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From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: RGMII timing calibration (on 12nm Amlogic SoCs) - integration
 into dwmac-meson8b
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> I checked this again for the vendor u-boot (where Ethernet is NOT
> working) as well as the Android kernel which this board was shipped
> with (where Ethernet is working)
> - in u-boot the MAC side adds a 2ns TX delay and the PHY side adds a
> 2ns RX delay

So that suggest there is nothing on the PCB. It is all down to MAC and
PHY adding delays.

> yes, there's only one calibration value
> the reference code is calculating the calibration setting for four
> configuration variants:
> - 2ns TX delay on the MAC side, no RX or TX delay on the PHY side, RGMII RX_CLK not inverted
> - 2ns TX delay on the MAC side, no RX or TX delay on the PHY side, RGMII RX_CLK inverted
> - 2ns TX delay on the MAC side, 2ns RX delay on the PHY side, RGMII RX_CLK not inverted
> - 2ns TX delay on the MAC side, 2ns RX delay on the PHY side, RGMII RX_CLK inverted
> 
> now that I'm writing this, could it be a calibration of the RX_CLK
> signal?

Yes, seems like it. Which of these four does it end up using? I'm
guessing the 3rd?

So i would forget about configuration clock inversion. Hard code it to
whatever works. It is not something you see other MAC/PHY combinations
allow to configure.

I think you said a value of 0x2 works. I wonder if that corresponds to
something slightly larger than 0ns if option 3 is being used?

> In the meantime Amlogic's "hacked" PHY driver is also using these registers: [0]
> So I assume that I'm doing the right thing in the Realtek PHY driver

Thanks for confirming this. No need to check for the resistors.

       Andrew