Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Enable IEP1

["Anwar, Md Danish" <a0501179@ti.com>]

On 8/22/2024 4:57 PM, Roger Quadros wrote:
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> On 22/08/2024 08:52, MD Danish Anwar wrote:
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>> On 21/08/24 5:23 pm, Roger Quadros wrote:
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>>> On 21/08/2024 14:33, Anwar, Md Danish wrote:
>>>> Hi Roger,
>>>>
>>>> On 8/21/2024 4:57 PM, Roger Quadros wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13/08/2024 10:42, MD Danish Anwar wrote:
>>>>>> IEP1 is needed by firmware to enable FDB learning and FDB ageing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Required by which firmware?
>>>>>
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>>>> IEP1 is needed by all ICSSG firmwares (Dual EMAC / Switch / HSR)
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>>>>> Does dual-emac firmware need this?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Dual EMAC firmware needs IEP1 to enabled.
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>>> Then this need to be a bug fix?
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>> Correct, this is in fact a bug. But IEP1 is also needed by HSR firmware
>> so I thought of keeping this patch with HSR series. As HSR will be
>> completely broken if IEP1 is not enabled.
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>> I didn't want to post two patches one as bug fix to net and one part of
>> HSR to net-next thus I thought of keeping this patch in this series only.
> 
> Bug fixes need to be posted earlier as they can get accepted sooner and
> even back-ported to stable. You also need to add the Fixes tag.
> 

Yes I understand that. The problem was I will need to send the patch
twice once as bug fix to net/main, once as part of this series to
net-next/main and drop it from this series once the patch gets merged to
net and is synced to net-next. Since I cannot post this series without
this patch as the HSR feature will get broken.

Or I need to post this to net/main and wait for it to be part of
net-next and then only I can re-post this series. So to avoid all these
I thought of only posting it as part of this series. This is not a major
bug and it will be okay from feature perspective if this bug gets merged
via net-next.

What do you suggest now? Should I post the bug fix to net/main and post
this seires without this patch or wait for the bug fix to sync then only
post this series?

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>>> What is the impact if IEP1 is not enabled for dual emac.
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>> Without IEP1 enabled, Crash is seen on AM64x 10M link when connecting /
>> disconnecting multiple times. On AM65x IEP1 was always enabled because
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> In that ase you need to enable quirk_10m_link_issue for AM64x platform.

Correct. But since for all ICSSG supported platform quirk_10m_link_issue
 needs to be enabled. Which in turn will enable IEP1. I think it's
better enable IEP1 directly without any condition.

IEP1 is also needed for Switch and HSR firmwares so I thought directly
enabling it instead of enabling it inside the if check
`prueth->pdata.quirk_10m_link_issue` would be better idea.

What do you suggest here? Will setting `quirk_10m_link_issue` as true
for AM64x will be a better approach or always enabling IEP1 without any
if check will be better approach for this?

> I understand that IEP1 is not required for 100M/1G.
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>> `prueth->pdata.quirk_10m_link_issue` was true. FDB learning and FDB
>> ageing will also get impacted if IEP1 is not enabled.
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> Is FDB learning and ageing involved in dual Emac mode?
> 

Yes FDB learning and ageing is involved in dual EMAC mode as well.

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>>>>>> Always enable IEP1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: MD Danish Anwar <danishanwar@ti.com>
>>>>>> ---
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Thanks and Regards,
Md Danish Anwar