[PATCH net v2 0/2] Fix EEE support for MT7531 and MT7988 SoC switch

[PATCH net v2 0/2] Fix EEE support for MT7531 and MT7988 SoC switch

[Arınç ÜNAL via B4 Relay]

Hi.

This patch series fixes EEE support for MT7531 and the switch on the MT7988
SoC. EEE could not be enabled on MT7531 on most boards using ethtool before
this. On MT7988 SoC switch, EEE is disabled by default but can be turned on
normally using ethtool. EEE is enabled by default on MT7530 and there's no
need to make changes on the DSA subdriver for it. This patch series
disables EEE by default on MT7531 but makes it possible to enable it using
ethtool.

Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Delegate the patch to the net tree.
- Remove patch 3, it was revealed that it doesn't fix a bug.
- Patch 1
  - Disable EEE advertisement on MT7531 by default.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240318-for-net-mt7530-fix-eee-for-mt7531-mt7988-v1-0-3f17226344e8@arinc9.com

---
Arınç ÜNAL (2):
      net: dsa: mt7530: fix enabling EEE on MT7531 switch on all boards
      net: dsa: mt7530: fix disabling EEE on failure on MT7531 and MT7988

 drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
base-commit: ea80e3ed09ab2c2b75724faf5484721753e92c31
change-id: 20240317-for-net-mt7530-fix-eee-for-mt7531-mt7988-a5c5453cc0e8

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[PATCH net v2 1/2] net: dsa: mt7530: fix enabling EEE on MT7531 switch on all boards

[Arınç ÜNAL via B4 Relay]

From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>

The commit 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE features")
brought EEE support but did not enable EEE on MT7531 switch MACs. EEE is
enabled on MT7531 switch MACs either by pulling the LAN2LED0 pin low on the
board (bootstrapping), or unsetting the EEE_DIS bit on the trap register.

There are existing boards that were not designed to pull the pin low.
Therefore, unset the EEE_DIS bit on the trap register.

Unlike MT7530, the modifiable trap register won't be populated identical to
the trap status register after reset. Therefore, read from the trap status
register, modify the bits, then write to the modifiable trap register.

My testing on MT7531 shows a certain amount of traffic loss when EEE is
enabled. That said, I haven't come across a board that enables EEE. So
enable EEE on the switch MACs but disable EEE advertisement on the switch
PHYs. This way, we don't change the behaviour of the majority of the boards
that have this switch.

With this change, EEE can now be enabled using ethtool.

The disable EEE bit on the trap pertains to the LAN2LED0 pin which is
usually used to control an LED. Once the bit is unset, the pin will be low.
That will make the active low LED turn on.

The pin is controlled by the switch PHY. It seems that the PHY controls the
pin in the way that it inverts the pin state. That means depending on the
wiring of the LED connected to LAN2LED0 on the board, the LED may be on
without an active link.

Fixes: 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE features")
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
index 678b51f9cea6..6aa99b590329 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
@@ -2458,6 +2458,20 @@ mt7531_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 	/* Reset the switch through internal reset */
 	mt7530_write(priv, MT7530_SYS_CTRL, SYS_CTRL_SW_RST | SYS_CTRL_REG_RST);
 
+	/* Allow modifying the trap and enable Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE).
+	 */
+	val = mt7530_read(priv, MT7531_HWTRAP);
+	val |= CHG_STRAP;
+	val &= ~EEE_DIS;
+	mt7530_write(priv, MT7530_MHWTRAP, val);
+
+	/* Disable EEE advertisement on the switch PHYs. */
+	for (i = MT753X_CTRL_PHY_ADDR;
+	     i < MT753X_CTRL_PHY_ADDR + MT7530_NUM_PHYS; i++) {
+		mt7531_ind_c45_phy_write(priv, i, MDIO_MMD_AN, MDIO_AN_EEE_ADV,
+					 0);
+	}
+
 	if (!priv->p5_sgmii) {
 		mt7531_pll_setup(priv);
 	} else {
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
index a71166e0a7fc..509ed5362236 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ enum mt7531_clk_skew {
 #define  XTAL_FSEL_M			BIT(7)
 #define  PHY_EN				BIT(6)
 #define  CHG_STRAP			BIT(8)
+#define  EEE_DIS			BIT(4)
 
 /* Register for hw trap modification */
 #define MT7530_MHWTRAP			0x7804

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[PATCH net v2 2/2] net: dsa: mt7530: fix disabling EEE on failure on MT7531 and MT7988

[Arınç ÜNAL via B4 Relay]

From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>

The MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 bits let the
PMCR_FORCE_EEE1G and PMCR_FORCE_EEE100 bits determine the 1G/100 EEE
abilities of the MAC. If MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 are
unset, the abilities are left to be determined by PHY auto polling.

