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Date:	Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:54:26 +0100
From:	Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
To:	Phil Reid <preid@...ctromag.com.au>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<gabriel.fernandez@...aro.org>, <afaerber@...e.de>,
	<fschaefer.oss@...glemail.com>, <dinh.linux@...il.com>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 (net.git) 2/2] stmmac: fix MDIO settings

On 3/11/2016 9:16 AM, Phil Reid wrote:
> G'day Giuseppe,
>
> Sorry for delay in responding.
> I feel responsible for starting the changes breaking this.
>
> See below.
>
> On 11/03/2016 3:44 PM, Giuseppe Cavallaro wrote:
>> Initially the phy_bus_name was added to manipulate the
>> driver name but It was recently just used to manage the
>> fixed-link and then to take some decision at run-time
>> inside the main (for example to skip EEE).
>> So the patch uses the is_pseudo_fixed_link and removes
>> removes the phy_bus_name variable not necessary anymore.
>>
>> The driver can manage the mdio registration by using phy-handle,
>> dwmac-mdio and own parameter e.g. snps,phy-addr.
>> This patch takes care about all these possible configurations
>> and fixes the mdio registration in case of there is a real
>> transceiver or a switch (that needs to be managed by using
>> fixed-link).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
>> Reviewed-by: Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
>> Tested-by: Frank Schäfer <fschaefer.oss@...glemail.com>
>> Cc: Gabriel Fernandez <gabriel.fernandez@...aro.org>
>> Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinh.linux@...il.com>
>> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>> ---
>>
>> V2: use is_pseudo_fixed_link
>>
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c  |   11 +++--------
>>   .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c  |   14
>> +++++---------
>>   include/linux/stmmac.h                             |    1 -
>>   3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>> index c21015b..389d7d0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>> @@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ static void stmmac_eee_ctrl_timer(unsigned long arg)
>>    */
>>   bool stmmac_eee_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
>>   {
>> -    char *phy_bus_name = priv->plat->phy_bus_name;
>>       unsigned long flags;
>>       bool ret = false;
>>
>> @@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ bool stmmac_eee_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
>>           goto out;
>>
>>       /* Never init EEE in case of a switch is attached */
>> -    if (phy_bus_name && (!strcmp(phy_bus_name, "fixed")))
>> +    if (priv->phydev->is_pseudo_fixed_link)
>>           goto out;
>>
>>       /* MAC core supports the EEE feature. */
>> @@ -820,12 +819,8 @@ static int stmmac_init_phy(struct net_device *dev)
>>           phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, priv->plat->phy_node,
>>                       &stmmac_adjust_link, 0, interface);
>>       } else {
>> -        if (priv->plat->phy_bus_name)
>> -            snprintf(bus_id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s-%x",
>> -                 priv->plat->phy_bus_name, priv->plat->bus_id);
>> -        else
>> -            snprintf(bus_id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "stmmac-%x",
>> -                 priv->plat->bus_id);
>> +        snprintf(bus_id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "stmmac-%x",
>> +             priv->plat->bus_id);
>>
>>           snprintf(phy_id_fmt, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE + 3, PHY_ID_FMT, bus_id,
>>                priv->plat->phy_addr);
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
>> index 6a52fa1..ed33920 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
>> @@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device
>> *pdev, const char **mac)
>>               return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
>>
>>           plat->phy_node = of_node_get(np);
>> -    }
>> +    } else
>> +        plat->mdio_bus_data =
>> +            devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
>> +                     sizeof(struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data),
>> +                     GFP_KERNEL);
>
> This breaks my use case where I have a fixed link but also need the mdio
> bus for
> talking to a dsa switch. stmmac_mdio_register bails out because
> mdio_bus_data is
> never allocated here at this point when a fixed link exists with no
> phy-handle
> property. Removing the else solves my use.

ok I get the point.

>
> Possibly it could be allocated in stmmac_mdio_register if snps,dwmac-mdio
> is found and not already allocated.
> With the
>      if (!mdio_bus_data)
>          return 0;
> to after the device tree query.

this is a way. Let me do some tests and I send the V3.

Thx for your feedback

peppe

>
>
>>
>>       /* "snps,phy-addr" is not a standard property. Mark it as
>> deprecated
>>        * and warn of its use. Remove this when phy node support is added.
>> @@ -146,14 +150,6 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device
>> *pdev, const char **mac)
>>       if (of_property_read_u32(np, "snps,phy-addr", &plat->phy_addr)
>> == 0)
>>           dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "snps,phy-addr property is deprecated\n");
>>
>> -    if ((plat->phy_node && !of_phy_is_fixed_link(np)) ||
>> plat->phy_bus_name)
>> -        plat->mdio_bus_data = NULL;
>> -    else
>> -        plat->mdio_bus_data =
>> -            devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
>> -                     sizeof(struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data),
>> -                     GFP_KERNEL);
>> -
>>       of_property_read_u32(np, "tx-fifo-depth", &plat->tx_fifo_size);
>>
>>       of_property_read_u32(np, "rx-fifo-depth", &plat->rx_fifo_size);
>> diff --git a/include/linux/stmmac.h b/include/linux/stmmac.h
>> index eead8ab..1b4884c 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/stmmac.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/stmmac.h
>> @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ struct stmmac_dma_cfg {
>>   };
>>
>>   struct plat_stmmacenet_data {
>> -    char *phy_bus_name;
>>       int bus_id;
>>       int phy_addr;
>>       int interface;
>>
>
>

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