Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] e1000e: continue to init phy even when failed to disable ULP

From: Aaron Ma
Date: Tue Jun 16 2020 - 06:31:44 EST


On 6/16/20 6:20 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Aaron,
>
>
> Thank you for your patch.
>
> (Rant: Some more fallout from the other patch, which nobody reverted.)
>

Would you like a revert?

Thanks,
Aaron

> Am 16.06.20 um 12:05 schrieb Aaron Ma:
>> After commit "e1000e: disable s0ix entry and exit flows for ME systems",
>> some ThinkPads always failed to disable ulp by ME.
>
> Please add the (short) commit hash from the master branch.
>
> s/ulp/ULP/
>
> Please list one ThinkPad as example.
>
>> commit "e1000e: Warn if disabling ULP failed" break out of init phy:
>
> 1. Please add the closing quote ".
> 2. Please add the commit hash.
>
>> error log:
>> [ÂÂ 42.364753] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: Failed to disable ULP
>> [ÂÂ 42.524626] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: PHY Wakeup cause - Unicast Packet
>> [ÂÂ 42.822476] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: Hardware Error
>>
>> When disable s0ix, E1000_FWSM_ULP_CFG_DONE will never be 1.
>> If continue to init phy like before, it can work as before.
>> iperf test result good too.
>>
>> Chnage e_warn to e_dbg, in case it confuses.
>
> s/Chnage/Change/
>
> Please leave the level warning, and improve the warning message instead, so a user knows what is going on.
>
> Could you please add a `Fixes:` tag and the URL to the bug report?
>
>> Signed-off-by: Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Â drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 3 +--
>> Â 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
>> index f999cca37a8a..63405819eb83 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
>> @@ -302,8 +302,7 @@ static s32 e1000_init_phy_workarounds_pchlan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>> ÂÂÂÂÂ hw->dev_spec.ich8lan.ulp_state = e1000_ulp_state_unknown;
>> ÂÂÂÂÂ ret_val = e1000_disable_ulp_lpt_lp(hw, true);
>> ÂÂÂÂÂ if (ret_val) {
>> -ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ e_warn("Failed to disable ULP\n");
>> -ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ goto out;
>> +ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ e_dbg("Failed to disable ULP\n");
>> ÂÂÂÂÂ }
>> Â ÂÂÂÂÂ ret_val = hw->phy.ops.acquire(hw);
>>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Paul