Re: [PATCH net v4 3/3] net: stmmac: Specify hardware capability value when FIFO size isn't specified

Andrew Lunn
2025-02-01T19:22:27Z

On Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 11:14:41AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 10:38:20AM +0900, Kunihiko Hayashi wrote:
> > When Tx/Rx FIFO size is not specified in advance, the driver checks if
> > the value is zero and sets the hardware capability value in functions
> > where that value is used.
> >
> > Consolidate the check and settings into function stmmac_hw_init() and
> > remove redundant other statements.
> >
> > If FIFO size is zero and the hardware capability also doesn't have upper
> > limit values, return with an error message.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@socionext.com>
>
> This patch breaks qemu's stmmac emulation, for example for
> npcm750-evb. The error message is:
> stmmaceth f0804000.eth: Can't specify Rx FIFO size

Hi Guenter

Please could you try the patch here:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/915713e1-b67f-4eae-82c6-8dceae8f97a7@arm.com/

Andrew