Re: [PATCH v5] net: ethernet: add driver for Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller

["Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>]

Mason <slash.tmp@free.fr> writes:

> [ CCing a few knowledgeable people ]
>
> Despite the subject, this is about an Atheros 8035 PHY :-)
>
> On 12/11/2015 15:04, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
>> Mason wrote:
>> 
>>> BTW, you're not using the PHY IRQ, right? I think I remember you saying
>>> it didn't work reliably?
>> 
>> It doesn't seem to be wired up on any of my boards, or there's some
>> magic required to activate it that I'm unaware of.
>
> Weird. The board schematics for the 1172 show Tango ETH0_MDINT# pin
> properly connected to AR8035 INT pin (pin 20).

I have a different board.

> <Thinking out loud>
>
> http://www.redeszone.net/app/uploads/2014/04/AR8035.pdf
>
> INT pin 20
> I/O, D, PD
> Interrupt Signal to System; default OD-gate, needs an external
> 10Kohm pull-up, active low; can be configured to I/O by register,
> active high.
>
> 4.1.17 Interrupt Enable
> Offset: 0x12
> Mode: Read/Write
> Hardware Reset: 0
>
> Strange... it looks like AT803X_INER and AT803X_INTR_ENABLE refer to
> the same "Interrupt Enable" register?

Seems like someone missed that it was already defined.

> In fact, AT803X_INER_INIT == 0xec00 makes sense for register 0x12:
> link success/fail, speed/duplex changed, autoneg error
>
> Looks like at803x_config_intr() is used for 8031, but not for 8035...
>
> Relevant commit:
> 77a9939426f7a "phy/at8031: enable at8031 to work on interrupt mode"
>
> If I add .config_intr and .ack_interrupt to the 8035 struct, then I get
> (also added some traces)

I tried that just now, and I get nothing.  What interrupt did you
specify in your device tree?

> Questions:
>
> Can't at803x_ack_interrupt() just return phy_read(phydev, AT803X_INSR);

No, that would return the actual value of the register.  The caller
doesn't care about the value, but should be notified if there was an
error.

> Can at803x_config_intr() be used with the 8035

Probably.  The person who sent the patch for 8031 probably happened to
have that model.

> What about AT803X_INER/AT803X_INTR_ENABLE and AT803X_INSR/AT803X_INTR_STATUS

Accidental duplicates.

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Måns Rullgård
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