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Message-ID: <6aaa3ff4-de08-24f5-b886-de98813ce2c8@ti.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2023 19:38:40 +0530
From:   Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@...com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
        <pabeni@...hat.com>, <rogerq@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <srk@...com>,
        <s-vadapalli@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Move mode
 specific config to mac_config()



On 03-04-2023 19:25, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2023 at 07:20:21PM +0530, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 03-04-2023 18:43, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 03, 2023 at 06:31:52PM +0530, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 03-04-2023 16:38, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 03, 2023 at 04:31:04PM +0530, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
>>>>>> Move the interface mode specific configuration to the mac_config()
>>>>>> callback am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_config().
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@...com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c | 10 +++++++---
>>>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
>>>>>> index d17757ecbf42..74e099828978 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
>>>>>> @@ -1504,12 +1504,17 @@ static void am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_config(struct phylink_config *config, unsigned in
>>>>>>  							  phylink_config);
>>>>>>  	struct am65_cpsw_port *port = container_of(slave, struct am65_cpsw_port, slave);
>>>>>>  	struct am65_cpsw_common *common = port->common;
>>>>>> +	u32 mac_control = 0;
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  	if (common->pdata.extra_modes & BIT(state->interface)) {
>>>>>> -		if (state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII)
>>>>>> +		if (state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII) {
>>>>>> +			mac_control |= CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN;
>>>>>>  			writel(ADVERTISE_SGMII,
>>>>>>  			       port->sgmii_base + AM65_CPSW_SGMII_MR_ADV_ABILITY_REG);
>>>>>> +		}
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> +		if (mac_control)
>>>>>> +			cpsw_sl_ctl_set(port->slave.mac_sl, mac_control);
>>>>>>  		writel(AM65_CPSW_SGMII_CONTROL_MR_AN_ENABLE,
>>>>>>  		       port->sgmii_base + AM65_CPSW_SGMII_CONTROL_REG);
>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>> @@ -1553,8 +1558,7 @@ static void am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_link_up(struct phylink_config *config, struct phy
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  	if (speed == SPEED_1000)
>>>>>>  		mac_control |= CPSW_SL_CTL_GIG;
>>>>>> -	if (interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII)
>>>>>> -		mac_control |= CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN;
>>>>>> +	/* TODO: Verify whether in-band is necessary for 10 Mbps RGMII */
>>>>>>  	if (speed == SPEED_10 && phy_interface_mode_is_rgmii(interface))
>>>>>>  		/* Can be used with in band mode only */
>>>>>>  		mac_control |= CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN;
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm afraid I can see you haven't thought this patch through properly.
>>>>>
>>>>> am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_link_down() will call
>>>>> cpsw_sl_ctl_reset(port->slave.mac_sl); which has the effect of clearing
>>>>> to zero the entire MAC control register. This will clear
>>>>> CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN that was set in am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_config() which is
>>>>> not what you want to be doing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Given that we have the 10Mbps issue with RGMII, I think what you want
>>>>> to be doing is:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Set CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN in am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_config() if in SGMII
>>>>>    mode, otherwise clear this bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Clear the mac_control register in am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_link_down()
>>>>>    if in RMGII mode, otherwise preserve the state of
>>>>>    CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN but clear all other bits.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Set CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN in am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_link_up() if in
>>>>>    RGMII mode and 10Mbps.
>>>>
>>>> I plan to implement it as follows:
>>>> 1. Add a member "u32 mode_config" to "struct am65_cpsw_slave_data" in
>>>> "am65-cpsw-nuss.h".
>>>> 2. In am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_config(), store the value of mac_control in
>>>> "port->slave.mode_config".
>>>> 3. In am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_link_down(), after the reset via
>>>> cpsw_sl_ctl_reset(), execute:
>>>> cpsw_sl_ctl_set(port->slave.mac_sl, port->slave.mode_config) in order to
>>>> restore the configuration performed in am65_cpsw_nuss_mac_config().
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know in case of any suggestions to implement it in a
>>>> better manner.
>>>
>>> Do you think this complexity is really worth it?
>>>
>>> Let's look at what's available:
>>>
>>> cpsw_sl_ctl_set() - sets bits in the mac control register
>>> cpsw_sl_ctl_clr() - clears bits in the mac control register
>>> cpsw_sl_ctl_reset() - sets the mac control register to zero
>>>
>>> So, in mac_config(), we can do:
>>>
>>> 	if (interface == SGMII)
>>> 		cpsw_sl_ctl_set(CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN);
>>> 	else
>>> 		cpsw_sl_ctl_clr(CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN);
>>
>> While this will work for patch 1/3, once I add support for USXGMII mode
>> as in patch 3/3, I believe that I have to invert it, beginning by
>> invoking a cpsw_sl_ctl_clr(CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN) at the start in
>> mac_config() followed by switching through the modes. If the mode is
>> SGMII, then I invoke cpsw_sl_ctl_set(CPSW_SL_CTL_EXT_EN), along with the
>> write to the MR_ADV_ABILITY_REG register to advertise SGMII. If the mode
>> is USXGMII, then I invoke:
>> cpsw_sl_ctl_set(CPSW_SL_CTL_XGIG | CPSW_SL_CTL_XGMII_EN)
> 
> For patch 1, I did leave out the write for MR_ADV_ABILITY_REG, I had
> assumed you'd get the idea on that and merge the if() condition you
> already had with my suggestion above (which isn't literal code!)
> 
> In patch 3, you simply need to add:
> 
> 	if (interface == USXGMII)
> 		cpsw_sl_ctl_set(CPSW_SL_CTL_XGIG | CPSW_SL_CTL_XGMII_EN);
> 	else
> 		cpsw_sl_ctl_clr(CPSW_SL_CTL_XGIG | CPSW_SL_CTL_XGMII_EN);

Thank you for answering all my questions and sharing your valuable
feedback. I will implement all the suggestions in the v3 series.

Regards,
Siddharth.

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