Re: [PATCH] net: phy: genphy_loopback: fix loopback failed when speed is unknown

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

> In this case, as speed and duplex both are unknown, ctl is just set to 0x4000.
> However, the follow code sets mask to ~0 for function phy_modify():
> int genphy_loopback(struct phy_device *phydev, bool enable)
> {
> 	if (enable) {
> 		...
> 		phy_modify(phydev, MII_BMCR, ~0, ctl);
> 		...
> }
> so all other bits of BMCR will be cleared and just set bit 14, I use phy trace to
> prove that:
> 
> $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
> # tracer: nop
> #
> # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 923/923   #P:128
> #
> #                                _-----=> irqs-off/BH-disabled
> #                               / _----=> need-resched
> #                              | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
> #                              || / _--=> preempt-depth
> #                              ||| / _-=> migrate-disable
> #                              |||| /     delay
> #           TASK-PID     CPU#  |||||  TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
> #              | |         |   |||||     |         |
>   kworker/u257:2-694     [015] .....   209.263912: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 read  phy:0x03 reg:0x00 val:0x1040
>   kworker/u257:2-694     [015] .....   209.263951: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 read  phy:0x03 reg:0x01 val:0x7989
>   kworker/u257:2-694     [015] .....   209.263990: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 read  phy:0x03 reg:0x01 val:0x7989
>   kworker/u257:2-694     [015] .....   209.264028: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 read  phy:0x03 reg:0x09 val:0x0200
>   kworker/u257:2-694     [015] .....   209.264067: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 read  phy:0x03 reg:0x0a val:0x0000
>          ethtool-1148    [007] .....   209.665693: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 read  phy:0x03 reg:0x00 val:0x1040
>          ethtool-1148    [007] .....   209.665706: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 write phy:0x03 reg:0x00 val:0x1840
>          ethtool-1148    [007] .....   210.588139: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 read  phy:0x03 reg:0x00 val:0x1840
>          ethtool-1148    [007] .....   210.588152: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 write phy:0x03 reg:0x00 val:0x1040
>          ethtool-1148    [007] .....   210.615900: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 read  phy:0x03 reg:0x00 val:0x1040
>          ethtool-1148    [007] .....   210.615912: mdio_access: mii-0000:bd:00.1 write phy:0x03 reg:0x00 val:0x4000 //here just set bit 14
> 
> So phy speed will be set to 10M in this case, if previous speed of
> device before going down is 10M, loopback test is pass. Only
> previous speed is 100M or 1000M, loopback test is failed.

O.K. So it should be set into 10M half duplex. But why does this cause
it not to loopback packets? Does the PHY you are using not actually
support 10 Half? Why does it need to be the same speed as when the
link was up? And why does it actually set LSTATUS indicating there is
link?

Is this a generic problem, all PHYs are like this, or is this specific
to the PHY you are using? Maybe this PHY needs its own loopback
function because it does something odd?

   Andrew