Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: imx6qdl-sr-som: Increase the PHY reset duration to 10ms
From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2021 - 08:29:57 EST
On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 02:13:53PM +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> The AR803x PHY used on this modules seems to require the reset line to
> be asserted for around 10ms in order to avoid rare cases where the PHY
> gets stuck in an incoherent state that prevents it to function
> correctly.
>
> The previous value of 2ms was found to be problematic on some setups,
> causing intermittent issues where the PHY would be unresponsive
> every once in a while on some sytems, with a low occurrence (it typically
> took around 30 consecutive reboots to encounter the issue).
>
> Bumping the delay to the 10ms makes the issue dissapear, with more than
> 2500 consecutive reboots performed without the issue showing-up.
>
> Fixes: 208d7baf8085 ("ARM: imx: initial SolidRun HummingBoard support")
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Hervé Codina <herve.codina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks!
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