Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] arm64: rockchip: Initial GeekBox enablement

From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO
Date: Fri Mar 11 2016 - 04:11:12 EST


On 3/10/2016 5:47 PM, Dinh Nguyen wrote:
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Giuseppe CAVALLARO
<peppe.cavallaro@xxxxxx> wrote:
On 3/9/2016 5:31 PM, Dinh Nguyen wrote:

On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 8:53 AM, Giuseppe CAVALLARO
<peppe.cavallaro@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Tomeu, Dinh, Andreas

I need a sum and help from you to go ahead on the
tx timeout.

The "stmmac: MDIO fixes" seems to be the candidate to
fix the phy connection and I will send the V2 asap (Andreas' comment).

So, supposing the probe is ok and phy is connected,
I need your input ...

Tomeu: after revering the 0e80bdc9a72d (stmmac: first frame
prep at the end of xmit routine) the network is
not stable and there is a timeout after a while.
The box has 3.50 with normal desc settings.

Dinh: the network is ok, I wonder if you can share a boot
log just to understand if the normal or enhanced
descriptors are used.


Here it is:

...

[ 0.850523] stmmac - user ID: 0x10, Synopsys ID: 0x37
[ 0.855570] Ring mode enabled
[ 0.858611] DMA HW capability register supported
[ 0.863128] Enhanced/Alternate descriptors
[ 0.867482] Enabled extended descriptors
[ 0.871482] RX Checksum Offload Engine supported (type 2)
[ 0.876948] TX Checksum insertion supported
[ 0.881204] Enable RX Mitigation via HW Watchdog Timer
[ 0.886863] socfpga-dwmac ff702000.ethernet eth0: No MDIO subnode found
[ 0.899090] libphy: stmmac: probed
[ 0.902484] eth0: PHY ID 00221611 at 4 IRQ POLL (stmmac-0:04) active


Thx Dinh, so you are using the Enhanced/Alternate descriptors
I am debugging on my side on a setup with normal descriptors, I let you
know


Doesn't the printout "Enhanced/Alternate descriptors" mean that I'm using
Enhanced/Alternate descriptors?

yes this means that you have the Databook 3.70a and, from the HW
capability register, the driver will use the Enhanced/Alternate
descriptors. This is the same HW I am using on my side where the
stmmac is working fine.

In the case where it is failing on net-next, although on Databook 3.50a,
the HW capability register says that there is no enhanced descriptors
and the driver uses the normal ones.

Tomeu, I kindly ask you to try the patch attached. I found a bug on Tx
path for normal descriptors. Please let me know if this help.
Also let me know if we actually need to revert the 0e80bdc9a72d.

I am trying to find some HW where test the normal descriptors to
speed-up the tests on my side directly.

Let me know and thx in advance.

Regards,
Peppe


Dinh