[PATCH v3 5/7] net: cpsw: Add am33xx MACID readout

Mugunthan V N mugunthanvnm at ti.com
Mon Aug 18 12:58:09 PDT 2014


On Tuesday 19 August 2014 01:11 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:54:26 +0530
> Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm at ti.com> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday 16 August 2014 08:48 PM, Markus Pargmann wrote:
>>> +	mac_addr[5] = (macid_lo >> 8) & 0xff;
>>> +	mac_addr[4] = macid_lo & 0xff;
>>> +	mac_addr[3] = (macid_hi >> 24) & 0xff;
>>> +	mac_addr[2] = (macid_hi >> 16) & 0xff;
>>> +	mac_addr[1] = (macid_hi >> 8) & 0xff;
>>> +	mac_addr[0] = macid_hi & 0xff;
>>> +
>> This will fail incase of DRA74x and DRA72x platforms, please check for
>> u-boot src for parsing logic as TRM is not out yet. Below is the actual
>> code for DRA7 platforms for MAC address parsing
>>
>> mac_addr[0] = (mac_hi & 0xFF0000) >> 16;
>> mac_addr[1] = (mac_hi & 0xFF00) >> 8;
>> mac_addr[2] = mac_hi & 0xFF;
>> mac_addr[3] = (mac_lo & 0xFF0000) >> 16;
>> mac_addr[4] = (mac_lo & 0xFF00) >> 8;
>> mac_addr[5] = mac_lo & 0xFF;
>>
> But this fails with my beaglebone white.
>
> I tested Markus's patches and it came up with the same ethaddr that
> U-Boot had.
>
> From U-Boot:
>
> ethaddr=d4:94:a1:8b:ec:78
>
> With Markus's changes:
>
>  eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr D4:94:A1:8B:EC:78
>
> But when I changed the code to match what you wrote, I got this:
>
>  eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CE:5A:8B:0E:44:45
>
> but it also gave me:
>
> cpsw 4a100000.ethernet: Random MACID = ce:5a:8b:0e:44:45
>
> which means it failed the valid mac test.
>
> Here's how I implemented your change:
>
> #if 1
>         mac_addr[0] = (macid_hi & 0xFF0000) >> 16;
>         mac_addr[1] = (macid_hi & 0xFF00) >> 8;
>         mac_addr[2] = macid_hi & 0xFF;
>         mac_addr[3] = (macid_lo & 0xFF0000) >> 16;
>         mac_addr[4] = (macid_lo & 0xFF00) >> 8;
>         mac_addr[5] = macid_lo & 0xFF;
>
> #else   
>         mac_addr[5] = (macid_lo >> 8) & 0xff;
>         mac_addr[4] = macid_lo & 0xff;
>         mac_addr[3] = (macid_hi >> 24) & 0xff;
>         mac_addr[2] = (macid_hi >> 16) & 0xff;
>         mac_addr[1] = (macid_hi >> 8) & 0xff;
>         mac_addr[0] = macid_hi & 0xff;
> #endif  
>
> Just to be consistent, I updated the code as this too:
>
>         mac_addr[0] = (macid_hi >> 16) & 0xFF;
>         mac_addr[1] = (macid_hi >> 8) & 0xFF;
>         mac_addr[2] = macid_hi & 0xFF;
>         mac_addr[3] = (macid_lo >> 16) & 0xFF;
>         mac_addr[4] = (macid_lo >> 8) & 0xFF;
>         mac_addr[5] = macid_lo & 0xFF;
>
> With the same affect.
>
> Thus, for this patchset, as is:
>
> Tested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>

This will fail for DRA7xx not in AM33xx

Regards
Mugunthan V N



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