Message-ID: <6c657b5e-b4fb-551c-080a-18f04ac2dba3@st.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Jan 2020 13:15:13 +0000
From:   Patrice CHOTARD <patrice.chotard@...com>
To:     Sriram Dash <sriram.dash@...sung.com>,
        'Heiko Stübner' <heiko@...ech.de>,
        'Florian Fainelli' <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        'David Miller' <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com" <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
        "jayati.sahu@...sung.com" <jayati.sahu@...sung.com>,
        "rcsekar@...sung.com" <rcsekar@...sung.com>,
        "pankaj.dubey@...sung.com" <pankaj.dubey@...sung.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "p.rajanbabu@...sung.com" <p.rajanbabu@...sung.com>,
        "linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com" 
        <linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [Linux-stm32] [PATCH] net: stmmac: platform: Fix MDIO init for
 platforms without PHY

Hi All

On 1/7/20 6:34 AM, Sriram Dash wrote:
>> From: Heiko Stübner <heiko@...ech.de>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: platform: Fix MDIO init for platforms
> without
>> PHY
>>
>> Hi Florian,
>>
>> Am Sonntag, 5. Januar 2020, 23:22:00 CET schrieb Florian Fainelli:
>>> On 1/5/2020 12:43 PM, Heiko Stübner wrote:
>>>> Am Samstag, 21. Dezember 2019, 06:29:18 CET schrieb David Miller:
>>>>> From: Padmanabhan Rajanbabu <p.rajanbabu@...sung.com>
>>>>> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:47:01 +0530
>>>>>
>>>>>> The current implementation of "stmmac_dt_phy" function initializes
>>>>>> the MDIO platform bus data, even in the absence of PHY. This fix
>>>>>> will skip MDIO initialization if there is no PHY present.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fixes: 7437127 ("net: stmmac: Convert to phylink and remove phylib
>>>>>> logic")
>>>>>> Acked-by: Jayati Sahu <jayati.sahu@...sung.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sriram Dash <sriram.dash@...sung.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Padmanabhan Rajanbabu <p.rajanbabu@...sung.com>
>>>>> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
>>>> with this patch applied I now run into issues on multiple rockchip
>>>> platforms using a gmac interface.
>>> Do you have a list of DTS files that are affected by any chance? For
>>> the 32-bit platforms that I looked it, it seems like:
>>>
> Hi Florian, 
> We have listed down the platforms which will break for as they don't have
> the mdio / snps,dwmac-mdio node.
> Arm32 spear* , Arm32 ox820*, arm32 rv1108, arc abilis* , arc axs10x*, arc
> vdk_axs10x*, mips pistachio, arm64 rockchip/px30* There might be more
> platforms.

STiH410-B2260 is affected by this patch, i proposed a fix for this board :

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/list/?series=224639

David, will you applied this DT series in your tree ?

Thanks

Patrice


>
>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3228-evb.dts is OK because it has a MDIO bus node
>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3229-xms6.dts is also OK
>>>
>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3229-evb.dts is probably broken, there is no
>>> phy-handle property or MDIO bus node, so it must be relying on
>>> auto-scanning of the bus somehow that this patch broke.
>>>
>>> And likewise for most 64-bit platforms except a1 and nanopi4.
>> I primarily noticed that on the px30-evb.dts and the internal board I'm
> working
>> on right now. Both don't have that mdio bus node right now.
>>
>>
>>>> When probing the driver and trying to establish a connection for a
>>>> nfsroot it always runs into a null pointer in mdiobus_get_phy():
>>>>
>>>> [   26.878839] rk_gmac-dwmac ff360000.ethernet: IRQ eth_wake_irq not
>> found
>>>> [   26.886322] rk_gmac-dwmac ff360000.ethernet: IRQ eth_lpi not found
>>>> [   26.894505] rk_gmac-dwmac ff360000.ethernet: PTP uses main clock
>>>> [   26.908209] rk_gmac-dwmac ff360000.ethernet: clock input or output?
>> (output).
> ... snip ...
>
>>>>
>>>> This is torvalds git head and it was still working at -rc1 and all
>>>> kernels before that. When I just revert this commit, things also
>>>> start working again, so I guess something must be wrong here?
>>> Yes, this was also identified to be problematic by the kernelci boot
>>> farms on another platform, see [1].
>>>
>>> [1]:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/5e0314da.1c69fb81.a7d63.29c1@
>>> mx.google.com/
>>>
>>> Do you mind trying this patch and letting me know if it works for you.
>>> Sriram, please also try it on your platforms and let me know if solves
>>> the problem you were after. Thanks
>> Works on both boards I had that were affected, so
>> Tested-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
> Nacked-by : Sriram Dash <Sriram.dash@...sung.com>
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Heiko
>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
>>> index cc8d7e7bf9ac..e192b8e0809e 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
>>> @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int stmmac_mtl_setup(struct platform_device
>>> *pdev,  static int stmmac_dt_phy(struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat,
>>>                          struct device_node *np, struct device *dev)
>>> {
>>> -       bool mdio = false;
>>> +       bool mdio = true;
>>>         static const struct of_device_id need_mdio_ids[] = {
>>>                 { .compatible = "snps,dwc-qos-ethernet-4.10" },
>>>                 {},
>>> @@ -341,8 +341,9 @@ static int stmmac_dt_phy(struct
>>> plat_stmmacenet_data *plat,
>>>         }
>>>
>>>         if (plat->mdio_node) {
> For the platforms which neither have mdio nor snps,dwmac-mdio property in
> dt, they will not enter the block.
> plat->mdio_node will always be false for them. Which, essentially, preserves
> the mdio variable Boolean value defined at the start of the function.
>
>>> -               dev_dbg(dev, "Found MDIO subnode\n");
>>> -               mdio = true;
>>> +               mdio = of_device_is_available(plat->mdio_node);
>>> +               dev_dbg(dev, "Found MDIO subnode, status: %sabled\n",
>>> +                       mdio ? "en" : "dis");
>>>         }
>>>
>>>         if (mdio) {
>>>
>>
>>
> There is a proposal for this problem solution. You can refer it at :
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/1/7/14
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-stm32 mailing list
> Linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com
> https://st-md-mailman.stormreply.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-stm32

Powered by blists - more mailing lists