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* [PATCH] Fix for missed MII interrupts and MDIO timeouts when FEC is in STOP
@ 2011-04-21 14:03 Matteo Fortini
  2011-04-21 18:10 ` Baruch Siach
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Matteo Fortini @ 2011-04-21 14:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-arm-kernel

We are experiencing unrecoverable timeouts if we disconnect a cable from the
FEC. This patch solves the issue by keeping the Ethernet enabled even in
STOP. The RM doesn't state it, but i seems that if disabled, the Ethernet is
not issuing interrupts to the core.
(See
http://forums.freescale.com/t5/i-MX-Microprocessors/iMX28-Network-MDIO-timeout-recovery-and-lost-IRQs/td-p/73309
)


---
?drivers/net/fec.c | ? ?7 ++++++-
?1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/fec.c b/drivers/net/fec.c
index d0e2e69..26ea72d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec.c
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@
?#if defined(CONFIG_FEC_1588) && defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MX28)
?#define FEC_DEFAULT_IMASK (FEC_ENET_TXF | FEC_ENET_RXF | FEC_ENET_MII | \
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? FEC_ENET_TS_AVAIL | FEC_ENET_TS_TIMER)
+#define FEC_STOP_IMASK (FEC_ENET_MII)
?#else
?#define FEC_DEFAULT_IMASK (FEC_ENET_TXF | FEC_ENET_RXF | FEC_ENET_MII)
+#define FEC_STOP_IMASK (FEC_ENET_MII)
?#endif

?/* The FEC stores dest/src/type, data, and checksum for receive packets.
@@ -1409,6 +1411,9 @@ fec_stop(struct net_device *dev)
? ? writel(1, fep->hwp + FEC_ECNTRL);
? ? udelay(10);

+ ? ?/* Reactivate the controller to get the IRQs */
+ ? ?writel(0x00000002, fep->hwp + FEC_ECNTRL);
+
?#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MXS
? ? /* Check MII or RMII */
? ? if (fep->phy_interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII)
@@ -1423,7 +1428,7 @@ fec_stop(struct net_device *dev)
? ? writel(fep->phy_speed, fep->hwp + FEC_MII_SPEED);
? ? if (fep->ptimer_present)
? ? ? ? fec_ptp_stop(fep->ptp_priv);
- ? ?writel(FEC_DEFAULT_IMASK, fep->hwp + FEC_IMASK);
+ ? ?writel(FEC_STOP_IMASK, fep->hwp + FEC_IMASK);

? ? netif_stop_queue(dev);
? ? fep->link = 0;
--
1.7.4.2

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