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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFT] ravb: Mask PHY mode to avoid inserting delays twice
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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 14:25:40 +0200

> Until recently, the Micrel KSZ9031 PHY driver ignored any PHY mode
> ("RGMII-*ID") settings, but used the hardware defaults, augmented by
> explicit configuration of individual skew values using the "*-skew-ps"
> DT properties. The lack of PHY mode support was compensated by the
> EtherAVB MAC driver, which configures TX and/or RX internal delay
> itself, based on the PHY mode.
>
> However, now the KSZ9031 driver has gained PHY mode support, delays may
> be configured twice, causing regressions. E.g. on the Renesas
> Salvator-X board with R-Car M3-W ES1.0, TX performance dropped from ca.
> 400 Mbps to 0.1-0.3 Mbps, as measured by nuttcp.
>
> As internal delay configuration supported by the KSZ9031 PHY is too
> limited for some use cases, the ability to configure MAC internal delay
> is deemed useful and necessary. Hence a proper fix would involve
> splitting internal delay configuration in two parts, one for the PHY,
> and one for the MAC. However, this would require adding new DT
> properties, thus breaking DTB backwards-compatibility.
>
> Hence fix the regression in a backwards-compatibility way, by letting
> the EtherAVB driver mask the PHY mode when it has inserted a delay, to
> avoid the PHY driver adding a second delay. This also fixes messages
> like:
>
> Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY e6800000.ethernet-ffffffff:00: *-skew-ps values should be used only with phy-mode = "rgmii"
>
> as the PHY no longer sees the original RGMII-*ID mode.
>
> Solving the issue by splitting configuration in two parts can be handled
> in future patches, and would require retaining a backwards-compatibility
> mode anyway.
>
> Fixes: bcf3440c6dd78bfe ("net: phy: micrel: add phy-mode support for the KSZ9031 PHY")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Applied to net-next, thank you.

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