Hi Jerome,

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Jerome Brunet [off-list ref] wrote:

This patchset fixes an issue with the OdroidC2 board (DWMAC + RTL8211F).
Initially reported as a low Tx throughput issue at gigabit speed, the
platform enters LPI too often. This eventually break the link (both Tx
and Rx), and require to bring the interface down and up again to get the
Rx path working again.

The root cause of this issue is not fully understood yet but disabling EEE
advertisement on the PHY prevent this feature to be negotiated.
With this change, the link is stable and reliable, with the expected
throughput performance.

I have just sent a series which allows configuring the TX delay on the
MAC (dwmac-meson8b glue) side: [0]
Disabling the TX delay generated by the MAC fixes TX throughput for
me, even when leaving EEE enabled in the RTL8211F PHY driver!

Unfortunately the RTL8211F PHY is a black-box for the community
because there is no public datasheeet available.
*maybe* (pure speculation!) they're enabling the TX delay based on
some internal magic only when EEE is enabled.

Jerome, could you please re-test the behavior on your Odroid-C2 when
you have EEE still enabled but the TX-delay disabled?
In my case throughput is fine, and "$ ethtool -S eth0 | grep lpi" gives:
    irq_tx_path_in_lpi_mode_n: 0
    irq_tx_path_exit_lpi_mode_n: 0
    irq_rx_path_in_lpi_mode_n: 0
    irq_rx_path_exit_lpi_mode_n: 0


Regards,
Martin


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