Re: [PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm
From: Kirill Kapranov Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:25:18 +0400 To be completely honest with you, I'm really getting tired of making corrections to this one simple patch submission. > From Kirill Kapranov , It makes no sense to mention multiple email addresses in your authorship line, reduce it to one. If you cannot do things like this correctly on your own, have automated tools (such as git) generate these patch emails for you. > NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm. You do not need to mention the commit header line again, all this does is make more work for me as I have to edit it out. To one in the Subject line is sufficient, and you should not use all-CAPS, and also the subsystem indication is not correct. Your subject line should be something like: "[PATCH] phy: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm" That is, remove the "NET/" part, leave "PHY" and make it all lowercase. > In case of fixed speed set up for a NIC (e.g. ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off > speed 100 duplex full) with an ethernet cable plugged off, the mentioned > algorithm slows down a NIC speed, so further hooking up a cable does not lead > to "link" state. I also had to formate this paragraph down to 80 column lines instead of one long one. > Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov , Again, using two email address is not correct, just use one. Please, do yourself a huge favor, look at how other people submit accepted patches on this list. Learn by example rather than making many mistakes trying to figure things out purely on your own. > I have looked up RFC-802.3, and found, that the mentioned algorithm is > neither quoted nor described. AFAIK, no one RFC describe the mentioned > algorithm, so it may be a witty invention of the developer(s). At the time that autonegiation was a new or non-existing feature, this approach of stepping down the link parameters trying different settings one-by-one was an absolute necessity. It's probably not needed anymore in modern times. > Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. This patch does not apply to current upstream sources at all. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm
>From Kirill Kapranov , NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm. In case of fixed speed set up for a NIC (e.g. ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full) with an ethernet cable plugged off, the mentioned algorithm slows down a NIC speed, so further hooking up a cable does not lead to "link" state. Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov , --- The purpose of the introduced patch is deletion of the forced speed reduction algorithm realization from the driver module "phy". The above mentioned algorithm works in the following way: if the PHY detected unlink line state (connector plugged off), NIC speed is decreased step-by-step in the sequence: 100 full duplex 100 half duplex 10 full duplex 10 half duplex with the latency circa 10 s per step, and stops at 10-HD value. I have looked up RFC-802.3, and found, that the mentioned algorithm is neither quoted nor described. AFAIK, no one RFC describe the mentioned algorithm, so it may be a witty invention of the developer(s). In the case of the fixed speed and duplex set, with the autonegotiation off, for a NIC (e.g. # ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full) with ethernet cable plugged off, mentioned algorithm slows down NIC speed, so when ethernet connector is plugged in, connection will be inoperative: an ethernet switch will try to connect with 100/full (e.g.), a NIC will stay at 10/half. Thus, this algorithm is destructive for the fixed speed/duplex mode (with autonegotiation off). In the AUTO mode, the mentioned algorithm is inessential. The autonegotiation procedure works fine regardless an speed/duplex settings at the moment of connector hooking up. Thus, there is no point in using of this algorithm in driver. Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. --- linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c.orig2011-05-22 02:13:59.0 +0400 +++ linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c 2012-04-28 12:49:37.0 +0400 @@ -457,34 +457,6 @@ void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device } /** - * phy_force_reduction - reduce PHY speed/duplex settings by one step - * @phydev: target phy_device struct - * - * Description: Reduces the speed/duplex settings by one notch, - * in this order-- - * 1000/FULL, 1000/HALF, 100/FULL, 100/HALF, 10/FULL, 10/HALF. - * The function bottoms out at 10/HALF. - */ -static void phy_force_reduction(struct phy_device *phydev) -{ - int idx; - - idx = phy_find_setting(phydev->speed, phydev->duplex); - - idx++; - - idx = phy_find_valid(idx, phydev->supported); - - phydev->speed = settings[idx].speed; - phydev->duplex = settings[idx].duplex; - - pr_info("Trying %d/%s\n", phydev->speed, - DUPLEX_FULL == phydev->duplex ? - "FULL" : "HALF"); -} - - -/** * phy_error - enter HALTED state for this PHY device * @phydev: target phy_device struct * @@ -814,30 +786,12 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struc phydev->adjust_link(phydev->attached_dev); } else if (0 == phydev->link_timeout--) { - int idx; needs_aneg = 1; /* If we have the magic_aneg bit, * we try again */ if (phydev->drv->flags & PHY_HAS_MAGICANEG) break; - - /* The timer expired, and we still -* don't have a setting, so we try -* forcing it until we find one that -* works, starting from the fastest speed, -* and working our way down */ - idx = phy_find_valid(0, phydev->supported); - - phydev->speed = settings[idx].speed; - phydev->duplex = settings[idx].duplex; - - phydev->autoneg = AUTONEG_DISABLE; - - pr_info("Trying %d/%s\n", phydev->speed, - DUPLEX_FULL == - phydev->duplex ? - "FULL" : "HALF"); } break; case PHY_NOLINK: @@ -863,7 +817,6 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struc netif_carrier_on(phydev->attached_dev); } else { if (0 == phydev->link_timeout--) { - phy_force_reduction(phydev); needs_aneg = 1; } } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at
[PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm
