netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] ixgbe: set X550 MDIO speed before talking to PHY

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Date:   Wed, 3 Nov 2021 01:48:19 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Cyril Novikov <cnovikov@...x.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] ixgbe: set X550 MDIO speed before talking to PHY

On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 06:39:36PM -0700, Cyril Novikov wrote:
> The MDIO bus speed must be initialized before talking to the PHY the first
> time in order to avoid talking to it using a speed that the PHY doesn't
> support.
> 
> This fixes HW initialization error -17 (IXGBE_ERR_PHY_ADDR_INVALID) on
> Denverton CPUs (a.k.a. the Atom C3000 family) on ports with a 10Gb network
> plugged in. On those devices, HLREG0[MDCSPD] resets to 1, which combined
> with the 10Gb network results in a 24MHz MDIO speed, which is apparently
> too fast for the connected PHY. PHY register reads over MDIO bus return
> garbage, leading to initialization failure.
> 
> Reproduced with Linux kernel 4.19 and 5.15-rc7. Can be reproduced using
> the following setup:
> 
> * Use an Atom C3000 family system with at least one X552 LAN on the SoC
> * Disable PXE or other BIOS network initialization if possible
>   (the interface must not be initialized before Linux boots)
> * Connect a live 10Gb Ethernet cable to an X550 port
> * Power cycle (not reset, doesn't always work) the system and boot Linux
> * Observe: ixgbe interfaces w/ 10GbE cables plugged in fail with error -17
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cyril Novikov <cnovikov@...x.com>
> Fixes: e84db7272798 ("ixgbe: Introduce function to control MDIO speed")

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew