Hi Andrew

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 11:07 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> >> +                 e1e_rphy(hw, PHY_REG(772, 26), &phy_data);
>> >
>> > Please add some #define for these magic numbers, so we have some idea
>> > what PHY register you are actually reading. That in itself might help
>> > explain how the workaround actually works.
>> >
>> 
>> I don't know what this register does I'm afraid - that's Intel knowledge and 
>> has not been shared.
>
> What PHY is it? Often it is just a COTS PHY, and the datasheet might
> be available.
>
> Given your setup description, pause seems like the obvious thing to
> check. When trying to debug this, did you look at pause settings?
> Knowing what this register is might also point towards pause, or
> something totally different.
>
>       Andrew

For the PHY - do you know a way of determining this easily? I can reach out to 
the platform team but that will take some time. I'm not seeing anything in the 
kernel logs, but if there's a recommended way of confirming that would be 
appreciated.

We did look at at the pause pieces - which I agree seems like an obvious 
candidate given the speed mismatch on the network.
Experts on the Intel networking team did reproduce the issue in their lab and 
looked at this for many weeks without determining root cause. I wish it was as 
obvious as pause control configuration :)

Thanks
Mark

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