From Kirill Kapranov k...@nita.ru,kapran...@inbox.ru NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm. In case of fixed speed set up for a NIC (e.g. ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full) with an ethernet cable plugged off, the mentioned algorithm slows down a NIC speed, so further hooking up a cable does not lead to link state. Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov k...@nita.ru,kapran...@inbox.ru --- The purpose of the introduced patch is deletion of the forced speed reduction algorithm realization from the driver module phy. The above mentioned algorithm works in the following way: if the PHY detected unlink line state (connector plugged off), NIC speed is decreased step-by-step in the sequence: 100 full duplex 100 half duplex 10 full duplex 10 half duplex with the latency circa 10 s per step, and stops at 10-HD value. I have looked up RFC-802.3, and found, that the mentioned algorithm is neither quoted nor described. AFAIK, no one RFC describe the mentioned algorithm, so it may be a witty invention of the developer(s). In the case of the fixed speed and duplex set, with the autonegotiation off, for a NIC (e.g. # ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full) with ethernet cable plugged off, mentioned algorithm slows down NIC speed, so when ethernet connector is plugged in, connection will be inoperative: an ethernet switch will try to connect with 100/full (e.g.), a NIC will stay at 10/half. Thus, this algorithm is destructive for the fixed speed/duplex mode (with autonegotiation off). In the AUTO mode, the mentioned algorithm is inessential. The autonegotiation procedure works fine regardless an speed/duplex settings at the moment of connector hooking up. Thus, there is no point in using of this algorithm in driver. Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. --- linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c.orig2011-05-22 02:13:59.0 +0400 +++ linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c 2012-04-28 12:49:37.0 +0400 @@ -457,34 +457,6 @@ void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device } /** - * phy_force_reduction - reduce PHY speed/duplex settings by one step - * @phydev: target phy_device struct - * - * Description: Reduces the speed/duplex settings by one notch, - * in this order-- - * 1000/FULL, 1000/HALF, 100/FULL, 100/HALF, 10/FULL, 10/HALF. - * The function bottoms out at 10/HALF. - */ -static void phy_force_reduction(struct phy_device *phydev) -{ - int idx; - - idx = phy_find_setting(phydev-speed, phydev-duplex); - - idx++; - - idx = phy_find_valid(idx, phydev-supported); - - phydev-speed = settings[idx].speed; - phydev-duplex = settings[idx].duplex; - - pr_info(Trying %d/%s\n, phydev-speed, - DUPLEX_FULL == phydev-duplex ? - FULL : HALF); -} - - -/** * phy_error - enter HALTED state for this PHY device * @phydev: target phy_device struct * @@ -814,30 +786,12 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struc phydev-adjust_link(phydev-attached_dev); } else if (0 == phydev-link_timeout--) { - int idx; needs_aneg = 1; /* If we have the magic_aneg bit, * we try again */ if (phydev-drv-flags PHY_HAS_MAGICANEG) break; - - /* The timer expired, and we still -* don't have a setting, so we try -* forcing it until we find one that -* works, starting from the fastest speed, -* and working our way down */ - idx = phy_find_valid(0, phydev-supported); - - phydev-speed = settings[idx].speed; - phydev-duplex = settings[idx].duplex; - - phydev-autoneg = AUTONEG_DISABLE; - - pr_info(Trying %d/%s\n, phydev-speed, - DUPLEX_FULL == - phydev-duplex ? - FULL : HALF); } break; case PHY_NOLINK: @@ -863,7 +817,6 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struc netif_carrier_on(phydev-attached_dev); } else { if (0 == phydev-link_timeout--) { - phy_force_reduction(phydev); needs_aneg = 1; } } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo
Re: [PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm
From: Kirill Kapranov kapran...@inbox.ru Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:25:18 +0400 To be completely honest with you, I'm really getting tired of making corrections to this one simple patch submission. From Kirill Kapranov k...@nita.ru,kapran...@inbox.ru It makes no sense to mention multiple email addresses in your authorship line, reduce it to one. If you cannot do things like this correctly on your own, have automated tools (such as git) generate these patch emails for you. NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm. You do not need to mention the commit header line again, all this does is make more work for me as I have to edit it out. To one in the Subject line is sufficient, and you should not use all-CAPS, and also the subsystem indication is not correct. Your subject line should be something like: [PATCH] phy: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm That is, remove the NET/ part, leave PHY and make it all lowercase. In case of fixed speed set up for a NIC (e.g. ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full) with an ethernet cable plugged off, the mentioned algorithm slows down a NIC speed, so further hooking up a cable does not lead to link state. I also had to formate this paragraph down to 80 column lines instead of one long one. Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov k...@nita.ru,kapran...@inbox.ru Again, using two email address is not correct, just use one. Please, do yourself a huge favor, look at how other people submit accepted patches on this list. Learn by example rather than making many mistakes trying to figure things out purely on your own. I have looked up RFC-802.3, and found, that the mentioned algorithm is neither quoted nor described. AFAIK, no one RFC describe the mentioned algorithm, so it may be a witty invention of the developer(s). At the time that autonegiation was a new or non-existing feature, this approach of stepping down the link parameters trying different settings one-by-one was an absolute necessity. It's probably not needed anymore in modern times. Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. This patch does not apply to current upstream sources at all. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm.
