Several customers have reported a link flap issue on 82579. The symptoms
are random and intermittent link losses when 82579 is connected to specific
switches. Issue has been root caused as interoperability problem between
the NIC and at least some Broadcom PHYs in the Energy Efficient Ethernet
wake mechanism.
To fix the issue, we are disabling the Phase Locked Loop shutdown in 100M
Low Power Idle. This solution will cause an increase of power in 100M EEE
link. It may cost additional 28mW in this specific mode.
Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>
---
drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c | 11 +++++++++++
drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c
b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c
index 6d998df..f23d810 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c
@@ -935,6 +935,17 @@ s32 e1000_set_eee_pchlan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
}
}
+ if (hw->phy.type == e1000_phy_82579) {
+ ret_val = e1000_read_emi_reg_locked(hw, I82579_LPI_PLL_SHUT,
+ &data);
+ if (ret_val)
+ goto release;
+
+ data &= ~I82579_LPI_100_PLL_SHUT;
+ ret_val = e1000_write_emi_reg_locked(hw, I82579_LPI_PLL_SHUT,
+ data);
+ }
+
/* R/Clr IEEE MMD 3.1 bits 11:10 - Tx/Rx LPI Received */
ret_val = e1000_read_emi_reg_locked(hw, pcs_status, &data);
if (ret_val)
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.h
b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.h
index e9b73df..c690d9e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.h
@@ -262,12 +262,14 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#define I82577_MSE_THRESHOLD 0x0887 /* 82577 Mean Square Error Threshold */
#define I82579_MSE_LINK_DOWN 0x2411 /* MSE count before dropping link */
#define I82579_RX_CONFIG 0x3412 /* Receive configuration */
+#define I82579_LPI_PLL_SHUT 0x4412 /* LPI PLL Shut Enable */
#define I82579_EEE_PCS_STATUS 0x182E /* IEEE MMD Register 3.1 >> 8 */
#define I82579_EEE_CAPABILITY 0x0410 /* IEEE MMD Register 3.20 */
#define I82579_EEE_ADVERTISEMENT 0x040E /* IEEE MMD Register 7.60 */
#define I82579_EEE_LP_ABILITY 0x040F /* IEEE MMD Register 7.61 */
#define I82579_EEE_100_SUPPORTED (1 << 1) /* 100BaseTx EEE */
#define I82579_EEE_1000_SUPPORTED (1 << 2) /* 1000BaseTx EEE */
+#define I82579_LPI_100_PLL_SHUT (1 << 2) /* 100M LPI PLL Shut Enabled */
#define I217_EEE_PCS_STATUS 0x9401 /* IEEE MMD Register 3.1 */
#define I217_EEE_CAPABILITY 0x8000 /* IEEE MMD Register 3.20 */
#define I217_EEE_ADVERTISEMENT 0x8001 /* IEEE MMD Register 7.60 */
--
1.9.3
