linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: mt7622: fix switch probe on bananapi-r64

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Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 12:44:19 +0200
From: "Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)"
 <regressions@...mhuis.info>
To: frank-w@...lic-files.de, Arınç ÜNAL
 <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>, Frank Wunderlich <linux@...web.de>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Matthias Brugger
 <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
 AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
 Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>,
 Linux kernel regressions list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: mt7622: fix switch probe on bananapi-r64

[CCing the regression list, as it should be in the loop for regressions:
https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.html]

On 17.05.24 08:27, Frank Wunderlich wrote:
> Am 17. Mai 2024 04:17:47 MESZ schrieb "Arınç ÜNAL" <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>:
>> On 16/05/2024 23:48, Frank Wunderlich wrote:
>>> From: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>
>>>
>>> After commit 868ff5f4944a
>>> ("net: dsa: mt7530-mdio: read PHY address of switch from device tree")
>>> the mt7531 switch on Bananapi-R64 was not detected.
>>>
>>> mt7530-mdio mdio-bus:00: reset timeout
>>> mt7530-mdio mdio-bus:00: probe with driver mt7530-mdio failed with error -110
>>>
>>> Fix this by adding phy address in devicetree.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>
>>
>> I don't like the mention of the Linux kernel driver on the patch log. What
>> you're fixing is the incorrect description of the switch's PHY address on
>> the DTS file. Whether or not any driver from any project is actually
>> reading it from the DTS file is irrelevant to this patch. That said, I
>> already have a patch series I've been meaning to send the next version of
>> that already addresses this. Please wait for that.

Did you sent this? Because from what I see with my limited experience in
this subsystem...

> From my PoV it is a regression in next/6.10

..I have to agree with Frank here. So it would be good to get this
fixed before -rc1 is out to prevent more people from running into this.

> because the driver change was merged (without "broadcast" fallback) and the dts patch [1] is not.
> 
> I agree that my patch can be dropped because there was already one.
> 
> regards Frank
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/patch/20240314-for-mediatek-mt7531-phy-address-v1-1-52f58db01acd@arinc9.com/

Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)
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