Re: [RFC] increase MDIO i2c poll timeout gradually (including patch)

["Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 12:00:50PM +0200, Janpieter Sollie wrote:
> Op 19/09/2025 om 19:04 schreef Andrew Lunn:
> > On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 03:52:55PM +0200, Janpieter Sollie wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > Please ensure you Cc: the correct Maintainers.
> > 
> > ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
> > Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk> (maintainer:SFF/SFP/SFP+ MODULE SUPPORT)
> > Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> (maintainer:ETHERNET PHY LIBRARY)
> > Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> (maintainer:ETHERNET PHY LIBRARY)
> > "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > netdev@vger.kernel.org (open list:SFF/SFP/SFP+ MODULE SUPPORT)
> > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
> Done, sorry, this is my first post here
> > 
> > > I tested a SFP module where the i2c bus is "unstable" at best.
> > Please tell us more about the hardware.
> > 
> > Also, what speed do you have the I2C bus running at? Have you tried
> > different clock-frequency values to slow down the I2C bus? Have you
> > checked the pull-up resistors? I2C problems are sometimes due to too
> > strong pull-ups.
> The hardware is a bananapi R4 2xSFP using a MT7988a SoC.
> The SFP+ module is a RJ45 rollball module using a AQR113C phy, but needs a
> quirk in sfp.c (added below)
> I'm not a i2c expert at all,
> but about the i2c bus speed, the SFP cage seems to be behind a muxer, not a i2c root.
> I could not find anything about i2c bus speed in /proc or /sys, maybe it's impossible to tell?
> 
> The dtsi or dtso files do not mention anything about bus speeds, so I honestly do not know.

As you have not include the author of the SFP support (me) in your
initial email, and have not provided a repeat of the description,
I'm afraid I have no idea what the issue is that you're encountering.

Thanks.

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