Re: [PATCH net] net: sparx5: start the domain 0 TOD counter on non-PTP lan969x variants

From: Daniel Machon

Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 11:17:08 EST


Hi Quentin,

> 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.

Ack. Not initializing the TOD domains on certain variants is a problem.

However, TOD domains shouldn't affect basic forwarding. I tried it on my board
with PTP forced off - no forwarding issues.

Certain TSN features do require TOD domains to be configured, though. How did
you test this, and what exactly did you see fail?

>
> 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].

What we do downstream, is to ensure that all domains and PHC's are configured
and registered on all variants, with a very simple is_sparx5() check.

>
> [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

Nit: s/the/The

> + * 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
>
>

/Daniel