From: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
To: Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com>,
xianwei.zhao@amlogic.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
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Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>,
Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>,
Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>,
Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/6] net: stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: add support for the Amlogic T7
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 17:28:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <162c3908-cbf9-4bf2-8594-8592d5e4c3e5@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261004144046.391444-4-tanure@linux.com>
On 10/4/26 16:40, Lucas Tanure wrote:
> The glue registers on the T7 are laid out exactly as the G12A ones, RX
> delay field included, so the T7 can reuse the G12A settings.
>
> What the T7 does not share is how the controller reaches DRAM: the bus
> path goes through a pipeline stage with a gate of its own, and no device
> other than the controller has any use for that gate. Claim it and hold
> it enabled for as long as the controller is bound, otherwise it is
> switched off as unused and a transfer that has been started can never
> complete.
>
> Give the T7 match data of its own so that only it looks the clock up,
> and require the clock instead of treating it as optional: the controller
> cannot do DMA without it, and failing the probe with a clear message
> beats booting and hitting an undiagnosable hang later.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com>
> ---
> .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
> index e4d5c41294f4..450f7b4b29a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct meson8b_dwmac;
> struct meson8b_dwmac_data {
> int (*set_phy_mode)(struct meson8b_dwmac *dwmac);
> bool has_prg_eth1_rgmii_rx_delay;
> + bool has_pipeline_clk;
> };
>
> struct meson8b_dwmac {
> @@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ static int meson8b_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat_dat;
> struct stmmac_resources stmmac_res;
> struct meson8b_dwmac *dwmac;
> + struct clk *pipeline_clk;
> int ret;
>
> ret = stmmac_get_platform_resources(pdev, &stmmac_res);
> @@ -443,6 +445,13 @@ static int meson8b_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (IS_ERR(dwmac->timing_adj_clk))
> return PTR_ERR(dwmac->timing_adj_clk);
>
> + if (dwmac->data->has_pipeline_clk) {
> + pipeline_clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(dwmac->dev, "pipeline");
> + if (IS_ERR(pipeline_clk))
> + return dev_err_probe(dwmac->dev, PTR_ERR(pipeline_clk),
> + "missing pipeline clock\n");
> + }
> +
> ret = meson8b_init_rgmii_delays(dwmac);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
> @@ -479,6 +488,12 @@ static const struct meson8b_dwmac_data meson_g12a_dwmac_data = {
> .has_prg_eth1_rgmii_rx_delay = true,
> };
>
> +static const struct meson8b_dwmac_data meson_t7_dwmac_data = {
> + .set_phy_mode = meson_axg_set_phy_mode,
> + .has_prg_eth1_rgmii_rx_delay = true,
> + .has_pipeline_clk = true,
> +};
> +
> static const struct of_device_id meson8b_dwmac_match[] = {
> {
> .compatible = "amlogic,meson8b-dwmac",
> @@ -500,6 +515,10 @@ static const struct of_device_id meson8b_dwmac_match[] = {
> .compatible = "amlogic,meson-g12a-dwmac",
> .data = &meson_g12a_dwmac_data,
> },
> + {
> + .compatible = "amlogic,t7-dwmac",
> + .data = &meson_t7_dwmac_data,
> + },
> { }
> };
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, meson8b_dwmac_match);
Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Thanks,
Neil
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-04 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-04 14:40 [RFC PATCH 0/6] Add ethernet " Lucas Tanure
2026-10-04 14:40 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] dt-bindings: net: amlogic,meson-dwmac: spell out the compatible combinations Lucas Tanure
2026-10-05 10:39 ` Conor Dooley
2026-10-04 14:40 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] dt-bindings: net: amlogic,meson-dwmac: add amlogic,t7-dwmac Lucas Tanure
2026-10-05 10:46 ` Conor Dooley
2026-10-04 14:40 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] net: stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: add support for the Amlogic T7 Lucas Tanure
2026-10-04 15:28 ` Neil Armstrong [this message]
2026-10-04 21:13 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-10-04 14:40 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] arm64: dts: amlogic: t7: add the ethernet pinctrl nodes Lucas Tanure
2026-10-04 15:28 ` Neil Armstrong
2026-10-04 14:40 ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] arm64: dts: amlogic: t7: add the ethernet controller Lucas Tanure
2026-10-04 15:29 ` Neil Armstrong
2026-10-04 14:40 ` [RFC PATCH 6/6] arm64: dts: amlogic: t7: khadas-vim4: enable the ethernet port Lucas Tanure
2026-10-04 15:29 ` Neil Armstrong
2026-10-04 20:58 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-10-05 10:04 ` Lucas Tanure
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