netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/4] Restore and fix PHY reset for SMSC LAN8720

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Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:10:06 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Badel, Laurent" <LaurentBadel@...on.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/4] Restore and fix PHY reset for SMSC LAN8720

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:25:01 +0000 Badel, Laurent wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH net 0/4] Restore and fix PHY reset for SMSC LAN8720
> 
> Description:
> A recent patchset [1] added support in the SMSC PHY driver for managing
> the ref clock and therefore removed the PHY_RST_AFTER_CLK_EN flag for the
> LAN8720 chip. The ref clock is passed to the SMSC driver through a new
> property "clocks" in the device tree.
> 
> There appears to be two potential caveats:
> (i) Building kernel 5.9 without updating the DT with the "clocks"
> property for SMSC PHY, would break systems previously relying on the PHY
> reset workaround (SMSC driver cannot grab the ref clock, so it is still
> managed by FEC, but the PHY is not reset because PHY_RST_AFTER_CLK_EN is
> not set). This may lead to occasional loss of ethernet connectivity in
> these systems, that is difficult to debug.
> 
> (ii) This defeats the purpose of a previous commit [2] that disabled the
> ref clock for power saving reasons. If a ref clock for the PHY is
> specified in DT, the SMSC driver will keep it always on (confirmed with 
> scope). While this removes the need for additional PHY resets (only a 
> single reset is needed after power up), this prevents the FEC from saving
> power by disabling the refclk. Since there may be use cases where one is
> interested in saving power, keep this option available when no ref clock
> is specified for the PHY, by fixing issues with the PHY reset.
> 
> Main changes proposed to address this:
> (a) Restore PHY_RST_AFTER_CLK_EN for LAN8720, but explicitly clear it if
> the SMSC driver succeeds in retrieving the ref clock.
> (b) Fix phy_reset_after_clk_enable() to work in interrupt mode, by
> re-configuring the PHY registers after reset.
> 
> Tests: against net tree 5.9, including allyes/no/modconfig. 10 pieces of
> an iMX28-EVK-based board were tested, 3 of which were found to exhibit
> issues when the "clocks" property was left unset. Issues were fixed by
> the present patchset.
> 
> References:
> [1] commit d65af21842f8 ("net: phy: smsc: LAN8710/20: remove
>     PHY_RST_AFTER_CLK_EN flag")
>     commit bedd8d78aba3 ("net: phy: smsc: LAN8710/20: add phy refclk in
>     support")
> [2] commit e8fcfcd5684a ("net: fec: optimize the clock management to save
>     power")

Please resend with git send-email, if you can.

All the patches have a "Subject: [PATCH" line in the message body,
and Fixes tags are line-wrapped (they should be one line even if they
are long).

> Laurent Badel (5):
>   net:phy:smsc: enable PHY_RST_AFTER_CLK_EN if ref clock is not set
>   net:phy:smsc: expand documentation of clocks property
>   net:phy: add phy_device_reset_status() support
>   net:phy: fix phy_reset_after_clk_enable()
>   net:phy: add SMSC PHY reset on PM restore

There are only 4 patches in the series.