A DM_ETH driver may use phy_connect() towards a PHY address on an MDIO
bus which is not specified in the device tree, as evidenced by:
pfe_eth_probe
-> pfe_phy_configure
-> phy_connect
When this happens, the PHY will have an invalid OF node.
When ar803x_config() runs, it silently fails at ar803x_of_init(), and
therefore, fails to run the rest of the initialization.
This makes MII_BMCR contain what it had after BMCR_RESET (0x8000) has
been written into it by phy_reset(). Since BMCR_RESET is volatile and
self-clearing, the MII_BMCR ends up having a value of 0x0. The further
configuration of this register, which is supposed to be handled by
genphy_config_aneg() lower in ar803x_config(), never gets a chance to
run due to this early error from ar803x_of_init().
As a result of having MII_BMCR as 0, the following symptom appears:
=> setenv ethact pfe_eth0
=> setenv ipaddr 10.0.0.1
=> ping 10.0.0.2
pfe_eth0 Waiting for PHY auto negotiation to complete......... TIMEOUT !
Could not initialize PHY pfe_eth0
Manually writing 0x1140 into register 0 of the PHY makes the connection
work, but it is rather desirable that the port works without any manual
intervention.
Fixes: fe6293a809 ("phy: atheros: add device tree bindings and config")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Ramon Fried <rfried.dev@gmail.com>
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