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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:22:43 -0800 From: Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com> To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> Cc: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@...ium.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: thunderx sgmii interface hang On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote: >> Currently I'm not using the DP83867_PHY driver (after verifying the >> issue occurs with or without that driver). >> >> It does not occur if I limit UDP (ie 950mbps). I disabled all offloads >> and the issue still occurs. > >> I'm told that the particular Cavium reference board with an SGMII phy >> doesn't show this issue (I don't have that specific board to do my own >> testing or comparisons against our board) so I'm inclined to think it >> has something to do with an interaction with the DP83867 PHY. I would >> like to start poking at PHY registers to see if I can find anything >> unusual. The best way to do that from userspace is via >> SIOCGMIIREG/SIOCSMIIREG right? The thunderx nic doesn't currently >> support ioctl's so I guess I'll have to add that support unless >> there's a way to get at phy registers from userspace through a phy >> driver? > > phy_mii_ioctl() does what you need, and is simple to use. > > mii-tool will then give you access to the standard PHY registers. > > Andre I didn't think mii-tool or ethtool (its replacement right?) could read/write specific phy registers via cmdline? I wrote my own tool some time ago to do that [1]. Tim [1] http://trac.gateworks.com/attachment/wiki/conformance_testing/mii-reg.c
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