
>>          }
>>          if (!(mdic & E1000_MDIC_READY)) {
>>                  e_dbg("MDI Read did not complete\n");
>>                  return -E1000_ERR_PHY;
>>          }
>>          if (mdic & E1000_MDIC_ERROR) {
>>                  e_dbg("MDI Error\n");
>>                  return -E1000_ERR_PHY;
>>          }
>>
>> Unfortunately, errors are not logged if dynamic debug is disabled,
>> so rebuilding the Linux kernel with `CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG`, and
>>
>>      echo "file drivers/net/ethernet/* +p" | sudo tee
>> /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
>>
>> I got the messages below.
>>
>>      [ 4159.204192] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 net00: MDI Error
>>      [ 4160.267950] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 net00: MDI Write did not complete
>>      [ 4160.359855] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 net00: MDI Error
>>
>> Can you please shed a little more light into these errors? Please
>> find the full log attached.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> [1]:
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/n
>> et/ethernet/intel/e1000e/phy.c#n206
> 
> Strictly as a reference point you may consider trying the out-of-tree driver to see if these
> behaviors persist.
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/
> 
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We are using external PHY. Required ~200 ms to complete MDIC transaction 
(depended on the project). You need to take to consider this time before 
access to the PHY. I do not recommend decrease timer in a 
'e1000e_read_phy_reg_mdic()' method. We could hit on wrong MDI access.

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