netdev - Re: issues to bring up two VSC8531 PHYs

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:12:28 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Ron Eggler <ron.eggler@...tywest.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: issues to bring up two VSC8531 PHYs

On 12.04.2023 22:11, Ron Eggler wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to bring up a pair of VSC9531 PHYs on an embedded system. I'm using a Yocto build and have altered the device tree with the following patch:
> https://github.com/MistySOM/meta-mistysom/blob/phy-enable/recipes-kernel/linux/smarc-rzg2l/0001-add-vsc8531-userspace-dts.patch
> I installed mdio-tools and can see the interfaces like:
> # mdio
> 11c20000.ethernet-ffffffff
> 11c30000.ethernet-ffffffff
> 
> Also, I hooked up a logic analyzer to the mdio lines and can see communications happening at boot time. Also, it appears that it's able to read the link status correctly (when a cable is plugged):
> # mdio 11c20000.ethernet-ffffffff
>  DEV      PHY-ID  LINK
> 0x00  0x00070572  up
> 
AFAICS there's no PHY driver yet for this model. The generic driver may or may not work.
Best add a PHY driver.

> Yet, ifconfig doesn't show the interfaces and I get:
> # ifconfig eth0 up
> [  140.542939] ravb 11c20000.ethernet eth0: failed to connect PHY
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
> When I try to bring it up
> 
> # ip l displays the interfaces as:
> 4: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>     link/ether 9a:ab:83:16:65:36 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> 5: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>     link/ether 2a:9d:bf:09:8d:c3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> 
> Where am I going from here? I have experimented with drilling down into bitwise analysis of the MDIO communications. I'm uncertain though if this is my best bet, does someone here have any insight and can provide me with some guidance?
> 
Any specific reason why you set the compatible to ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45 for a c22 PHY?

> Thanks a lot!

It would be advisable to include the phylib maintainers when asking phylib-related questions.