linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v4 net-next 1/4] net: phy: add MediaTek PHY driver

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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:49:02 +0800
From:   DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     René van Dorst <opensource@...rst.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Weijie Gao <weijie.gao@...iatek.com>,
        Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@...il.com>,
        Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v4 net-next 1/4] net: phy: add MediaTek PHY driver

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 02:12:59PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 11:59:20AM +0800, DENG Qingfang wrote:
> > Within 12 hours, I got some spontaneous link down/ups when EEE is enabled:
> > 
> > [16334.236233] mt7530 mdio-bus:1f wan: Link is Down
> > [16334.241340] br-lan: port 3(wan) entered disabled state
> > [16337.355988] mt7530 mdio-bus:1f wan: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
> > [16337.363468] br-lan: port 3(wan) entered blocking state
> > [16337.368638] br-lan: port 3(wan) entered forwarding state
> > 
> > The cable is a 30m Cat.6 and never has such issue when EEE is disabled.
> > Perhaps WAKEUP_TIME_1000/100 or some PHY registers need to be fine-tuned,
> > but for now I think it should be disabled by default.
> 
> Experience with Atheros AR8035 which has a very similar issue would
> suggest that before resorting to the blunt hammer of disabling
> SmartEEE, one should definitely experiment with the 1G Tw settings.
> 
> Using 24us for 1G speeds on AR8035 helps a great deal, whereas the PHY
> defaults to 17us for 1G and 23us for 100M.

I set the 1G Tw to maximum 255us and still got the link issue..