Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/8] net: usb: asix: ax88772: add phylib support

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On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 12:57:13PM +0200, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> On 18.06.2021 12:45, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> > On 18.06.2021 12:13, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> >> thank you for your feedback.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 10:39:12AM +0200, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> >>> On 07.06.2021 10:27, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> >>>> To be able to use ax88772 with external PHYs and use advantage of
> >>>> existing PHY drivers, we need to port at least ax88772 part of asix
> >>>> driver to the phylib framework.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> I found one more issue with this patch. On one of my test boards
> >>> (Samsung Exynos5250 SoC based Arndale) system fails to establish 
> >>> network
> >>> connection just after starting the kernel when the driver is build-in.
> >>>
> >>> --->8---
> >>> # dmesg | grep asix
> >>> [    2.761928] usbcore: registered new interface driver asix
> >>> [    5.003110] asix 1-3.2.4:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized):
> >>> invalid hw address, using random
> >>> [    6.065400] asix 1-3.2.4:1.0 eth0: register 'asix' at
> >>> usb-12110000.usb-3.2.4, ASIX AX88772 USB 2.0 Ethernet, 
> >>> 7a:9b:9a:f2:94:8e
> >>> [   14.043868] asix 1-3.2.4:1.0 eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow
> >>> control off
> >>> # ping -c2  host
> >>> PING host (192.168.100.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> >>>   From 192.168.100.20 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
> >>>   From 192.168.100.20 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
> >>>
> >>> --- host ping statistics ---
> >>> 2 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 
> >>> 59ms
> >>> --->8---
> >> Hm... it looks like different chip variant. My is registered as
> >> "ASIX AX88772B USB", yours is "ASIX AX88772 USB 2.0" - "B" is the
> >> difference. Can you please tell me more about this adapter and if 
> >> possible open
> >> tell the real part name.
> > Well, currently I have only remote access to that board. The network 
> > chip is soldered on board. Maybe you can read something from the photo 
> > on the wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arndale_Board
> >> I can imagine that this adapter may using generic PHY driver.
> >> Can you please confirm it by dmesg | grep PHY?
> >> In my case i'll get:
> >> Asix Electronics AX88772C usb-001:003:10: attached PHY driver 
> >> (mii_bus:phy_addr=usb-001:003:10, irq=POLL)
> > # dmesg | grep PHY
> > [    5.700274] Asix Electronics AX88772A usb-001:004:10: attached PHY 
> > driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=usb-001:004:10, irq=POLL)
> >> If you have a different PHY, can you please send me the PHY id:
> >> cat /sys/bus/mdio_bus/devices/usb-001\:003\:10/phy_id
> >>
> >> Your usb path will probably be different.
> >
> > # cat /sys/bus/mdio_bus/devices/usb-001\:004\:10/phy_id
> > 0x003b1861
> >
> > > ...
> 
> Just for the record, I also have a board with external USB Ethernet 
> dongle based on ASIX chip, which works fine with this patch, both when 
> driver is built-in or as a module. Here is the log:
> 
> # dmesg | grep -i Asix
> [    1.718349] usbcore: registered new interface driver asix
> [    2.608596] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: ASIX Elec. Corp.
> [    3.876279] libphy: Asix MDIO Bus: probed
> [    3.958105] Asix Electronics AX88772C usb-003:002:10: attached PHY 
> driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=usb-003:002:10, irq=POLL)
> [    3.962728] asix 3-1:1.0 eth0: register 'asix' at 
> usb-xhci-hcd.6.auto-1, ASIX AX88772B USB 2.0 Ethernet, 00:50:b6:18:92:f0
> [   17.488532] asix 3-1:1.0 eth0: Link is Down
> [   19.557233] asix 3-1:1.0 eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow 
> control off
> 
> # cat /sys/bus/mdio_bus/devices/usb-003\:002\:10/phy_id
> 0x003b1881

Ok, this one is different. It is AX88772C variant.

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