Re: [RFC PATCH v11 08/12] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix RX data corruption issue

[Daniel Golle]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 01:31:21AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 07:55:05PM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
> > Also set bit 12 which disabled the RX FIDO clear function when setting up
> > MAC MCR, as MediaTek SDK did the same change stating:
> > "If without this patch, kernel might receive invalid packets that are
> > corrupted by GMAC."[1]
> > This fixes issues with <= 1G speed where we could previously observe
> > about 30% packet loss while the bad packet counter was increasing.
> > 
> > [1]: https://git01.mediatek.com/plugins/gitiles/openwrt/feeds/mtk-openwrt-feeds/+/d8a2975939a12686c4a95c40db21efdc3f821f63
> > Tested-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> 
> Should this patch be submitted separately from the series, to the
> net.git tree, to be backported to stable kernels?

Maybe yes, as this issue may affect e.g. the BPi-R3 board when used
with 1G SFP modules. Previously this has just never been a problem as
all practically all boards with MediaTek SoCs using SGMII also use the
MediaTek MT7531 switch connecting in 2500Base-X mode.

Should the Fixes:-tag hence reference the commit adding support for the
BPi-R3?