[PATCH] apm821xx: MR24: fix ethernet phy detection on the MR24

Christian Lamparter chunkeey at googlemail.com
Wed Jun 7 16:04:40 PDT 2017


This patch fixes a problem where the AR8035 PHY can't be
detected on the Cisco Meraki MR24, when the ethernet cable
is not connected during boot.

Russell Senior reported:
|This appears to be a problem during probing of the AR8035
|phy chip. When ethernet has no link, the phy detection fails,
|and eth0 is not created. Plugging ethernet later has no effect,
|because there is no interface as far as the kernel is
|concerned. The relevant part of the boot log looks like this:
|
|[    0.876611] /plb/opb/emac-rgmii at ef601500: input 0 in RGMII mode
|[    0.882532] /plb/opb/ethernet at ef600c00: reset timeout
|[    0.888546] /plb/opb/ethernet at ef600c00: can't find PHY!
(<https://bugs.lede-project.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=687>)

Fixes FS#687
Cc: Chris Blake <chrisrblake93 at gmail.com>
Reported-by: Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
Fixes: 23fbb5a87c56e98 ("emac: Fix EMAC soft reset on 460EX/GT")
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey at googlemail.com>
---
@commiter: Normally, I would have waited, until the patch was accepted
by linux-net. see: <https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/772436/>

but with the 4.4.71 being pushed, I think the next release is imminent
and this can no longer wait.

Thanks,
Christian

BTW: Please remove the DMARC notice ;)
---
 .../701-powerpc_ibm_apm82181_phyclk_fix.patch      |   7 +-
 .../702-powerpc_ibm_phy_add_dt_parser.patch        |   2 +-
 ...et-emac-fix-reset-timeout-with-AR8035-phy.patch | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/703-net-emac-fix-reset-timeout-with-AR8035-phy.patch

diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/701-powerpc_ibm_apm82181_phyclk_fix.patch b/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/701-powerpc_ibm_apm82181_phyclk_fix.patch
index 93a0858..457c5e3 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/701-powerpc_ibm_apm82181_phyclk_fix.patch
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/701-powerpc_ibm_apm82181_phyclk_fix.patch
@@ -30,15 +30,14 @@
  #endif
  }
  
-@@ -2617,7 +2626,7 @@ static int emac_init_config(struct emac_
+@@ -2617,6 +2626,7 @@ static int emac_init_config(struct emac_
  		if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "ibm,emac-apm821xx")) {
  			dev->features |= (EMAC_APM821XX_REQ_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE |
  					  EMAC_FTR_APM821XX_NO_HALF_DUPLEX |
--					  EMAC_FTR_460EX_PHY_CLK_FIX);
-+					  EMAC_FTR_APM821XX_PHY_CLK_FIX);
++					  EMAC_FTR_APM821XX_PHY_CLK_FIX |
+ 					  EMAC_FTR_460EX_PHY_CLK_FIX);
  		}
  	} else if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "ibm,emac4")) {
- 		dev->features |= EMAC_FTR_EMAC4;
 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.h
 +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.h
 @@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ struct emac_instance {
diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/702-powerpc_ibm_phy_add_dt_parser.patch b/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/702-powerpc_ibm_phy_add_dt_parser.patch
index f1edb9c..4e53fdf 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/702-powerpc_ibm_phy_add_dt_parser.patch
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/702-powerpc_ibm_phy_add_dt_parser.patch
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey at googlemail.com>
  	/* Init PHY */
  	if (dev->phy.def->ops->init)
  		dev->phy.def->ops->init(&dev->phy);
-@@ -2987,6 +3228,12 @@ static int emac_remove(struct platform_d
+@@ -2988,6 +3229,12 @@ static int emac_remove(struct platform_d
  	if (emac_has_feature(dev, EMAC_FTR_HAS_ZMII))
  		zmii_detach(dev->zmii_dev, dev->zmii_port);
  
diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/703-net-emac-fix-reset-timeout-with-AR8035-phy.patch b/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/703-net-emac-fix-reset-timeout-with-AR8035-phy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8acde84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/patches-4.9/703-net-emac-fix-reset-timeout-with-AR8035-phy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+From b2e79053e7456a961249c8865214a1e95b49c863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey at googlemail.com>
+Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 18:16:19 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] net: emac: fix reset timeout with AR8035 phy
+
+This patch fixes a problem where the AR8035 PHY can't be
+detected on an Cisco Meraki MR24, if the ethernet cable is
+not connected on boot.
+
+Russell Senior provided steps to reproduce the issue:
+|Disconnect ethernet cable, apply power, wait until device has booted,
+|plug in ethernet, check for interfaces, no eth0 is listed.
+|
+|This appears to be a problem during probing of the AR8035 Phy chip.
+|When ethernet has no link, the phy detection fails, and eth0 is not
+|created. Plugging ethernet later has no effect, because there is no
+|interface as far as the kernel is concerned. The relevant part of
+|the boot log looks like this:
+|this is the failing case:
+|
+|[    0.876611] /plb/opb/emac-rgmii at ef601500: input 0 in RGMII mode
+|[    0.882532] /plb/opb/ethernet at ef600c00: reset timeout
+|[    0.888546] /plb/opb/ethernet at ef600c00: can't find PHY!
+|and the succeeding case:
+|
+|[    0.876672] /plb/opb/emac-rgmii at ef601500: input 0 in RGMII mode
+|[    0.883952] eth0: EMAC-0 /plb/opb/ethernet at ef600c00, MAC 00:01:..
+|[    0.890822] eth0: found Atheros 8035 Gigabit Ethernet PHY (0x01)
+
+Based on the comment and the commit message of
+commit 23fbb5a87c56 ("emac: Fix EMAC soft reset on 460EX/GT").
+This is because the AR8035 PHY doesn't provide the TX Clock,
+if the ethernet cable is not attached. This causes the reset
+to timeout and the PHY detection code in emac_init_phy() is
+unable to detect the AR8035 PHY. As a result, the emac driver
+bails out early and the user left with no ethernet.
+
+In order to stay compatible with existing configurations, the driver
+tries the current reset approach at first. Only if the first attempt
+timed out, it does perform one more retry with the clock input
+temporarily switched to the internal clock source for just the
+duration of the reset.
+
+LEDE-Bug: #687 <https://bugs.lede-project.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=687>
+
+Cc: Chris Blake <chrisrblake93 at gmail.com>
+Reported-by: Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
+Fixes: 23fbb5a87c56e98 ("emac: Fix EMAC soft reset on 460EX/GT")
+Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
+Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey at googlemail.com>
+---
+ drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
+ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c
+@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ static int emac_reset(struct emac_instan
+ {
+ 	struct emac_regs __iomem *p = dev->emacp;
+ 	int n = 20;
++	bool __maybe_unused try_internal_clock = false;
+ 
+ 	DBG(dev, "reset" NL);
+ 
+@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ static int emac_reset(struct emac_instan
+ 	}
+ 
+ #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_DCR_NATIVE
++do_retry:
+ 	/*
+ 	 * PPC460EX/GT Embedded Processor Advanced User's Manual
+ 	 * section 28.10.1 Mode Register 0 (EMACx_MR0) states:
+@@ -371,10 +373,19 @@ static int emac_reset(struct emac_instan
+ 	 * of the EMAC. If none is present, select the internal clock
+ 	 * (SDR0_ETH_CFG[EMACx_PHY_CLK] = 1).
+ 	 * After a soft reset, select the external clock.
++	 *
++	 * The AR8035-A PHY Meraki MR24 does not provide a TX Clk if the
++	 * ethernet cable is not attached. This causes the reset to timeout
++	 * and the PHY detection code in emac_init_phy() is unable to
++	 * communicate and detect the AR8035-A PHY. As a result, the emac
++	 * driver bails out early and the user has no ethernet.
++	 * In order to stay compatible with existing configurations, the
++	 * driver will temporarily switch to the internal clock, after
++	 * the first reset fails.
+ 	 */
+ 	if (emac_has_feature(dev, EMAC_FTR_460EX_PHY_CLK_FIX)) {
+-		if (dev->phy_address == 0xffffffff &&
+-		    dev->phy_map == 0xffffffff) {
++		if (try_internal_clock || (dev->phy_address == 0xffffffff &&
++					   dev->phy_map == 0xffffffff)) {
+ 			/* No PHY: select internal loop clock before reset */
+ 			dcri_clrset(SDR0, SDR0_ETH_CFG,
+ 				    0, SDR0_ETH_CFG_ECS << dev->cell_index);
+@@ -392,8 +403,15 @@ static int emac_reset(struct emac_instan
+ 
+ #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_DCR_NATIVE
+ 	if (emac_has_feature(dev, EMAC_FTR_460EX_PHY_CLK_FIX)) {
+-		if (dev->phy_address == 0xffffffff &&
+-		    dev->phy_map == 0xffffffff) {
++		if (!n && !try_internal_clock) {
++			/* first attempt has timed out. */
++			n = 20;
++			try_internal_clock = true;
++			goto do_retry;
++		}
++
++		if (try_internal_clock || (dev->phy_address == 0xffffffff &&
++					   dev->phy_map == 0xffffffff)) {
+ 			/* No PHY: restore external clock source after reset */
+ 			dcri_clrset(SDR0, SDR0_ETH_CFG,
+ 				    SDR0_ETH_CFG_ECS << dev->cell_index, 0);
-- 
2.1.4




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