Reopening this bug since we found a software workaround for it.
** Changed in: linux-bluefield (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => In Progress
** Changed in: linux-bluefield (Ubuntu Jammy)
Status: Invalid => In Progress
** Description changed:
SRU Justification:
[Impact]
During the QA reboot test, the BF3 Vitesse PHY gets stuck in a bad state,
resulting in no ip provisioning. The only way to recover is to powercycle.
- We might have found a software workaround to avoid getting in this state in
the first place: suspend the PHY during graceful shutdown. Suspend the PHY =
Power down = set bit 11 to 1 in reg 0 of the PHY. This WA passed 1800 reboots
on QA's setup.
+ We found a software workaround to avoid getting in this state in the first
place: disable the OOB port in the shutdown function.
[Fix]
- * During reboot, the mlxbf_gige_shutdown() function makes a call to
phy_stop(). phy_stop() calls phy_suspend().
- * Certain Linux PHY drivers, like the Vitesse PHY, don't support suspend() to
power down the PHY during shutdown.
- * Our Hardware also does not toggle the hard reset signal of the PHY during
reboot.
- * Hence, when the PHY is in a bad state, it stays in its bad state until
powercycle.
- * We have found a way to prevent the PHY from entering this bad state by
suspending the PHY in the case of reboot.
+ * Prevent the PHY from entering this bad state by disabling the OOB port
+ during shutdown.
[Test Case]
* do the reboot test (at least 2000 reboots): run 'reboot' from linux.
* Check that the oob_net0 interface is up and the ip is assigned.
* please note that if the the OOB doesn't get an ip, try reloading the driver
(rmmod/modprobe). it that solves the issue, that would be a different bug. In
the bug at stake, nothing recovers the OOB ip except power cycle.
[Regression Potential]
* Make sure the redfish DHCP is still working during the reboot test
* Make sure the OOB gets an ip
-
- [Other]
-
- These changes were made both in the mlxbf-gige driver and UEFI
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