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From: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Florian Fainelli" <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>,
	"Jonas Gorski" <jonas.gorski@gmail.com>,
	"Andrew Lunn" <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	"Vladimir Oltean" <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"Rafał Miłecki" <rafal@milecki.pl>,
	"Broadcom internal kernel review list"
	<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
	"Jon Mason" <jon.mason@broadcom.com>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH net v4 1/2] net: ethernet: bgmac: preserve forced 2.5 Gbps link speed
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:15:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029211540.4123250-2-florian.fainelli@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029211540.4123250-1-florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>

Northstar and Northstar Plus use a 2.5 Gbps internal link between the
AMAC and the switch.  BGMAC_FEAT_FORCE_SPEED_2500 makes bgmac_miiconfig()
configure that speed, but bgmac_adjust_link() subsequently replaces it
with the synthetic fixed PHY's 1 Gbps speed.

Use the forced speed when processing link changes so the MAC remains at
2.5 Gbps.  Together with configuring the switch IMP port for its 2 Gbps
mode, this eliminates the output queue discards that caused approximately
1000 TCP retransmissions per second during an iperf3 transmit test.

Restrict the platform forced-speed flag to Northstar Plus using the SoC
compatible, since Hurricane2 shares the AMAC compatible. Other platform
AMACs without a phy-handle must continue following the fixed PHY speed.
The BCMA path already selects the flag only for the Northstar family.

Fixes: f6a95a24957a ("net: ethernet: bgmac: Add platform device support")
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c | 3 ++-
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c          | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c
index 4e266ce41180..4880b1890481 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static int bgmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		bgmac->phy_connect = platform_phy_connect;
 	} else {
 		bgmac->phy_connect = bgmac_phy_connect_direct;
-		bgmac->feature_flags |= BGMAC_FEAT_FORCE_SPEED_2500;
+		if (of_machine_is_compatible("brcm,nsp"))
+			bgmac->feature_flags |= BGMAC_FEAT_FORCE_SPEED_2500;
 	}
 
 	return bgmac_enet_probe(bgmac);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
index 669eb7ce7d40..9ef7307edd41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
@@ -1430,11 +1430,15 @@ void bgmac_adjust_link(struct net_device *net_dev)
 {
 	struct bgmac *bgmac = netdev_priv(net_dev);
 	struct phy_device *phy_dev = net_dev->phydev;
+	int speed = phy_dev->speed;
 	bool update = false;
 
+	if (bgmac->feature_flags & BGMAC_FEAT_FORCE_SPEED_2500)
+		speed = SPEED_2500;
+
 	if (phy_dev->link) {
-		if (phy_dev->speed != bgmac->mac_speed) {
-			bgmac->mac_speed = phy_dev->speed;
+		if (speed != bgmac->mac_speed) {
+			bgmac->mac_speed = speed;
 			update = true;
 		}
 
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-29 21:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-29 21:15 [PATCH net v4 0/2] Fix TCP retransmissions on NS/NSP SoCs Florian Fainelli
2026-10-29 21:15 ` Florian Fainelli [this message]
2026-11-02 21:50   ` [PATCH net v4 1/2] net: ethernet: bgmac: preserve forced 2.5 Gbps link speed netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-02 23:24     ` Florian Fainelli
2026-11-03 11:21   ` Simon Horman
2026-10-29 21:15 ` [PATCH net v4 2/2] net: dsa: b53: restore the NSP IMP port 2 Gbps mode Florian Fainelli
2026-11-02 21:50   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-02 23:25     ` Florian Fainelli
2026-11-03 11:22   ` Simon Horman
2026-11-04 21:30 ` [PATCH net v4 0/2] Fix TCP retransmissions on NS/NSP SoCs patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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