From: Lorenz Brun <lorenz@brun.one>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Quirks for exotic SFP module
Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 19:39:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C157UR.RELZCR5M9XI83@brun.one> (raw)
Hi netdev members,
I have some SFP modules which contain a G.fast modem (Metanoia MT5321).
In my case I have ones without built-in flash, which means that they
come up in bootloader mode. Their EEPROM is emulated by the onboard
CPU/DSP and is pretty much completely incorrect, the claimed checksum
is 0x00. Luckily there seems to be valid vendor and part number
information to quirk off of.
I've implemented a detection mechanism analogous to the Cotsworks one,
which catches my modules. Since the bootloader is in ROM, we sadly
cannot overwrite the bad data, so I just made it skip the CRC check if
this is an affected device and the expected CRC is zero.
There is also the issue of the module advertising 1000BASE-T:
Identifier : 0x03 (SFP)
Extended identifier : 0x04 (GBIC/SFP defined by 2-wire interface ID)
Connector : 0x22 (RJ45)
Transceiver codes : 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x08 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Transceiver type : Ethernet: 1000BASE-T
Encoding : 0x01 (8B/10B)
BR, Nominal : 0MBd
Rate identifier : 0x00 (unspecified)
Length (SMF,km) : 0km
Length (SMF) : 0m
Length (50um) : 0m
Length (62.5um) : 0m
Length (Copper) : 0m
Length (OM3) : 0m
Laser wavelength : 0nm
Vendor name : METANOIA
Vendor OUI : 00:00:00
Vendor PN : MT5321
Vendor rev : 0001
Option values : 0x08 0x00
Option : Retimer or CDR implemented
BR margin, max : 0%
BR margin, min : 0%
Vendor SN :
Date code : ________
But the module internally has an AR8033 1000BASE-X to RGMII converter
which is then connected to the modem SoC, so as far as I am aware this
is incorrect and could cause Linux to do things like autonegotiation
which definitely does not work here. So this probably needs to be
quirked away. Anything else I have missed which needs to be changed?
Also, should the quirks and the workaround for the missing checksum be
separate?
Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Lorenz
next reply other threads:[~2023-05-05 18:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-05 17:39 Lorenz Brun [this message]
2023-05-05 18:53 ` Quirks for exotic SFP module Andrew Lunn
2023-05-05 21:30 ` Lorenz Brun
2023-05-06 0:03 ` Andrew Lunn
2023-05-06 0:26 ` Lorenz Brun
2023-05-06 1:05 ` Andrew Lunn
2023-05-06 1:15 ` Lorenz Brun
2023-05-06 13:35 ` Andrew Lunn
2023-05-06 13:54 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-05-06 14:04 ` Lorenz Brun
2023-05-06 10:02 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-05-06 10:01 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-05-06 9:57 ` Russell King (Oracle)
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