Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: add check for in-band mode setting with RGMII PHY interface

[David Miller]

From: SZ Lin (林上智) <sz.lin@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:56:01 +0800

> According to AM335x TRM[1] 14.3.6.2, AM437x TRM[2] 15.3.6.2 and
> DRA7 TRM[3] 24.11.4.8.7.3.3, in-band mode in EXT_EN(bit18) register is only
> available when PHY is configured in RGMII mode with 10Mbps speed. It will
> cause some networking issues without RGMII mode, such as carrier sense
> errors and low throughput. TI also mentioned this issue in their forum[4].
> 
> This patch adds the check mechanism for PHY interface with RGMII interface
> type, the in-band mode can only be set in RGMII mode with 10Mbps speed.
> 
> References:
> [1]: https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruh73p/spruh73p.pdf
> [2]: http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruhl7h/spruhl7h.pdf
> [3]: http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruic2b/spruic2b.pdf
> [4]: https://e2e.ti.com/support/arm/sitara_arm/f/791/p/640765/2392155
> 
> Suggested-by: Holsety Chen (陳憲輝) <Holsety.Chen@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: SZ Lin (林上智) <sz.lin@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Schuyler Patton <spatton@xxxxxx>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.