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Message-ID: <3a27097f-f7d0-4cb2-8e43-9e53327dcd7a@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 14:28:54 +0100
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: copy vendor driver 2.5G/5G EEE
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On 05.11.2024 22:06, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 11:07:20PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> Vendor driver r8125 doesn't advertise 2.5G EEE on RTL8125A, and r8126
>> doesn't advertise 5G EEE. Likely there are compatibility issues,
>> therefore do the same in r8169.
>> With this change we don't have to disable 2.5G EEE advertisement in
>> rtl8125a_config_eee_phy() any longer.
>> Note: We don't remove the potentially problematic modes from the
>> supported modes, so users can re-enable advertisement of these modes
>> if they work fine in their setup.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 7 +++++++
>> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_phy_config.c | 16 ++++------------
>> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
>> index e83c4841b..4f37d25e0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
>> @@ -5318,6 +5318,13 @@ static int r8169_mdio_register(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
>> phy_support_eee(tp->phydev);
>> phy_support_asym_pause(tp->phydev);
>>
>> + /* mimic behavior of r8125/r8126 vendor drivers */
>> + if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61)
>> + linkmode_clear_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_2500baseT_Full_BIT,
>> + tp->phydev->advertising_eee);
>> + linkmode_clear_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_5000baseT_Full_BIT,
>> + tp->phydev->advertising_eee);
>
> Hi Heiner
>
> phy_device.c has:
>
> /**
> * phy_remove_link_mode - Remove a supported link mode
> * @phydev: phy_device structure to remove link mode from
> * @link_mode: Link mode to be removed
> *
> * Description: Some MACs don't support all link modes which the PHY
> * does. e.g. a 1G MAC often does not support 1000Half. Add a helper
> * to remove a link mode.
> */
> void phy_remove_link_mode(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 link_mode)
> {
> linkmode_clear_bit(link_mode, phydev->supported);
> phy_advertise_supported(phydev);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_remove_link_mode);
>
> Maybe we need a phy_remove_eee_link_mode()? That could also remove it
> from supported? At minimum, it would stop MAC drivers poking around
> the insides of phylib.
>
After checking eee_broken_modes in more detail:
In general it does what I need, it prevents broken EEE modes from being
advertised. Some challenges:
- eee_broken_modes currently represents eee_cap1 register bits.
So it's not possible to flag 2.5G or 5G EEE as broken.
- We would have to change eee_broken_modes to a linkmode bitmap.
- eee_broken_modes can be populated via DT only.
of_set_phy_eee_broken() would have to be changed to operate on
fwnodes. Then I may be able to "inject" the broken modes in my
case as swnode's.
Not the easiest solution, but maybe the cleanest. Feedback welcome.
> Andrew
Heiner
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