The commit 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE features")
made it so that the PMCR_FORCE_EEE1G and PMCR_FORCE_EEE100 bits are set on
mt753x_phylink_mac_link_up(). But it did not set the MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and
MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 bits. Because of this, EEE will be enabled on the
switch MACs by polling the PHY, regardless of the result of phy_init_eee().

Define these bits and add them to MT7531_FORCE_MODE which is being used by
the subdriver. With this, EEE will be prevented from being enabled on the
switch MACs when phy_init_eee() fails.

Fixes: 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE features")
Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
index 509ed5362236..5b99aeca34b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
@@ -299,11 +299,15 @@ enum mt7530_vlan_port_acc_frm {
 #define  MT7531_FORCE_DPX		BIT(29)
 #define  MT7531_FORCE_RX_FC		BIT(28)
 #define  MT7531_FORCE_TX_FC		BIT(27)
+#define  MT7531_FORCE_EEE100		BIT(26)
+#define  MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G		BIT(25)
 #define  MT7531_FORCE_MODE		(MT7531_FORCE_LNK | \
 					 MT7531_FORCE_SPD | \
 					 MT7531_FORCE_DPX | \
 					 MT7531_FORCE_RX_FC | \
-					 MT7531_FORCE_TX_FC)
+					 MT7531_FORCE_TX_FC | \
+					 MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 | \
+					 MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G)
 #define  PMCR_LINK_SETTINGS_MASK	(PMCR_TX_EN | PMCR_FORCE_SPEED_1000 | \
 					 PMCR_RX_EN | PMCR_FORCE_SPEED_100 | \
 					 PMCR_TX_FC_EN | PMCR_RX_FC_EN | \

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Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: dsa: mt7530: fix disabling EEE on failure on MT7531 and MT7988

[Paolo Abeni]

On Thu, 2024-03-21 at 19:29 +0300, Arınç ÜNAL via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
> 
> The MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 bits let the
> PMCR_FORCE_EEE1G and PMCR_FORCE_EEE100 bits determine the 1G/100 EEE
> abilities of the MAC. If MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 are
> unset, the abilities are left to be determined by PHY auto polling.
> 
> The commit 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE features")
> made it so that the PMCR_FORCE_EEE1G and PMCR_FORCE_EEE100 bits are set on
> mt753x_phylink_mac_link_up(). But it did not set the MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and
> MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 bits. Because of this, EEE will be enabled on the
> switch MACs by polling the PHY, regardless of the result of phy_init_eee().
> 
> Define these bits and add them to MT7531_FORCE_MODE which is being used by
> the subdriver. With this, EEE will be prevented from being enabled on the
> switch MACs when phy_init_eee() fails.
> 
> Fixes: 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE features")
> Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>

If I read the past discussion correctly, this is a potential issue
found by code inspection and never producing problem in practice, am I
correct?

If so I think it will deserve a 3rd party tested-by tag or similar to
go in.

If nobody could provide such feedback in a little time, I suggest to
drop this patch and apply only 1/2.

Cheers,

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Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: dsa: mt7530: fix disabling EEE on failure on MT7531 and MT7988

[arinc.unal]

On 26.03.2024 12:19, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> On 26.03.2024 12:02, Paolo Abeni wrote:
>> If I read the past discussion correctly, this is a potential issue
>> found by code inspection and never producing problem in practice, am I
>> correct?
>> 
>> If so I think it will deserve a 3rd party tested-by tag or similar to
>> go in.
>> 
>> If nobody could provide such feedback in a little time, I suggest to
>> drop this patch and apply only 1/2.
> 
> Whether a problem would happen in practice depends on when 
> phy_init_eee()
> fails, meaning it returns a negative non-zero code. I requested Russell 
> to
> review this patch to shed light on when phy_init_eee() would return a
> negative non-zero code so we have an idea whether this patch actually 
> fixes
> a problem.

I don't suppose Russell is going to review the patch at this point. I 
will
submit this to net-next then. If someone actually reports a problem in
practice, I can always submit it to the stable trees.

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Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: dsa: mt7530: fix enabling EEE on MT7531 switch on all boards

[SkyLake Huang (黃啟澤)]

On Thu, 2024-03-21 at 19:29 +0300, Arınç ÜNAL via B4 Relay wrote:
>  	 
> External email : Please do not click links or open attachments until
> you have verified the sender or the content.
>  From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
> 
> The commit 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE
> features")
> brought EEE support but did not enable EEE on MT7531 switch MACs. EEE
> is
> enabled on MT7531 switch MACs either by pulling the LAN2LED0 pin low
> on the
> board (bootstrapping), or unsetting the EEE_DIS bit on the trap
> register.
> 
> There are existing boards that were not designed to pull the pin low.
> Therefore, unset the EEE_DIS bit on the trap register.
> 
> Unlike MT7530, the modifiable trap register won't be populated
> identical to
> the trap status register after reset. Therefore, read from the trap
> status
> register, modify the bits, then write to the modifiable trap
> register.
> 
> My testing on MT7531 shows a certain amount of traffic loss when EEE
> is
> enabled. That said, I haven't come across a board that enables EEE.
> So
> enable EEE on the switch MACs but disable EEE advertisement on the
> switch
> PHYs. This way, we don't change the behaviour of the majority of the
> boards
> that have this switch.
> 
> With this change, EEE can now be enabled using ethtool.
> 
> The disable EEE bit on the trap pertains to the LAN2LED0 pin which is
> usually used to control an LED. Once the bit is unset, the pin will
> be low.
> That will make the active low LED turn on.
> 
> The pin is controlled by the switch PHY. It seems that the PHY
> controls the
> pin in the way that it inverts the pin state. That means depending on
> the
> wiring of the LED connected to LAN2LED0 on the board, the LED may be
> on
> without an active link.
> 
> Fixes: 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE
> features")
> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
> index 678b51f9cea6..6aa99b590329 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
> @@ -2458,6 +2458,20 @@ mt7531_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
>  /* Reset the switch through internal reset */
>  mt7530_write(priv, MT7530_SYS_CTRL, SYS_CTRL_SW_RST |
> SYS_CTRL_REG_RST);
>  
> +/* Allow modifying the trap and enable Energy-Efficient Ethernet
> (EEE).
> + */
> +val = mt7530_read(priv, MT7531_HWTRAP);
> +val |= CHG_STRAP;
> +val &= ~EEE_DIS;
> +mt7530_write(priv, MT7530_MHWTRAP, val);
You may try to set bit 6 of CL45 register dev=0x1f,
reg=0x403(PLL_GROUP_CTL_REG), which is an internal EEE switch called
RG_SYSPLL_DMY2.

Read it out first with "switch command", if you have it:
root@OpenWrt:/# switch phy cl45 r 0 0x1f 0x403
  Phy read dev_num=0x1f, reg=0x403, value=0x1091

And then set bit 6:
root@OpenWrt:/# $ switch phy cl45 w 0 0x1f 0x403 0x10d1
root@OpenWrt:/# ethtool --set-eee lan1 eee on tx-lpi on tx-timer 0x1e
advertise 0x28
root@OpenWrt:/# switch phy cl45 r 0 0x7 0x3c
 Phy read dev_num=0x7, reg=0x3c, value=0x6

Then you should be able to enable EEE via ethtool without clearing
EEE_DIS bit of MT7530_HWTRAP.
If above CL45 command is good for you, I think this can be moved to
mtk_gephy_config_init() @ mediatek-ge.c, which will lead to cleaner
implementation.
> +
> +/* Disable EEE advertisement on the switch PHYs. */
> +for (i = MT753X_CTRL_PHY_ADDR;
> +     i < MT753X_CTRL_PHY_ADDR + MT7530_NUM_PHYS; i++) {
> +mt7531_ind_c45_phy_write(priv, i, MDIO_MMD_AN, MDIO_AN_EEE_ADV,
> + 0);
> +}
Sorry, I still can't figure out why this is needed since we disable
MDIO_AN_EEE_ADV in mediatek-ge.c after reading previous threads. Would
you please provide something else (like dmesg log?) to show that
settings in mtk_gephy_config_init() may fail?
> +
>  if (!priv->p5_sgmii) {
>  mt7531_pll_setup(priv);
>  } else {
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
> index a71166e0a7fc..509ed5362236 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h
> @@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ enum mt7531_clk_skew {
>  #define  XTAL_FSEL_MBIT(7)
>  #define  PHY_ENBIT(6)
>  #define  CHG_STRAPBIT(8)
> +#define  EEE_DISBIT(4)
>  
>  /* Register for hw trap modification */
>  #define MT7530_MHWTRAP0x7804
> 
> -- 
> 2.40.1
> 
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Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: dsa: mt7530: fix disabling EEE on failure on MT7531 and MT7988

