netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: add check for in-band mode setting with RGMII PHY interface

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Message-ID: <b866b57c-2e15-978b-e1e5-5b2c7aa0a06a@ti.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:39:13 -0500
From:   Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
To:     SZ Lin (林上智) <sz.lin@...a.com>
CC:     Schuyler Patton <spatton@...com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>,
        Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: add check for in-band mode
 setting with RGMII PHY interface



On 03/15/2018 11:56 AM, SZ Lin (林上智) wrote:
> According to AM335x TRM[1] 14.3.6.2, AM437x TRM[2] 15.3.6.2 and
> DRA7 TRM[3] 24.11.4.8.7.3.3, in-band mode in EXT_EN(bit18) register is only
> available when PHY is configured in RGMII mode with 10Mbps speed. It will
> cause some networking issues without RGMII mode, such as carrier sense
> errors and low throughput. TI also mentioned this issue in their forum[4].
> 
> This patch adds the check mechanism for PHY interface with RGMII interface
> type, the in-band mode can only be set in RGMII mode with 10Mbps speed.
> 
> References:
> [1]: https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruh73p/spruh73p.pdf
> [2]: http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruhl7h/spruhl7h.pdf
> [3]: http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruic2b/spruic2b.pdf
> [4]: https://e2e.ti.com/support/arm/sitara_arm/f/791/p/640765/2392155
> 
> Suggested-by: Holsety Chen (陳憲輝) <Holsety.Chen@...a.com>
> Signed-off-by: SZ Lin (林上智) <sz.lin@...a.com>
> Signed-off-by: Schuyler Patton <spatton@...com>
> ---
> Changes from v1:
> - Use phy_interface_is_rgmii helper function
> - Remove blank line
> 

Reviewed-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>

>   drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> index 1b1b78fdc138..b2b30c9df037 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> @@ -1014,7 +1014,8 @@ static void _cpsw_adjust_link(struct cpsw_slave *slave,
>   		/* set speed_in input in case RMII mode is used in 100Mbps */
>   		if (phy->speed == 100)
>   			mac_control |= BIT(15);
> -		else if (phy->speed == 10)
> +		/* in band mode only works in 10Mbps RGMII mode */
> +		else if ((phy->speed == 10) && phy_interface_is_rgmii(phy))
>   			mac_control |= BIT(18); /* In Band mode */
>   
>   		if (priv->rx_pause)
> 

-- 
regards,
-grygorii