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Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:51:25 +0200
From:	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
To:	Oliver Martin <oliver.martin@...dent.tuwien.ac.at>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, hvr@....org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: ep93xx_eth PHY problems

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 02:11:10PM +0200, Oliver Martin wrote:

> > > Am Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:02:15 +0100
> > > schrieb Oliver Martin <oliver.martin@...dent.tuwien.ac.at>:
> > >> Now I'm having different problems: When auto-negotiation is
> > >> enabled, it sometimes randomly changes the link state:
> > >>
> > >> PHY: 0:01 - Link is Down
> > >> PHY: 0:01 - Link is Up - 100/Full
> > >>
> > > 
> > > I've found at least one part of the problem. The MDIO clock divisor
> > > wasn't set again after the reset in ep93xx_start_hw. It was left at
> > > the default, resulting in a 12.5 MHz clock, which the PHY (Micrel
> > > KSZ8721BL) didn't like too much. Calling ep93xx_mdio_reset after
> > > the reset fixed it, the link is now perfectly stable in
> > > auto-negotiation mode.
> > > 
> > > There still seems to be another bug with auto-negotiation disabled:
> > > It doesn't switch to 1000 Mbps any more, but most times it doesn't
> > > stay in the intended configuration either. I haven't done any
> > > extensive testing of this yet, though.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Oliver Martin <oliver.martin@...dent.tuwien.ac.at>
> > 
> > Testing feedback?  Lennert ack?
> 
> We're currently using a variation of my original patch, which didn't
> handle ifdown correctly (there's a similar reset there). With the
> current setup, everything seems stable, but we still have some rather
> hackish workarounds for the original issue in our startup scripts.
> I don't have the hardware right now, but we'll specifically test
> without them both with and without auto-negotiation next week and
> report the results.

OK, can you provide a commit message for this so that I can add it to
http://git.wantstofly.org/?p=ep93xx_eth.git/.git;a=summary and ask Jeff
to pull it?


> Index: linux-2.6.26/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.26.orig/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c	2008-07-25 03:13:33.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.26/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c	2008-07-25 03:14:52.000000000 +0200
> @@ -535,6 +535,22 @@
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> +static int ep93xx_mdio_reset(struct mii_bus *bus)
> +{
> +	struct ep93xx_priv *ep = bus->priv;
> +
> +	u32 selfctl = rdl(ep, REG_SELFCTL);
> +
> +	selfctl &= ~(REG_SELFCTL_MDCDIV_MSK | REG_SELFCTL_PSPRS);
> +
> +	selfctl |= (ep->mdc_divisor - 1) << REG_SELFCTL_MDCDIV_OFS;
> +	selfctl |= REG_SELFCTL_PSPRS;
> +
> +	wrl(ep, REG_SELFCTL, selfctl);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static int ep93xx_start_hw(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct ep93xx_priv *ep = netdev_priv(dev);
> @@ -553,6 +569,9 @@
>  		return 1;
>  	}
>  
> +	/* The reset cleared REG_SELFCTL, so set the MDC divisor again */
> +	ep93xx_mdio_reset(&ep->mii_bus);
> +
>  	/* Receive descriptor ring.  */
>  	addr = ep->descs_dma_addr + offsetof(struct ep93xx_descs, rdesc);
>  	wrl(ep, REG_RXDQBADD, addr);
> @@ -625,6 +644,9 @@
>  
>  	if (i == 10)
>  		printk(KERN_CRIT DRV_MODULE_NAME ": hw failed to reset\n");
> +
> +	/* The reset cleared REG_SELFCTL, so set the MDC divisor again */
> +	ep93xx_mdio_reset(&ep->mii_bus);
>  }
>  
>  static int ep93xx_open(struct net_device *dev)
> @@ -776,22 +798,6 @@
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int ep93xx_mdio_reset(struct mii_bus *bus)
> -{
> -	struct ep93xx_priv *ep = bus->priv;
> -
> -	u32 selfctl = rdl(ep, REG_SELFCTL);
> -
> -	selfctl &= ~(REG_SELFCTL_MDCDIV_MSK | REG_SELFCTL_PSPRS);
> -
> -	selfctl |= (ep->mdc_divisor - 1) << REG_SELFCTL_MDCDIV_OFS;
> -	selfctl |= REG_SELFCTL_PSPRS;
> -
> -	wrl(ep, REG_SELFCTL, selfctl);
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>  
>  static void ep93xx_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
>  {
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