linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 0/3] fix macb phy probe failure if phy-reset is not handled

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Date:   Wed, 13 May 2020 06:56:58 -0700
From:   Sagar Shrikant Kadam <sagar.kadam@...ive.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org
Cc:     palmer@...belt.com, paul.walmsley@...ive.com, atish.patra@....com,
        Sagar Shrikant Kadam <sagar.kadam@...ive.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 0/3] fix macb phy probe failure if phy-reset is not handled

HiFive Unleashed is having VSC8541-01 ethernet phy device and requires a
specific reset sequence of 0-1-0-1 in order to use it in unmanaged mode.
This series addresses a corner case where phy reset is not handled by boot
stages prior to linux.
Somewhat similar unreliable phy probe failure was reported and discussed
here [1].
The macb driver fails to detect the ethernet phy device if the bootloader
doesn't provide a proper reset sequence to the phy device or the phy itself
is in some invalid state. Currently, the FSBL is resetting the phy device,
and so there is no issue observed in the linux network setup.

The series is based on linux-5.7-rc5.
Patch 1: Add the OUI to the phy dt node to fix issue of missing mdio device
Patch 2 and 3:
	Resetting phy needs GPIO support so add to dt and defconfig.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/29/154

To reproduce the issue: 
1. Comment out VSC8541 reset sequence in fsbl/main.c
   from within the freedom-u540-c000-bootloader.
2. Build and flash fsbl.bin to micro sdcard.

Boot the board and bootlog will show network setup failure messages as:

[  1.069474] libphy: MACB_mii_bus: probed
[  1.073092] mdio_bus 10090000.ethernet-ffffffff: MDIO device at address 0
	       is missing 
.....
[  1.979252] macb 10090000.ethernet eth0: Could not attach PHY (-19)

3. Now apply the series build, and boot kernel.
4. MACB and VSC8541 driver get successfully probed and the network is set
   without any failure.

So irrespective of whether the prior stages handle the phy reset sequence,
the probing is successful in both the cases of cold boot and warm boot.

Change History:
===============================
V1:
-Ignore 4th patch as suggested and so removed it from the series.
-Verified this series on 5.7-rc5.

V0: Base RFC patch. Verified on 5.7-rc2

Sagar Shrikant Kadam (3):
  dts: phy: fix missing mdio device and probe failure of vsc8541-01
    device
  dts: phy: add GPIO number and active state used for phy reset
  riscv: defconfig: enable gpio support for HiFive Unleashed

 arch/riscv/boot/dts/sifive/hifive-unleashed-a00.dts | 2 ++
 arch/riscv/configs/defconfig                        | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

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