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Message-ID: <13A253B3F9BEFE43B93C09CF75F63CAA81A8AB3DC9@MNEXMB1.qlogic.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:43:14 -0500
From: Rajesh Borundia <rajesh.borundia@...gic.com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>,
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@...gic.com>,
Ana Guerrero <ana@...ian.org>,
Michael Mastrogiacomo <mmastrogiacomo@...ralogistics.com>,
zz-930768 <amit.salecha@...gic.com>,
Ameen Rahman <ameen.rahman@...gic.com>,
Anirban Chakraborty <anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2.6.32.y] netxen: support for GbE port settings
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Nieder [mailto:jrnieder@...il.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:06 AM
> To: David Miller
> Cc: netdev; stable@...r.kernel.org; Sony Chacko; Ana Guerrero; Michael
> Mastrogiacomo; zz-930768; Ameen Rahman; Anirban Chakraborty
> Subject: [PATCH 2.6.32.y] netxen: support for GbE port settings
>
> From: Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@...gic.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:54:55 -0700
>
> commit bfd823bd74333615783d8108889814c6d82f2ab0 upstream.
>
> o Enable setting speed and auto negotiation parameters for GbE ports.
> o Hardware do not support half duplex setting currently.
>
> David Miller:
> Amit please update your patch to silently reject link setting
> attempts that are unsupported by the device.
>
> [jn: backported for 2.6.32.y by Ana Guerrero]
>
> Signed-off-by: Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@...gic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Tested-by: Ana Guerrero <ana@...ian.org> # HP NC375i
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
> ---
> Hi Dave,
>
> Michael Mastrogiacomo reports[1]:
>
> > The HP NC375i network card on an HP ML370 G6 server with Debian
> > squeeze OS installed as problems.
> >
> > The server is connected to a switch that does only 100/full and it
> > fails to autonegotiate correctly during reboot. A network
> > connection can be used if the switch side gets locked to 100 half
> > however which seems to be what the HP card assumes if negotiaton
> > fails. The HP card seems to assume a speed of 1000 which is
> > incorrect. It should learn a speed of 100 advertised by the switch
> > which it fails to do.
> >
> > Certain ethtool and miitool functions do not seem to work such as
> > ethtool -s (you can't set any parameters at all). ethtool -t also
> > fails.
>
> Ana Guerrero wrote:
>
> > Yes, it is a driver bug. We hit in this same problem because the
> > switches are not configured to allow auto-negociated GbE.
> > Eg with ethtool:
> >
> > # ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off
> > Cannot set new settings: Input/output error not setting autoneg
> > #
> >
> > The patch at
> > [...]h=bfd823bd74333615783d8108889814c6d82f2ab0
> >
> > fixes this problem. I am attaching it already updated to work on top
> > of 2.6.32-41.
> >
> > The patch has been tested successfully with a HP NC3751 card like
> > the reporter.
>
> Therefore I would like to see this patch in a future 2.6.32.y kernel,
> so everyone using that as a baseline can benefit from the fix. The
> patch hit mainline in the 2.6.39 merge window.
>
> What is the right way to submit networking patches for the 2.6.32.y
> tree? Should I send them to you or directly to Willy, are your
> requirements for them the same as the usual stable_kernel_rules.txt or
> other ones, and is [2] the right place to find a preview of patches
> destined for longterm trees or do they go somewhere else?
