netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bgmac: fix *initial* chip reset to support BCM5358

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Message-ID: <07ee8ccb-96c2-eb74-5c8d-65934dc051db@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:23:45 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bgmac: fix *initial* chip reset to support BCM5358



On 2/27/2023 1:11 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
> 
> While bringing hardware up we should perform a full reset including the
> switch bit (BGMAC_BCMA_IOCTL_SW_RESET aka SICF_SWRST). It's what
> specification says and what reference driver does.
> 
> This seems to be critical for the BCM5358. Without this hardware doesn't
> get initialized properly and doesn't seem to transmit or receive any
> packets.
> 
> Originally bgmac was calling bgmac_chip_reset() before setting
> "has_robosw" property which resulted in expected behaviour. That has
> changed as a side effect of adding platform device support which
> regressed BCM5358 support.
> 
> Fixes: f6a95a24957a ("net: ethernet: bgmac: Add platform device support")
> Cc: Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian