Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: imx6dl: SolidRun: add phy node with 100Mb/s max-speed

Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2019-09-17T13:40:01Z

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 04:32:53PM +0300, tinywrkb wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 02:54:34PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 03:41:01PM +0300, tinywrkb wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 03:56:52PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > > > Tinywrkb confirmed to me in private communication that revert of
> > > > > 5502b218e001 fixes Ethernet for him on effected system.
> > > > >
> > > > > He also referred me to an old Cubox-i spec that lists 10/100 Ethernet
> > > > > only for i.MX6 Solo/DualLite variants of Cubox-i. It turns out that
> > > > > there was a plan to use a different 10/100 PHY for Solo/DualLite
> > > > > SOMs. This plan never materialized. All SolidRun i.MX6 SOMs use the same
> > > > > AR8035 PHY that supports 1Gb.
> > > > >
> > > > > Commit 5502b218e001 might be triggering a hardware issue on the affected
> > > > > Cubox-i. I could not reproduce the issue here with Cubox-i and a Dual
> > > > > SOM variant running v5.3-rc8. I have no Solo/DualLite variant handy at
> > > > > the moment.
> > > >
> > > > Could somebody with an affected device show us the output of ethtool
> > > > with and without 5502b218e001. Does one show 1G has been negotiated,
> > > > and the other 100Mbps? If this is true, how does it get 100Mbps
> > > > without that patch? We are missing a piece of the puzzle.
> > > >
> > > > Andrew
> > >
> > > linux-test-5.1rc1-a2703de70942-without_bad_commit
> > >
> > > Settings for eth0:
> > > Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
> > > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> > > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> > > 1000baseT/Full
> >
> > So this means the local device says it can do 1000Mbps.
> >
> >
> > > Supported pause frame use: Symmetric
> > > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
> > > Supported FEC modes: Not reported
> > > Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> > > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> > > 1000baseT/Full
> >
> > The link peer can also do 1000Mbps.
> >
> >
> > > Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
> > > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
> > > Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
> > > Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> > > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> > > 1000baseT/Full
> > > Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
> > > Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
> > > Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported
> > > Speed: 100Mb/s
> >
> > Yet they have decided to do 100Mbps.
> >
> > We need to understand Why? The generic PHY driver would not do this on
> > its own. So i'm thinking something has poked a PHY register with some
> > value, and this patch is causing it to be over written.
> >
> > Please can you use mii-tool -v -v to dump the PHY registers in each
> > case.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Andrew
>
> Here's the output of # mii-tool -v -v eth0
>
> * linux-test-5.1rc1-a2703de70942-without_bad_commit
>
> Using SIOCGMIIPHY=0x8947
> eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
> registers for MII PHY 0:
> 3100 796d 004d d072 15e1 c5e1 000f 0000
> 0000 0000 0800 0000 0000 0000 0000 a000
> 0000 0000 0000 f420 082c 0000 04e8 0000
> 3200 3000 0000 063d 0000 0000 0000 0000
> product info: vendor 00:13:74, model 7 rev 2
> basic mode: autonegotiation enabled
> basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
> capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
> advertising: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control
> link partner: 1000baseT-FD 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control

This is *not* advertising 1000baseT modes (register 9).

>
>
> * linux-test-5.1rc1-5502b218e001-with_bad_commit
>
> Using SIOCGMIIPHY=0x8947
> eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
> registers for MII PHY 0:
> 3100 796d 004d d072 15e1 c5e1 000d 0000
> 0000 0000 0800 0000 0000 0000 0000 a000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 082c 0000 04e8 0000
> 3200 3000 0000 063d 0000 0000 0000 0000
> product info: vendor 00:13:74, model 7 rev 2
> basic mode: autonegotiation enabled
> basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
> capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
> advertising: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control
> link partner: 1000baseT-FD 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control

Neither is this.

However, the kernel and phylib _thinks_ that it is. My guess is
something has rewritten the PHY registers from userspace, rather
than using ethtool to change the advertisment. The MAC is still
trying to operate at 1000Mbps (since that is what phylib resolved)
yet the link might be actually operating at 100Mbps - but for that
to happen, we should've seen the link go down and up again.

Odd.