netdev - RE: [PATCH net] net: phy: marvell10g: fix 88x3310 power up

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Message-ID: <011201d9b89c$a9a93d30$fcfbb790$@trustnetic.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:51:38 +0800
From: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>
To: "'Russell King \(Oracle\)'" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: "'Simon Horman'" <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
	<kabel@...nel.org>,
	<andrew@...n.ch>,
	<hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net] net: phy: marvell10g: fix 88x3310 power up

> > > > There are two places that mv3310_reset() is called, mv3310_config_mdix()
> > > > and mv3310_set_edpd(). One of them is in the probe function, after we
> > > > have powered up the PHY.
> > > >
> > > > I think we need much more information from the reporter before we can
> > > > guess which commit is a problem, if any.
> > > >
> > > > When does the reset time out?
> > > > What is the code path that we see mv3310_reset() timing out?
> > > > Does the problem happen while resuming or probing?
> > > > How soon after clearing the power down bit is mv3310_reset() called?
> > >
> > > I need to test it more times for more information.
> > >
> > > As far as I know, reset timeout appears in mv3310_set_edpd(), after mv3310_power_up()
> > > in mv3310_config_init().
> > >
> > > Now what I'm confused about is, sometimes there was weird values while probing, just
> > > to read out a weird firmware version, that caused the test to fail.
> > >
> > > And for this phy_read_mmd_poll_timeout(), it only succeeds when sleep_before_read = true.
> > > Otherwise, it would never succeed to clear the power down bit. Currently it looks like clearing
> > > the bit takes about 1ms.
> >
> > So, reading the bit before the first delay period results in the bit not
> > clearing, despite having written it to be zero?
> 
> Yes. So in the original code, there is no delay to read the register again for
> setting software reset bit. I think the power down bit is not actually cleared
> in my test.

Hi Russell,

I confirmed last week that this change is valid to make mv3310_reset() success.
But now reset fails again, only on port 0. Reset timeout still appears in
mv3310_config_init() -> mv3310_set_edpd() -> mv3310_reset(). I deleted this
change to test again, and the result shows that this change is valid for port 1.

So I'm a little confused. Since I don't have programming guidelines for this PHY,
but only a datasheet. Could you please help to check for any possible problems
with it?

Thanks.