Re: [PATCH 02/14] drivers: net: dsa: qca8k: tweak internal delay to oem spec

[Ansuel Smith]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 06:53:45PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/22/2021 6:47 PM, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> > The original code had the internal dalay set to 1 for tx and 2 for rx.
> > Apply the oem internal dalay to fix some switch communication error.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c | 6 ++++--
> >  drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.h | 9 ++++-----
> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
> > index a6d35b825c0e..b8bfc7acf6f4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
> > @@ -849,8 +849,10 @@ qca8k_phylink_mac_config(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, unsigned int mode,
> >  		 */
> >  		qca8k_write(priv, reg,
> >  			    QCA8K_PORT_PAD_RGMII_EN |
> > -			    QCA8K_PORT_PAD_RGMII_TX_DELAY(QCA8K_MAX_DELAY) |
> > -			    QCA8K_PORT_PAD_RGMII_RX_DELAY(QCA8K_MAX_DELAY));
> > +			    QCA8K_PORT_PAD_RGMII_TX_DELAY(1) |
> > +			    QCA8K_PORT_PAD_RGMII_RX_DELAY(2) |
> > +			    QCA8K_PORT_PAD_RGMII_TX_DELAY_EN |
> > +			    QCA8K_PORT_PAD_RGMII_RX_DELAY_EN);
> 
> There are standard properties in order to configure a specific RX and TX
> delay:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml#n125
> 
> can you use that mechanism and parse that property, or if nothing else,
> allow an user to override delays via device tree using these standard
> properties?

Since this is mac config, what would be the best way to parse these
data? Parse them in the qca8k_setup and put them in the
qca8k_priv?

> -- 
> Florian