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts,
> Jonathan
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/638921
> [2] http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?state=*
>
> drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h | 7 +++-
> drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ctx.c | 15 ++++++++
> drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c | 58 ++++++++---------------
> --------
> 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
> b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
> index e52af5b75b18..50d2af886cd1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
> @@ -700,7 +700,8 @@ struct netxen_recv_context {
> #define NX_CDRP_CMD_READ_PEXQ_PARAMETERS 0x0000001c
> #define NX_CDRP_CMD_GET_LIC_CAPABILITIES 0x0000001d
> #define NX_CDRP_CMD_READ_MAX_LRO_PER_BOARD 0x0000001e
> -#define NX_CDRP_CMD_MAX 0x0000001f
> +#define NX_CDRP_CMD_CONFIG_GBE_PORT 0x0000001f
> +#define NX_CDRP_CMD_MAX 0x00000020
>
> #define NX_RCODE_SUCCESS 0
> #define NX_RCODE_NO_HOST_MEM 1
> @@ -1015,6 +1016,7 @@ typedef struct {
> #define NX_FW_CAPABILITY_BDG (1 << 8)
> #define NX_FW_CAPABILITY_FVLANTX (1 << 9)
> #define NX_FW_CAPABILITY_HW_LRO (1 << 10)
> +#define NX_FW_CAPABILITY_GBE_LINK_CFG (1 << 11)
>
> /* module types */
> #define LINKEVENT_MODULE_NOT_PRESENT 1
> @@ -1323,6 +1325,9 @@ int netxen_config_ipaddr(struct netxen_adapter
> *adapter, u32 ip, int cmd);
> int netxen_linkevent_request(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int
> enable);
> void netxen_advert_link_change(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int
> linkup);
>
> +int nx_fw_cmd_set_gbe_port(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
> + u32 speed, u32 duplex, u32 autoneg);
> +
> int nx_fw_cmd_set_mtu(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int mtu);
> int netxen_nic_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu);
> int netxen_config_hw_lro(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ctx.c
> b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ctx.c
> index 9cb8f6878047..f48cdb2bfaf0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ctx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ctx.c
> @@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ nx_fw_cmd_set_mtu(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
> int mtu)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +int
> +nx_fw_cmd_set_gbe_port(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
> + u32 speed, u32 duplex, u32 autoneg)
> +{
> +
> + return netxen_issue_cmd(adapter,
> + adapter->ahw.pci_func,
> + NXHAL_VERSION,
> + speed,
> + duplex,
> + autoneg,
> + NX_CDRP_CMD_CONFIG_GBE_PORT);
> +
> +}
> +
> static int
> nx_fw_cmd_create_rx_ctx(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
> {
> diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c
> b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c
> index 714f38791a9a..7e34840dfe59 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c
> @@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ skip:
> check_sfp_module = netif_running(dev) &&
> adapter->has_link_events;
> } else {
> - ecmd->autoneg = AUTONEG_ENABLE;
> ecmd->supported |= (SUPPORTED_TP |SUPPORTED_Autoneg);
> ecmd->advertising |=
> (ADVERTISED_TP | ADVERTISED_Autoneg);
> @@ -254,53 +253,24 @@ static int
> netxen_nic_set_settings(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_cmd
> *ecmd)
> {
> struct netxen_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(dev);
> - __u32 status;
> + int ret;
>
> - /* read which mode */
> - if (adapter->ahw.port_type == NETXEN_NIC_GBE) {
> - /* autonegotiation */
> - if (adapter->phy_write
> - && adapter->phy_write(adapter,
> - NETXEN_NIU_GB_MII_MGMT_ADDR_AUTONEG,
> - ecmd->autoneg) != 0)
> - return -EIO;
> - else
> - adapter->link_autoneg = ecmd->autoneg;
> + if (adapter->ahw.port_type != NETXEN_NIC_GBE)
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> - if (adapter->phy_read
> - && adapter->phy_read(adapter,
> - NETXEN_NIU_GB_MII_MGMT_ADDR_PHY_STATUS,
> - &status) != 0)
> - return -EIO;
> + if (!(adapter->capabilities & NX_FW_CAPABILITY_GBE_LINK_CFG))
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> - /* speed */
> - switch (ecmd->speed) {
> - case SPEED_10:
> - netxen_set_phy_speed(status, 0);
> - break;
> - case SPEED_100:
> - netxen_set_phy_speed(status, 1);
> - break;
> - case SPEED_1000:
> - netxen_set_phy_speed(status, 2);
> - break;
> - }
> - /* set duplex mode */
> - if (ecmd->duplex == DUPLEX_HALF)
> - netxen_clear_phy_duplex(status);
> - if (ecmd->duplex == DUPLEX_FULL)
> - netxen_set_phy_duplex(status);
> - if (adapter->phy_write
> - && adapter->phy_write(adapter,
> - NETXEN_NIU_GB_MII_MGMT_ADDR_PHY_STATUS,
> - *((int *)&status)) != 0)
> - return -EIO;
> - else {
> - adapter->link_speed = ecmd->speed;
> - adapter->link_duplex = ecmd->duplex;
> - }
> - } else
> + ret = nx_fw_cmd_set_gbe_port(adapter, ecmd->speed, ecmd->duplex,
> + ecmd->autoneg);
> + if (ret == NX_RCODE_NOT_SUPPORTED)
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + else if (ret)
> + return -EIO;
> +
> + adapter->link_speed = ecmd->speed;
> + adapter->link_duplex = ecmd->duplex;
> + adapter->link_autoneg = ecmd->autoneg;
>
> if (!netif_running(dev))
> return 0;
> --
> 1.7.9.2
>
Looks fine to me.
Rajesh
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