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Message-ID: <2ca9a20c-59a9-4b95-bfe1-5729e2361d70@lunn.ch>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:57:35 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@....com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>, horms@...nel.org,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
	Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
	Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>,
	Wong Vee Khee <vee.khee.wong@...el.com>,
	Chuah Kim Tatt <kim.tatt.chuah@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, imx@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-imx@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: stmmac: dwmac4: extend timeout for VLAN Tag
 register busy bit check

On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 02:34:52PM -0500, Shenwei Wang wrote:
> Increase the timeout for checking the busy bit of the VLAN Tag register
> from 10µs to 500ms. This change is necessary to accommodate scenarios
> where Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) is enabled.
> 
> Overnight testing revealed that when EEE is active, the busy bit can
> remain set for up to approximately 300ms. The new 500ms timeout provides
> a safety margin.

Do you know what EEE has to do with VLAN filtering?

Could there be other registers which suffer from the same problem?

      Andrew

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