Re: Query regarding USB gadget driver

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On 12/16/2014 02:15 PM, Peter Chen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:50:59AM +0530, Sanchayan Maity wrote:
>> On 12/16/2014 06:16 AM, Peter Chen wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 02:59:31PM +0530, Sanchayan Maity wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> On 12/15/2014 07:42 AM, Peter Chen wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 06:55:36PM +0530, Sanchayan Maity wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/12/2014 07:21 AM, Peter Chen wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 08:34:45AM -0600, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 04:08:43PM +0530, Sanchayan Maity wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am working on a Freescale Cortex-A5 Vybrid Processor. The chip core
>>>>>>>>> is clocked at 500MHz and the USB IP core for this is by Chip-idea. I
>>>>>>>>> am running a 3.18-rc5 kernel on it and trying to use the USB gadget
>>>>>>>>> functionality. To be more specific the CDC ECM class. Currently, I
>>>>>>>>> cannot use this properly. If I use just "ping" to check, it works
>>>>>>>>> fine, but, after running iperf, even one transaction doesn't complete
>>>>>>>>> or completes rarely. Checking the CDC Ether interface with Wireshark
>>>>>>>>> shows, TCP Dup Ack messages and checking the USB bus with Wireshark,
>>>>>>>>> shows packets with USB Protocol Error -71 at one point and after that
>>>>>>>>> packets with USB connection Reset -104 error. If it's of any
>>>>>>>>> significance, I have Arch Linux with the 3.18 kernel running on my
>>>>>>>>> laptop with which the Vybrid connects. On the host side, the only
>>>>>>>>> error dmesg shows is "kevent 12 may have been dropped". I guess this
>>>>>>>>> is connected to the "TCP Previous Segment not captured" and "TCP Dup
>>>>>>>>> ACK" messages.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My script for the gadget configuration is as below:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> /bin/mount none /mnt -t configfs
>>>>>>>>> /bin/mkdir /mnt/usb_gadget/g1
>>>>>>>>> cd /mnt/usb_gadget/g1
>>>>>>>>> /bin/mkdir configs/c.1
>>>>>>>>> /bin/mkdir functions/ecm.0
>>>>>>>>> /bin/mkdir strings/0x409
>>>>>>>>> /bin/mkdir configs/c.1/strings/0x409
>>>>>>>>> echo 0xa4a2 > idProduct
>>>>>>>>> echo 0x0525 > idVendor
>>>>>>>>> echo Freescale123 > strings/0x409/serialnumber
>>>>>>>>> echo Freescale > strings/0x409/manufacturer
>>>>>>>>> echo "USB Serial Gadget" > strings/0x409/product
>>>>>>>>> echo "Conf 1" > configs/c.1/strings/0x409/configuration
>>>>>>>>> echo 200 > configs/c.1/MaxPower
>>>>>>>>> ln -s functions/ecm.0 configs/c.1
>>>>>>>>> echo ci_hdrc.0 > UDC
>>>>>>>>> /sbin/ifconfig usb0 up
>>>>>>>>> /sbin/ifconfig usb0 192.168.1.10
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have debug prints in the udc.c and u_ether.c using pr_debug and
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> just a little hint, use any of the dev_*() macros next time, they'll
>>>>>>>> print the device name which helps figuring out which UDC you're using.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Based on ci_hdrc.0 above, I suppose it's chipidea and Peter Chen
>>>>>>>> maintains that one, it really helps adding maintainers to Cc list.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> enable them when required using dynamic debug. Without running iperf,
>>>>>>>>> using ping gives me a sequence of prints as below:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [  277.434409] In eth_start_xmit
>>>>>>>>> [  277.434517] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [  277.434553] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [  277.434567] In tx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [  277.435443] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [  277.435477] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [  277.435491] In rx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [  277.435517] In rx_submit
>>>>>>>>> [  277.435601] In eth_start_xmit
>>>>>>>>> [  277.436441] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [  277.436465] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [  277.436478] In rx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [  277.436493] In rx_submit
>>>>>>>>> [  277.436520] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [  277.436533] In tx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [  278.434865] In eth_start_xmit
>>>>>>>>> [  278.434959] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [  278.434993] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [  278.435006] In tx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [  278.435881] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [  278.435910] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [  278.435923] In rx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [  278.435946] In rx_submit
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> After running iperf without debug prints and then enabling before
>>>>>>>>> using ping gives me a sequence of prints as below
>>>>>>>>> [   81.989827] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [   81.989871] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [   81.989886] In rx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [   81.989905] In rx_submit
>>>>>>>>> [   82.989892] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [   82.989951] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [   82.989967] In rx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [   82.989992] In rx_submit
>>>>>>>>> [   83.990064] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [   83.990126] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [   83.990142] In rx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [   83.990167] In rx_submit
>>>>>>>>> [   84.990007] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [   84.990049] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [   84.990064] In rx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [   84.990083] In rx_submit
>>>>>>>>> [   85.990085] In UDC irq
>>>>>>>>> [   85.990147] In usb_gadget_giveback_request
>>>>>>>>> [   85.990163] In rx_complete
>>>>>>>>> [   85.990188] In rx_submit
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If I force a full speed configuration for this USB client port, I get
>>>>>>>>> a slightly more reliable operation where iperf can run for may be half
>>>>>>>>> an hour or so or almost an hour before it falls through. Putting in a
>>>>>>>>> delay of 100-150 microseconds in eth_start_xmit also improves it like
>>>>>>>>> full speed, but, still not reliable. If I run iperf with debug prints
>>>>>>>>> enable, this gives similar results to full speed config. After the
>>>>>>>>> failure of iperf test, even ping doesn't work. Bringing down this usb0
>>>>>>>>> interface and then up again makes ping work again. I do realize that
>>>>>>>>> putting debug prints or delays like this is not the right thing to do,
>>>>>>>>> especially in ISR, but, just trying to debug. This is my first time
>>>>>>>>> digging in the USB stack.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Based on the above, it seems there might a subtle bug or race
>>>>>>>>> condition somewhere in the execution call chain which I have not been
>>>>>>>>> able to trace yet. Can someone give me some pointers on how I can dig
>>>>>>>>> and debug further?.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just tried latest usb-next with i.mx6 platform, it works ok with
>>>>>>> 10 mins iperf bi-direction test.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We did think that it is probably an issue seen with Vybrids only.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - Check Vybrid errata to see if any missing in code
>>>>
>>>> I had not checked the Vybrid errata. There are two erratas and I think one
>>>> of them might be relevant to the issue.
>>>>
>>>> e6857: Adding dTD to Primed Endpoint may not be recognized
>>>>
>>>
> 
> Sorry, I made a mistake, it is a new errata, and does not be included in
> the code. All imx project uses 2.0a or 2.50a which does not need this
> errata, and Vybrid uses 2.40a core which needs this errata, I will do a
> patch for this soon, but before that, would you read your ID register
> ($BASE + 0x0) for me? I would like to confirm if your REVISION value
> is 0100b.
> 

As per the reference manual and also the devmem2 readout of the USB ID register
the value is 0xE481FA05. This gives a Revision number 0x81 for the controller 
core and 0x05 for the ID viz. configuration number.

-Regards,
Sanchayan.
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