[PATCH] net/macb: fix ISR clear-on-write behavior only for some SoC

Nicolas Ferre nicolas.ferre at atmel.com
Tue Jun 4 03:51:48 EDT 2013


On 04/06/2013 08:49, Steffen Trumtrar :
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 08:15:45AM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
>> On 05/14/2013 07:52 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
>>> On 08:58 Tue 14 May     , Hein Tibosch wrote:
>>>> On 5/14/2013 12:05 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
>>>>> On May 14, 2013, at 12:05 AM, Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Commit 749a2b6 (net/macb: clear tx/rx completion flags in ISR)
>>>>>> introduces clear-on-write on ISR register. This behavior is not always
>>>>>> implemented when using Cadence MACB/GEM and is breaking other platforms.
>>>>>> We are using a new Device Tree compatibility string and a capability
>>>>>> property to actually activate this clear-on-write behavior on ISR.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reported-by: Hein Tibosch <hein_tibosch at yahoo.es>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com>
>>>>> can we detect it via the IP?
>>>>
>>>> This was my first proposal, have it based on the value of MACB's
>>>> register 'MID' (offset 0x00fc, lower 16 bits).
>>>> On avr32 it reads: 0x0000010D, on Zynq it reports 0x00000119
>>>>
>>>> So for the moment, CAPS_ISR_CLEAR_ON_WRITE could be set if the revision
>>>> equals to 0x00000119?
>>> so no it will not work
>>>
>>> as the gem on sama5 is 00020119
>>>
>>> so version 0x119 too
>>>
>>> nico
>>> Acked-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
>>
>> Was this added to any queue or branch?
>> I would like to enable macb for zynq and not sure if "cdns,zynq-7000-gem"
>> compatible string goes to mainline.
>>
>
> Hi!
>
> This is already in next, but you can use the default compatible as the

Even more: already in Linus' tree!

> DCR1 is used instead of DT binding.

Absolutely.

Best regards,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre



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