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 12:19:40PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> On 26.03.2024 12:02, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > On Thu, 2024-03-21 at 19:29 +0300, Arınç ÜNAL via B4 Relay wrote:
> > > From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
> > > 
> > > The MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 bits let the
> > > PMCR_FORCE_EEE1G and PMCR_FORCE_EEE100 bits determine the 1G/100 EEE
> > > abilities of the MAC. If MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 are
> > > unset, the abilities are left to be determined by PHY auto polling.
> > > 
> > > The commit 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE features")
> > > made it so that the PMCR_FORCE_EEE1G and PMCR_FORCE_EEE100 bits are set on
> > > mt753x_phylink_mac_link_up(). But it did not set the MT7531_FORCE_EEE1G and
> > > MT7531_FORCE_EEE100 bits. Because of this, EEE will be enabled on the
> > > switch MACs by polling the PHY, regardless of the result of phy_init_eee().
> > > 
> > > Define these bits and add them to MT7531_FORCE_MODE which is being used by
> > > the subdriver. With this, EEE will be prevented from being enabled on the
> > > switch MACs when phy_init_eee() fails.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 40b5d2f15c09 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for EEE features")
> > > Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
> > 
> > If I read the past discussion correctly, this is a potential issue
> > found by code inspection and never producing problem in practice, am I
> > correct?
> > 
> > If so I think it will deserve a 3rd party tested-by tag or similar to
> > go in.
> > 
> > If nobody could provide such feedback in a little time, I suggest to
> > drop this patch and apply only 1/2.
> 
> Whether a problem would happen in practice depends on when phy_init_eee()
> fails, meaning it returns a negative non-zero code. I requested Russell to
> review this patch to shed light on when phy_init_eee() would return a
> negative non-zero code so we have an idea whether this patch actually fixes
> a problem.

Urgh, so I need to read the code and report back?

Well, looking at phy_init_eee(), it could return a negative vallue when:

1. phydev->drv is NULL
2. if genphy_c45_eee_is_active() returns negative
3. if genphy_c45_eee_is_active() returns zero, it returns
   -EPROTONOSUPPORT
4. if phy_set_bits_mmd() fails (e.g. communication error with the PHY)

If we then look at genphy_c45_eee_is_active(), then:

genphy_c45_read_eee_adv() and genphy_c45_read_eee_lpa() propagate their
non-zero return values, otherwise this function returns zero or positive
integer.

If we then look at genphy_c45_read_eee_adv(), then a failure of
phy_read_mmd() would cause a negative value to be returned.

Looking at genphy_c45_read_eee_lpa(), the same is true.

So, it can be summarised as:

- phydev->drv is NULL
- there is a communication error accessing the PHY
- EEE is not active

otherwise, it returns zero on success.

If one wishes to determine whether an error occurred vs EEE not being
supported through negotiation for the negotiated speed, if it returns
-EPROTONOSUPPORT in the latter case. Other error codes mean either the
driver has been unloaded or communication error.

