2023-11-16 09:38:15

by Paolo Abeni

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: usb: ax88179_178a: fix failed operations during ax88179_reset

On Tue, 2023-11-14 at 13:50 +0100, Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez wrote:
> Using generic ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet device,
> the following test cycle has been implemented:
> - power on
> - check logs
> - shutdown
> - after detecting the system shutdown, disconnect power
> - after approximately 60 seconds of sleep, power is restored
> Running some cycles, sometimes error logs like this appear:
> kernel: ax88179_178a 2-9:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x0001: -19
> kernel: ax88179_178a 2-9:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read reg index 0x0001: -19
> ...
> These failed operation are happening during ax88179_reset execution, so
> the initialization could not be correct.
>
> In order to avoid this, we need to increase the delay after reset and
> clock initial operations. By using these larger values, many cycles
> have been run and no failed operations appear.
>
> Reported-by: Herb Wei <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Herb Wei <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <[email protected]>

We need at least a suitable Fixes tag

> ---
> drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
> index aff39bf3161d..4ea0e155bb0d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
> @@ -1583,11 +1583,11 @@ static int ax88179_reset(struct usbnet *dev)
>
> *tmp16 = AX_PHYPWR_RSTCTL_IPRL;
> ax88179_write_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_PHYPWR_RSTCTL, 2, 2, tmp16);
> - msleep(200);
> + msleep(500);

Do you know if there is some status register you can query for 'reset
completed'? or some official documentation you can quote for the above
delay?

Thanks!

Paolo


Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: usb: ax88179_178a: fix failed operations during ax88179_reset

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 10:38 AM Paolo Abeni <[email protected]> wrote:
> We need at least a suitable Fixes tag
Ok, I will add it in my next version.

> Do you know if there is some status register you can query for 'reset
> completed'? or some official documentation you can quote for the above
> delay?
I have only continued the previous way.
But, you are right, maybe it can be done better, let me try if possible.

Thank you

Best regards
José Ignacio