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

Tianling Shen
2025-01-19T15:49:43Z

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.

Thanks,
Tianling.

>
>>>
>>>>      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";