[PATCH] ARM: dts: colibri-imx7: fix ethernet performance

From: Oleksandr Suvorov
Date: Thu Jan 16 2020 - 05:13:45 EST


Performance test of ethernet interface shows extremely low result:

=== w/o fix =================
Connecting to host 192.168.x.x, port 5201
[ 5] local 192.168.x.y port59020 connected to 192.168.x.x port 5201
...
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.78 MBytes 2.33 Mbits/sec 337 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.66 MBytes 2.23 Mbits/sec receiver
=============================

Adding correct settings of the mdio bus with the respective phy
fixes this issue.

=== after fix ===============
iperf3 -c 192.168.x.x
Connecting to host 192.168.x.x, port 5201
[ 5] local 192.168.x.y port 50702 connected to 192.168.x.x port 5201
...
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 114 MBytes 95.4 Mbits/sec 56 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec receiver
=============================

Fixed: commit b326629f25b7 ("ARM: dts: imx7: add Toradex Colibri
iMX7S/iMX7D support")
Signed-off-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Suvorov <oleksandr.suvorov@xxxxxxxxxxx>

---

arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri.dtsi | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri.dtsi
index d05be3f0e2a7..7b6a7c124345 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7-colibri.dtsi
@@ -115,7 +115,20 @@ &fec1 {
assigned-clock-rates = <0>, <100000000>;
phy-mode = "rmii";
phy-supply = <&reg_LDO1>;
+ phy-handle = <&ethphy0>;
fsl,magic-packet;
+
+ mdio {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ ethphy0: ethernet-phy@0 {
+ compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22";
+ max-speed = <100>;
+ micrel,led-mode = <0>;
+ reg = <0>;
+ };
+ };
};

&flexcan1 {
--
2.24.1