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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:51:16 +0200
From:   Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
To:     <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/6] net: ethernet: add mac-phy interrupt
 support with reset complete handling

Hi Parthiban,

> Hi Lukasz,
> 
> Sorry for the delayed response. Regarding your issue, we just noticed 
> that you have also filed an issue in our oa tc6 lib github page. Our
> oa tc6 lib for controllers developer Thorsten will get back to you on
> this. You can get the solution from there.
> 
> https://github.com/MicrochipTech/oa-tc6-lib/issues/14

Yes. This is filled by me :-)

I will reach Thorsten directly.

Thanks for the reply.

> 
> Best Regards,
> Parthiban V
> 
> On 13/09/23 6:56 pm, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> >   
> >>> Just maybe mine small remark. IMHO the reset shall not pollute the
> >>> IRQ hander. The RESETC is just set on the initialization phase and
> >>> only then shall be served. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it
> >>> will not be handled during "normal" operation.  
> >>
> >> This is something i also wondered. Maybe if the firmware in the
> >> MAC-PHY crashes, burns, and a watchdog reset it, could it assert
> >> RESETC? I think maybe a WARN_ON_ONCE() for RESETC in the interrupt
> >> handler would be useful, but otherwise ignore it. Probe can then
> >> poll during its reset.
> >>  
> >>>> +				regval = RESETC;
> >>>> +				/* SPI host should write RESETC
> >>>> bit with one to
> >>>> +				 * clear the reset interrupt
> >>>> status.
> >>>> +				 */
> >>>> +				ret = oa_tc6_perform_ctrl(tc6,
> >>>> OA_TC6_STS0,
> >>>> +
> >>>> &regval, 1, true,
> >>>> +
> >>>> false);  
> >>>
> >>> Is this enough to have the IRQ_N deasserted (i.e. pulled HIGH)?
> >>>
> >>> The documentation states it clearly that one also needs to set
> >>> SYNC bit (BIT(15)) in the OA_CONFIG0 register (which would have
> >>> the 0x8006 value).
> >>>
> >>> Mine problem is that even after writing 0x40 to OA_STATUS0 and
> >>> 0x8006 to OA_CONFIG0 the IRQ_N is still LOW (it is pulled up via
> >>> 10K resistor).
> >>>
> >>> (I'm able to read those registers and those show expected values)
> >>>  
> >>
> >> What does STATUS0 and STATUS1 contain?  
> > 
> > STATUS0 => 0x40, which is expected.
> > 
> > Then I do write 0x40 to STATUS0 -> bit6 (RESETC) is R/W1C
> > 
> > After reading the same register - I do receive 0x00 (it has been
> > cleared).
> > 
> > Then I write 0x8006 to OA_CONFIG0.
> > 
> > (Those two steps are regarded as "configuration" of LAN865x device
> > in the documentation)
> > 
> > In this patch set -> the OA_COFIG0 also has the 0x6 added to
> > indicate the SPI transfer chunk.
> > 
> > Dump of OA registers:
> > {0x11, 0x7c1b3, 0x5e5, 0x0, 0x8006, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
> > 0x3000, 0x1fbf, 0x3ffe0003, 0x0, 0x0}
> > 
> > Status 0 (0x8) -> 0x0
> > Status 1 (0x9) -> 0x0
> >   
> >> That might be a dumb question,
> >> i've not read the details for interrupt handling yet, but maybe
> >> there is another interrupt pending? Or the interrupt mask needs
> >> writing?  
> > 
> > All the interrupts on MASK{01} are masked.
> > 
> > Changing it to:
> > sts &= ~(OA_IMASK0_TXPEM | OA_IMASK0_TXBOEM | OA_IMASK0_TXBUEM |
> > OA_IMASK0_RXBOEM | OA_IMASK0_LOFEM | OA_IMASK0_HDREM
> > 
> > doesn't fix this problem.
> >   
> >>  
> >>> Was it on purpose to not use the RST_N pin to perform GPIO based
> >>> reset?
> >>>
> >>> When I generate reset pulse (and keep it for low for > 5us) the
> >>> IRQ_N gets high. After some time it gets low (as expected). But
> >>> then it doesn't get high any more.  
> >>
> >> Does the standard say RST_N is mandatory to be controlled by
> >> software? I could imagine RST_N is tied to the board global reset
> >> when the power supply is stable.  
> > 
> > It can be GPIO controlled. However, it is not required. I've tied
> > it to 3V3 and also left NC, but no change.
> >   
> >> Software reset is then used at probe time.  
> > 
> > I've reconfigured the board to use only SW based reset (i.e. set
> > bit0 in OA_RESET - 0x3).
> >   
> >>
> >> So this could be a board design decision. I can see this code
> >> getting extended in the future, an optional gpiod passed to the
> >> core for it to use.  
> > 
> > I can omit the RST_N control. I'd just expect the IRQ_N to be high
> > after reset.
> >   
> >>  
> >>>> msecs_to_jiffies(1));  
> >>>
> >>> Please also clarify - does the LAN8651 require up to 1ms "settle
> >>> down" (after reset) time before it gets operational again?  
> >>
> >> If this is not part of the standard, it really should be in the MAC
> >> driver, or configurable, since different devices might need
> >> different delays. But ideally, if the status bit says it is good
> >> to go, i would really expect it to be good to go. So this probably
> >> should be a LAN8651 quirk.  
> > 
> > The documentation is silent about the "settle down time". The only
> > requirements is for RST_N assertion > 5us. However, when the IRQ_N
> > goes low, and the interrupt is served - it happens that I cannot
> > read ID from the chip via SPI.
> >   
> >>
> >> 	Andrew  
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Lukasz Majewski
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Erika Unter
> > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell,
> > Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-59 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email:
> > lukma@...x.de  
> 




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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