mpc5200 fec error

[Eric Millbrandt]

> > I am able to reproduce the error using 2.6.29.2-rt11.  I was able to
> > mitigate the problem by raising the priority of the transmit irq.
> > However when running an NFS server on the pcm030 under high cpu load I
> > now get
> >
> > [  132.477503] net eth0: FEC_IEVENT_RFIFO_ERROR
> > [  132.892329] net eth0: FEC_IEVENT_RFIFO_ERROR
> > [  133.884109] net eth0: FEC_IEVENT_RFIFO_ERROR
> > [  134.876059] net eth0: FEC_IEVENT_RFIFO_ERROR
> >
> > Raising the priority of the rx irq does not seem to fix this problem
> > though.
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> This error has been seen before in non-rt kernels.  I haven't had the
> chance to track it down and kill it yet.  I believe there are locking
> issues associated with it.

Uuuh, I recall this message. Kept me busy for some time :(

You might try this patch which helped in our situation.

===========

Subject: Enable XLB pipelining for MPC5200B
From: Wolfram Sang <w.sang at pengutronix.de>

Enable pipelining as it helps getting rid of FEC problems.
Not intended for upstream, this must be dealt differently there.

This patch is disabled by default. The bootloader should enable this feature.
So, this patch is only intended to be used where the bootloader does it in a
wrong manner and can't be replaced.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang at pengutronix.de>
Acked-by: Juergen Beisert <j.beisert at pengutronix.de>

---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_common.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Index: arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_common.c
===================================================================
--- arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_common.c.orig
+++ arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_common.c
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ mpc5200_setup_xlb_arbiter(void)
 	 */
 	if ((mfspr(SPRN_SVR) & MPC5200_SVR_MASK) == MPC5200_SVR)
 		out_be32(&xlb->config, in_be32(&xlb->config) | MPC52xx_XLB_CFG_PLDIS);
+#if 0
+	/*
+	 * Enable pipelining, fixes FEC problems. The previous workaround is not
+	 * needed, as we have an MPC5200B (not A).
+	 */
+	out_be32(&xlb->config, in_be32(&xlb->config) & ~MPC52xx_XLB_CFG_PLDIS);
+#endif
 
 	iounmap(xlb);
 }

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Wolfram,

Thanks, but no luck with this patch.  It was already setup correctly by U-Boot.

Eric


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