Re: [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: stmmac: start phylink before setting up hardware

[Clément Léger]

Le Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:03:34 +0000,
"Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 03:41:35PM +0100, Clément Léger wrote:
> > Le Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:53:49 +0000,
> > "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >   
> > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 11:39:23AM +0100, Clément Léger wrote:  
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > > > index f2247b8cf0a3..88c941003855 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> > > > @@ -3818,6 +3818,12 @@ static int __stmmac_open(struct net_device *dev,
> > > >  		}
> > > >  	}
> > > >  
> > > > +	/* We need to setup the phy & PCS before accessing the stmmac registers
> > > > +	 * because in some cases (RZ/N1), if the stmmac IP is not clocked by the
> > > > +	 * PCS, hardware init will fail because it lacks a RGMII RX clock.
> > > > +	 */
> > > > +	phylink_start(priv->phylink);    
> > > 
> > > So what happens if you end up with the mac_link_up method being called
> > > at this point in the driver, before the hardware has been setup ?
> > > 
> > > If you use a fixed-link, that's a real possibility.  
> > 
> > I actually have this setup. On the board, one GMAC is connected to a
> > DSA switch using a fixed-link and the other using the PCS such as added
> > by this series.
> > 
> > From what I see, indeed, the mac_link_up() function is called before
> > stmmac_hw_setup(). This does not seems to have any effect on my setup
> > (except making it working of course) but I agree this is clearly not
> > ideal.
> > 
> > What I could do is adding a function in the miic pcs driver that could
> > be called from my rzn1 stmmac probe function to actually configure the
> > PCS at probe time based on the detected "phy-mode". Does that seems
> > better to you ?  
> 
> I think Clark Wang is also working on addressing a very similar problem
> with stmmac. Please can you check out his work first, he's adding a new
> function to phylink to bring the PHY up early in the resume path.
> 
> I would like you both to work together to address what seems to be the
> same issue.
> 

Acked

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Clément Léger,
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineer at Bootlin
https://bootlin.com