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Re: [PATCH net v2] net: amd-xgbe: support receiving packets with bad FCS

From: David Laight <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-21 20:36:52

On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:16:56 +1000
James [off-list ref] wrote:
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amd-xgbe driver currently sets the MAC_RCR.DCRCC bit whenever RX is
enabled. This disables hardware FCS validation, causing packets with
bad FCS to be accepted unconditionally.

This change unsets DCRCC so that packets with bad FCS will be dropped,
in-line with typical behaviours of many other network controllers.

Tests:
- Verified that packets with bad FCS are now dropped.
- Verified that receiving packets with bad FCS will increment the
  `rx_crc_errors` counter.

Signed-off-by: James Nugraha <redacted>
---
Changes in v2:
- Eliminated DCRCC toggling via RXALL: now it simply sets the
  correct default value on MAC Rx enable
 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c
index 2de974213..3ceb130a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c
@@ -3400,7 +3400,7 @@ static void xgbe_enable_rx(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
 	XGMAC_IOWRITE(pdata, MAC_RQC0R, reg_val);
 
 	/* Enable MAC Rx */
-	XGMAC_IOWRITE_BITS(pdata, MAC_RCR, DCRCC, 1);
+	XGMAC_IOWRITE_BITS(pdata, MAC_RCR, DCRCC, 0);
 	XGMAC_IOWRITE_BITS(pdata, MAC_RCR, CST, 1);
 	XGMAC_IOWRITE_BITS(pdata, MAC_RCR, ACS, 1);
 	XGMAC_IOWRITE_BITS(pdata, MAC_RCR, RE, 1);
You can delete the line in the disable function that turns it off.

But, really, you should be setting the required MAC_RCR bits in a single
write.
Doing RMW sequences on the hardware registers for each bit is really wrong.
You also need to start with a known value for all the bits, otherwise
'silly' things can happen is (say) some bios boot code set bits you don't
otherwise change.

	David
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