[Upstream] Re: [PATCH v3] arm64: dts: freescale: imx93-phycore-som: Delay the phy reset by a gpio

[Primoz Fiser]

Hi all,

is there something holding up this patch?

BR,
Primoz

On 2. 06. 25 14:26, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>> I agree it is long enough, but i'm also surprised how slow the kernel
>>> was. Are you using a fixed IP address, or dhcp?
>>
>> I use a fixed IP address.
>>
>> But isn't the bringup of ethernet+phy interface one of the last things
>> that happens during the kernel boot-up?
> 
> Mounting the rootfs is somewhat towards the end of the core
> kernel. But if you have an initramfs, there can be modules loaded both
> before and afterwards, and once the rootfs has been mounted, yet more
> modules can be loaded.
> 
>> However, what timing would you expect?
> 
> I've seen interfaces configured up from deep within
> register_netdev(). I don't remember the exact configuration, but i
> thought it was NFS root. It might be in combination with initramfs. If
> you have the Ethernet driver as a module in the initramfs, and are
> using the "rootwait" option, it could be that you are already past the
> point it would first mount the rootfs, and with every new device
> popping into existence it is trying to see if the just created device
> allows it to do the mount. At that point, register_netdev() is going
> to trigger actions.
> 
> 	Andrew
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