Re: [PATCH regression] net: phy: fix initialization (config_init) for Marvel 88E1116R PHYs

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Wed Apr 02 2014 - 07:51:57 EST


Hello.

On 02-04-2014 3:55, Alexander Holler wrote:

Commit 7cd1463664c2a15721ff4ccfb61d4d970815cb3d (introduced with 3.14)
changed the initialization of the mv643xx_eth driver to use phy_init_hw()
to reset the PHY. Unfortunately the initialization for the 88E1116R PHY
was broken such, that it used mdelay() instead of really waiting for a
reset to finish.

The effect was that the ethernet on my Kirkwood 88F6281 based device didn't
come up anymore (no carrier).

Fix this by waiting for a reset to finish before proceeding further.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Holler <holler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/phy/marvell.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/marvell.c b/drivers/net/phy/marvell.c
index bd37e45..5b84808 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/marvell.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/marvell.c
@@ -396,7 +396,9 @@ static int m88e1116r_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
if (err < 0)
return err;

- mdelay(500);
+ do
+ temp = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMCR);
+ while (temp & BMCR_RESET);

I don't understand what's the point of this BMCR reset if phy_init_hw() will have already done it before calling phy_init_hw().

@@ -429,7 +431,9 @@ static int m88e1116r_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
if (err < 0)
return err;

- mdelay(500);
+ do
+ temp = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMCR);
+ while (temp & BMCR_RESET);

Not clear why it's necessary to reset one more time... Also, tight loop without a timeout (0.5 sec, specified by IEEE 802.3) doesn't look good. The comment above phy_poll_reset() suggests that it could be used in the PHY drivers as well. Florian?

WBR, Sergei

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