[PATCH net] net: sparx5: start the domain 0 TOD counter on non-PTP lan969x variants
From: Quentin Freimanis
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 00:50:38 EST
Currently the base non-PTP capable lan969x variants don't forward any
ethernet frames. Testing showed that starting the domain 0 TOD counter
gets them working again.
Fix by moving the TOD counter start code into a helper and calling it in
sparx5_ptp_init(). Non-PTP capable lan969x parts now start the domain 0
counter, and PTP-capable parts start all three, as they used to. A similar
workaround that starts all three and registers the PHC clocks is
implemented in the vendor BSP 6.18 kernel [1].
[1] https://github.com/microchip-ung/linux/tree/bsp-6.18-2026
Fixes: 207966787b71 ("net: sparx5: add feature support")
Signed-off-by: Quentin Freimanis <quentin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
If anyone with access to documentation more detailed than the
register map knows WHY this clock needs to be running, I'd like to add
that to the commit message.
.../ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ptp.c | 72 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ptp.c
index 5953e04ef14e..b436684ddae6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ptp.c
@@ -573,6 +573,42 @@ static int sparx5_ptp_adjtime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, s64 delta)
return 0;
}
+static int sparx5_ptp_tod_start(struct sparx5 *sparx5, u8 phc_mask)
+{
+ u64 tod_adj = sparx5_ptp_get_nominal_value(sparx5);
+ int i;
+
+ if (phc_mask > GENMASK(SPARX5_PHC_COUNT - 1, 0))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Disable master counters */
+ spx5_wr(PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_ENA_SET(0), sparx5, PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG);
+
+ /* Configure the nominal TOD increment per clock cycle */
+ spx5_rmw(PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_CLKCFG_DIS_SET(phc_mask),
+ PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_CLKCFG_DIS,
+ sparx5, PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < SPARX5_PHC_COUNT; ++i) {
+ if (!(phc_mask & BIT(i)))
+ continue;
+
+ spx5_wr((u32)tod_adj & 0xFFFFFFFF, sparx5,
+ PTP_CLK_PER_CFG(i, 0));
+ spx5_wr((u32)(tod_adj >> 32), sparx5,
+ PTP_CLK_PER_CFG(i, 1));
+ }
+
+ spx5_rmw(PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_CLKCFG_DIS_SET(0),
+ PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_CLKCFG_DIS,
+ sparx5, PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG);
+
+ /* Enable master counters */
+ spx5_wr(PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_ENA_SET(phc_mask), sparx5, PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static struct ptp_clock_info sparx5_ptp_clock_info = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.name = "sparx5 ptp",
@@ -605,7 +641,6 @@ static int sparx5_ptp_phc_init(struct sparx5 *sparx5,
int sparx5_ptp_init(struct sparx5 *sparx5)
{
- u64 tod_adj = sparx5_ptp_get_nominal_value(sparx5);
const struct sparx5_ops *ops = sparx5->data->ops;
struct sparx5_port *port;
int err, i;
@@ -622,8 +657,17 @@ int sparx5_ptp_init(struct sparx5 *sparx5)
sparx5->ptp = 1;
}
- if (!sparx5->ptp)
+ if (!sparx5->ptp) {
+ if (!is_sparx5(sparx5)) {
+ /* the base, non-ptp-capable lan969x variants need the first tod counter
+ * running to forward frames.
+ */
+ err = sparx5_ptp_tod_start(sparx5, BIT(0));
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
return 0;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < SPARX5_PHC_COUNT; ++i) {
err = sparx5_ptp_phc_init(sparx5, i, &sparx5_ptp_clock_info);
@@ -635,27 +679,9 @@ int sparx5_ptp_init(struct sparx5 *sparx5)
spin_lock_init(&sparx5->ptp_ts_id_lock);
mutex_init(&sparx5->ptp_lock);
- /* Disable master counters */
- spx5_wr(PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_ENA_SET(0), sparx5, PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG);
-
- /* Configure the nominal TOD increment per clock cycle */
- spx5_rmw(PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_CLKCFG_DIS_SET(0x7),
- PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_CLKCFG_DIS,
- sparx5, PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG);
-
- for (i = 0; i < SPARX5_PHC_COUNT; ++i) {
- spx5_wr((u32)tod_adj & 0xFFFFFFFF, sparx5,
- PTP_CLK_PER_CFG(i, 0));
- spx5_wr((u32)(tod_adj >> 32), sparx5,
- PTP_CLK_PER_CFG(i, 1));
- }
-
- spx5_rmw(PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_CLKCFG_DIS_SET(0),
- PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_CLKCFG_DIS,
- sparx5, PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG);
-
- /* Enable master counters */
- spx5_wr(PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG_PTP_ENA_SET(0x7), sparx5, PTP_PTP_DOM_CFG);
+ err = sparx5_ptp_tod_start(sparx5, GENMASK(SPARX5_PHC_COUNT - 1, 0));
+ if (err)
+ return err;
for (i = 0; i < sparx5->data->consts->n_ports; i++) {
port = sparx5->ports[i];
--
2.55.0