From: Kirill Kapranov Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:53:48 +0400 > Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. > Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov , > --- linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c.orig 2011-05-22 02:13:59.0 +0400 > +++ linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c 2012-04-28 12:49:37.0 +0400 Your patches are continually poorly formatted, and corrupted by your email client, which means that the patches cannot be applied properly and all of our automated tools for patch tracking do not recognize your submissions as a patch. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm.
NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm. The purpose of the introduced patch is deletion of the forced speed reduction algorithm realisation from the driver module "phy". The above mentioned algorithm works in the following way: if the phy detected unlink line state (connector plugged off), NIC speed is decreased step-by-step in the sequence: 100 full duplex 100 half duplex 10 full duplex 10 half duplex with the latency circa 10 s per step, and stops at 10-HD value. I have looked up RFC-802.3, and found, that the mentioned algorithm is neither quoted nor described. AFAIK, no one RFC describe the mentioned algorithm, so it may be a witty invention of the developer(s). In the case of the fixed speed and duplex set, with the autonegotiation off, for a NIC (e.g. # ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full) with ethernet cable plugged off, mentioned algorithm slows down NIC speed, so when ethernet connector is plugged in, connection will be inoperative: an ethernet switch will try to connect with 100/full (e.g.), a NIC will stay at 10/half. Thus, this algorithm is destructive for the fixed speed/duplex mode (with autonegotiation off). In the AUTO mode, the mentioned algorithm is inessential. The autonegotiation procedure works fine regardless an speed/duplex settings at the moment of connector hooking up. Thus, there is no point in using of this algorithm in driver. Thanks a lot Francois Romieu and David Miller for very constructive advises. Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov , --- linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c.orig 2011-05-22 02:13:59.0 +0400 +++ linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c 2012-04-28 12:49:37.0 +0400 @@ -457,34 +457,6 @@ void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device } /** - * phy_force_reduction - reduce PHY speed/duplex settings by one step - * @phydev: target phy_device struct - * - * Description: Reduces the speed/duplex settings by one notch, - * in this order-- - * 1000/FULL, 1000/HALF, 100/FULL, 100/HALF, 10/FULL, 10/HALF. - * The function bottoms out at 10/HALF. - */ -static void phy_force_reduction(struct phy_device *phydev) -{ - int idx; - - idx = phy_find_setting(phydev->speed, phydev->duplex); - - idx++; - - idx = phy_find_valid(idx, phydev->supported); - - phydev->speed = settings[idx].speed; - phydev->duplex = settings[idx].duplex; - - pr_info("Trying %d/%s\n", phydev->speed, - DUPLEX_FULL == phydev->duplex ? - "FULL" : "HALF"); -} - - -/** * phy_error - enter HALTED state for this PHY device * @phydev: target phy_device struct * @@ -814,30 +786,12 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struc phydev->adjust_link(phydev->attached_dev); } else if (0 == phydev->link_timeout--) { - int idx; needs_aneg = 1; /* If we have the magic_aneg bit, * we try again */ if (phydev->drv->flags & PHY_HAS_MAGICANEG) break; - - /* The timer expired, and we still -* don't have a setting, so we try -* forcing it until we find one that -* works, starting from the fastest speed, -* and working our way down */ - idx = phy_find_valid(0, phydev->supported); - - phydev->speed = settings[idx].speed; - phydev->duplex = settings[idx].duplex; - - phydev->autoneg = AUTONEG_DISABLE; - - pr_info("Trying %d/%s\n", phydev->speed, - DUPLEX_FULL == - phydev->duplex ? - "FULL" : "HALF"); } break; case PHY_NOLINK: @@ -863,7 +817,6 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struc netif_carrier_on(phydev->attached_dev); } else { if (0 == phydev->link_timeout--) { - phy_force_reduction(phydev); needs_aneg = 1; } } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm.
NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm. The purpose of the introduced patch is deletion of the forced speed reduction algorithm realisation from the driver module phy. The above mentioned algorithm works in the following way: if the phy detected unlink line state (connector plugged off), NIC speed is decreased step-by-step in the sequence: 100 full duplex 100 half duplex 10 full duplex 10 half duplex with the latency circa 10 s per step, and stops at 10-HD value. I have looked up RFC-802.3, and found, that the mentioned algorithm is neither quoted nor described. AFAIK, no one RFC describe the mentioned algorithm, so it may be a witty invention of the developer(s). In the case of the fixed speed and duplex set, with the autonegotiation off, for a NIC (e.g. # ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full) with ethernet cable plugged off, mentioned algorithm slows down NIC speed, so when ethernet connector is plugged in, connection will be inoperative: an ethernet switch will try to connect with 100/full (e.g.), a NIC will stay at 10/half. Thus, this algorithm is destructive for the fixed speed/duplex mode (with autonegotiation off). In the AUTO mode, the mentioned algorithm is inessential. The autonegotiation procedure works fine regardless an speed/duplex settings at the moment of connector hooking up. Thus, there is no point in using of this algorithm in driver. Thanks a lot Francois Romieu and David Miller for very constructive advises. Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov k...@nita.ru,kapran...@inbox.ru --- linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c.orig 2011-05-22 02:13:59.0 +0400 +++ linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c 2012-04-28 12:49:37.0 +0400 @@ -457,34 +457,6 @@ void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device } /** - * phy_force_reduction - reduce PHY speed/duplex settings by one step - * @phydev: target phy_device struct - * - * Description: Reduces the speed/duplex settings by one notch, - * in this order-- - * 1000/FULL, 1000/HALF, 100/FULL, 100/HALF, 10/FULL, 10/HALF. - * The function bottoms out at 10/HALF. - */ -static void phy_force_reduction(struct phy_device *phydev) -{ - int idx; - - idx = phy_find_setting(phydev-speed, phydev-duplex); - - idx++; - - idx = phy_find_valid(idx, phydev-supported); - - phydev-speed = settings[idx].speed; - phydev-duplex = settings[idx].duplex; - - pr_info(Trying %d/%s\n, phydev-speed, - DUPLEX_FULL == phydev-duplex ? - FULL : HALF); -} - - -/** * phy_error - enter HALTED state for this PHY device * @phydev: target phy_device struct * @@ -814,30 +786,12 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struc phydev-adjust_link(phydev-attached_dev); } else if (0 == phydev-link_timeout--) { - int idx; needs_aneg = 1; /* If we have the magic_aneg bit, * we try again */ if (phydev-drv-flags PHY_HAS_MAGICANEG) break; - - /* The timer expired, and we still -* don't have a setting, so we try -* forcing it until we find one that -* works, starting from the fastest speed, -* and working our way down */ - idx = phy_find_valid(0, phydev-supported); - - phydev-speed = settings[idx].speed; - phydev-duplex = settings[idx].duplex; - - phydev-autoneg = AUTONEG_DISABLE; - - pr_info(Trying %d/%s\n, phydev-speed, - DUPLEX_FULL == - phydev-duplex ? - FULL : HALF); } break; case PHY_NOLINK: @@ -863,7 +817,6 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struc netif_carrier_on(phydev-attached_dev); } else { if (0 == phydev-link_timeout--) { - phy_force_reduction(phydev); needs_aneg = 1; } } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm.
From: Kirill Kapranov kapran...@inbox.ru Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:53:48 +0400 Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov k...@nita.ru,kapran...@inbox.ru --- linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c.orig 2011-05-22 02:13:59.0 +0400 +++ linux/drivers/net/phy/phy.c 2012-04-28 12:49:37.0 +0400 Your patches are continually poorly formatted, and corrupted by your email client, which means that the patches cannot be applied properly and all of our automated tools for patch tracking do not recognize your submissions as a patch. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/