This has been expertly determined by reading the code, which only a
phylib maintainer has the capability of doing. Thank you for using this
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Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: dsa: mt7530: fix disabling EEE on failure on MT7531 and MT7988

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 11:46:19AM +0300, arinc.unal@arinc9.com wrote:
> On 26.03.2024 12:19, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> > On 26.03.2024 12:02, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > > If I read the past discussion correctly, this is a potential issue
> > > found by code inspection and never producing problem in practice, am I
> > > correct?
> > > 
> > > If so I think it will deserve a 3rd party tested-by tag or similar to
> > > go in.
> > > 
> > > If nobody could provide such feedback in a little time, I suggest to
> > > drop this patch and apply only 1/2.
> > 
> > Whether a problem would happen in practice depends on when
> > phy_init_eee()
> > fails, meaning it returns a negative non-zero code. I requested Russell
> > to
> > review this patch to shed light on when phy_init_eee() would return a
> > negative non-zero code so we have an idea whether this patch actually
> > fixes
> > a problem.
> 
> I don't suppose Russell is going to review the patch at this point. I will
> submit this to net-next then. If someone actually reports a problem in
> practice, I can always submit it to the stable trees.

So the fact that I only saw your request this morning to look at
phy_init_eee(), and to review this patch... because... I work for
Oracle, and I've been looking at backporting Arm64 KVM patches to
our kernel, been testing and debugging that effort... and the
act that less than 24 hours had passed since you made the original
request... yea, sorry, it's clearly my fault for not jumping on this
the moment you sent the email.

I get _so_ much email that incorrectly has me in the To: header. I
also get _so_ much email that fails to list me in the To: header
when the author wants me to respond. I don't have time to read every
email as it comes in. I certainly don't have time to read every
email in any case. I do the best I can, which varies considerably
with my workload.

I already find that being single, fitting everything in during the
day (paid work, chores, feeding oneself) is quite a mammoth task.
There is no one else to do the laundry. There is no one else to get
the shopping. There is no one else to do the washing up. There is no
one else to take the rubbish out. All this I do myself, and serially
because there is only one of me, and it all takes time away from
sitting here reading every damn email as it comes in.

And then when I end up doing something that _you_ very well could do
(reading the phy_init_eee() code to find out when it might return a
negative number) and then you send an email like this... yea... that
really gets my goat.

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Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: dsa: mt7530: fix disabling EEE on failure on MT7531 and MT7988

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 03:58:13PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 11:46:19AM +0300, arinc.unal@arinc9.com wrote:
> > On 26.03.2024 12:19, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> > > On 26.03.2024 12:02, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > > > If I read the past discussion correctly, this is a potential issue
> > > > found by code inspection and never producing problem in practice, am I
> > > > correct?
> > > > 
> > > > If so I think it will deserve a 3rd party tested-by tag or similar to
> > > > go in.
> > > > 
> > > > If nobody could provide such feedback in a little time, I suggest to
> > > > drop this patch and apply only 1/2.
> > > 
> > > Whether a problem would happen in practice depends on when
> > > phy_init_eee()
> > > fails, meaning it returns a negative non-zero code. I requested Russell
> > > to
> > > review this patch to shed light on when phy_init_eee() would return a
> > > negative non-zero code so we have an idea whether this patch actually
> > > fixes
> > > a problem.
> > 
> > I don't suppose Russell is going to review the patch at this point. I will
> > submit this to net-next then. If someone actually reports a problem in
> > practice, I can always submit it to the stable trees.
> 
> So the fact that I only saw your request this morning to look at
> phy_init_eee(), and to review this patch... because... I work for
> Oracle, and I've been looking at backporting Arm64 KVM patches to
> our kernel, been testing and debugging that effort... and the
> act that less than 24 hours had passed since you made the original
> request... yea, sorry, it's clearly my fault for not jumping on this
> the moment you sent the email.
> 
> I get _so_ much email that incorrectly has me in the To: header. I
> also get _so_ much email that fails to list me in the To: header
> when the author wants me to respond. I don't have time to read every
> email as it comes in. I certainly don't have time to read every
> email in any case. I do the best I can, which varies considerably
> with my workload.
> 
> I already find that being single, fitting everything in during the
> day (paid work, chores, feeding oneself) is quite a mammoth task.
> There is no one else to do the laundry. There is no one else to get
> the shopping. There is no one else to do the washing up. There is no
> one else to take the rubbish out. All this I do myself, and serially
> because there is only one of me, and it all takes time away from
> sitting here reading every damn email as it comes in.
> 
> And then when I end up doing something that _you_ very well could do
> (reading the phy_init_eee() code to find out when it might return a
> negative number) and then you send an email like this... yea... that
> really gets my goat.

... and now I have a 1:1 with my manager for the next 30-60 minutes.
Is it okay by you for me to be offline for that period of time while
I have a chat with him?

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