Re: Query regarding USB gadget driver

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On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 04:15:08PM +0530, Sanchayan Maity wrote:
> 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.
> 

Thanks, Revision Number is bit 21 - bit 24, it is 0100b if your ID value
is 0xE481FA05.

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Best Regards,
Peter Chen
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