Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: change eth phy mode to rgmii-id for orangepi r1 plus lts

Dragan Simic
2025-01-24T06:37:31Z

Hello Tianling,

On 2025-01-24 07:28, Tianling Shen wrote:
> On 2025/1/19 23:48, Tianling Shen wrote:
>> On 2025/1/19 19:36, Dragan Simic wrote:
>>> On 2025-01-19 12:15, Tianling Shen wrote:
>>>> On 2025/1/19 17:54, Dragan Simic wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for the patch.  Please, see a comment below.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2025-01-19 10:11, Tianling Shen wrote:
>>>>>> In general the delay should be added by the PHY instead of the
>>>>>> MAC,
>>>>>> and this improves network stability on some boards which seem to
>>>>>> need different delay.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fixes: 387b3bbac5ea ("arm64: dts: rockchip: Add Xunlong OrangePi
>>>>>> R1 Plus LTS")
>>>>>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.6+
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tianling Shen <cnsztl@gmail.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus-lts.dts | 3
>>>>>> +--
>>>>>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dts     | 1
>>>>>> +
>>>>>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dtsi    | 1
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git
>>>>>> a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus-lts.dts
>>>>>> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus-lts.dts
>>>>>> index 67c246ad8b8c..ec2ce894da1f 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus-lts.dts
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus-lts.dts
>>>>>> @@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ / {
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  &gmac2io {
>>>>>>      phy-handle = <&yt8531c>;
>>>>>> -    tx_delay = <0x19>;
>>>>>> -    rx_delay = <0x05>;
>>>>>> +    phy-mode = "rgmii-id";
>>>>>
>>>>> Shouldn't the "tx_delay" and "rx_delay" DT parameters be converted
>>>>> into the "tx-internal-delay-ps" and "rx-internal-delay-ps"
>>>>> parameters,
>>>>> respectively, so the Motorcomm PHY driver can pick them up and
>>>>> actually configure the internal PHY delays?
>>>>
>>>> The documentation[1] says "{t,r}x-internal-delay-ps" default to 1950
>>>> and that value already works fine on my board.
>>>>
>>>> 1. https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/
>>>> motorcomm%2Cyt8xxx.yaml
>>>
>>> I see, but those values differ from the values found in the
>>> "tx_delay" and "rx_delay" DT parameters, so I think this patch
>>> should be tested with at least one more Orange Pi R1 Plus LTS
>>> board, to make sure it's all still fine.
>>
>> This patch has been tested on 2 boards, and we will do more tests in
>> next week.
>>
>
> Managed to test on another board and looks so far so good.
> (Working network connection, no packet drop)

Sounds good to me, thanks for the additional testing.

>>>>>>      status = "okay";
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      mdio {
>>>>>> diff --git
>>>>>> a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dts
>>>>>> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dts
>>>>>> index 324a8e951f7e..846b931e16d2 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dts
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dts
>>>>>> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ / {
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  &gmac2io {
>>>>>>      phy-handle = <&rtl8211e>;
>>>>>> +    phy-mode = "rgmii";
>>>>>>      tx_delay = <0x24>;
>>>>>>      rx_delay = <0x18>;
>>>>>>      status = "okay";
>>>>>> diff --git
>>>>>> a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dtsi
>>>>>> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dtsi
>>>>>> index 4f193704e5dc..09508e324a28 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dtsi
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3328-orangepi-r1-plus.dtsi
>>>>>> @@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ &gmac2io {
>>>>>>      assigned-clocks = <&cru SCLK_MAC2IO>, <&cru SCLK_MAC2IO_EXT>;
>>>>>>      assigned-clock-parents = <&gmac_clk>, <&gmac_clk>;
>>>>>>      clock_in_out = "input";
>>>>>> -    phy-mode = "rgmii";
>>>>>>      phy-supply = <&vcc_io>;
>>>>>>      pinctrl-0 = <&rgmiim1_pins>;
>>>>>>      pinctrl-names = "default";