netdev - RE: [PATCH v2 0/7] stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: configurable RGMII TX delay

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Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2016 13:41:02 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Martin Blumenstingl' <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        "linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org" 
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 0/7] stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: configurable RGMII TX
 delay

From: Martin Blumenstingl
> Sent: 25 November 2016 13:02
> Currently the dwmac-meson8b stmmac glue driver uses a hardcoded 1/4
> cycle TX clock delay. This seems to work fine for many boards (for
> example Odroid-C2 or Amlogic's reference boards) but there are some
> others where TX traffic is simply broken.
> There are probably multiple reasons why it's working on some boards
> while it's broken on others:
> - some of Amlogic's reference boards are using a Micrel PHY
> - hardware circuit design
> - maybe more...
...

Interesting thought.
Can you test phy loopback with different delays?
It might be then possible to default to 'auto'.

	David