Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of venice/errata

Timestamp:

03/25/2022 10:43:04 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

added GPY111 PHY errata

venice/errata

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+[=#vn4]
+== VN4 GPY111 PHY replacement
+Issue:
+ * Due to supply chain limitations the DP83867 GbE PHY has been replaced with the GPY111 GbE PHY
 
+Resolution:
+ * Software support which is already present in the latest Venice Gateworks boot firmware is needed to support this PHY. If using older boot firmware the following patches are needed:
+  - [https://github.com/Gateworks/uboot-venice/commit/f32e9fe486dd05e075d715c338871ae999a54f50 imx8mmm-venice-gw700x: add support for GPY111 phy] (for GW700x)
+  - [https://github.com/Gateworks/uboot-venice/commit/2b476a662c8601ec8282522462584065c8656cb9 imx8m{m,n}-venice-gw7902: add support for GPY111 phy] (for GW7902)
+  - [https://github.com/Gateworks/uboot-venice/commit/d55fd2cacfa802a93f0d362c4c3d75481a7067de net: fec: prevent undesired de-assertion of phy-reset on request]
+  - [https://github.com/Gateworks/uboot-venice/commit/6cb2b7eebd60c94e76a21c0ae7c5f4a6c8f25dd6 board: gateworks venice: add support for GPY111 phy]
+
+Affected Products:
+ - GW700x-E+ (PCB 02210210-04) (SoM used on GW710x/GW720x/GW730x boards)
+ - GW7902-C+ (PCB 02210224-02)
+
+Notes:
+ - To determine what version of SoM your GW710x/GW720x/GW730x board uses use the 'gsc' command in U-Boot:
+{{{
+u-boot=> gsc
+Model   : GW7300-00-B1B
+Serial  : 852418
+MFGDate : 10-20-2020
+SOM     : GW7000-B 852418 10-20-2020
+BASE    : GW7300-B1 849162 10-06-2020
+...
+}}}
+ - If your software has the required support the PHY will be shown in U-Boot as follows:
+{{{
+Net:   GPY111 eth0: ethernet@30be0000 [PRIME]
+}}}
+
+
+[=#vn5]
+== VN5 GPY111 PHY bit error rate and link errata
+
+Issue:
+ * The GPY111 PHY used on a variety of boards in the Venice product family has some errata from the manufacturer that affects Venice products:
+  1. When operating on a GbE link occasionally a link will have a high CRC error rate directly after a cable plug-in or board power-up event. A link down/up event will typically resolve this issue.
+
+Resolution:
+ - Issue #1 is addressed internally by firmware in the PHY: If the PHY exceeds an allowed threshold of 'Start-of-Stream Delimiter' (SSD) errors it will restart link negotiation a number of times before finally giving up and will then 'Auto-Downspeed' (ADS) to a 100mbps link. This feature is configured by the PHY LSADS field (bit 15 - 14) of the PHY_PHYCTL2 MII register (0x14) where a value of 00b is Off (ADS disabled), 01B will retry 1 time, 10B will retry 3 times (default), and 11B will retry 4 times. An ADS event is signaled by the LSADS bit (bit 8) of the PHY_PHYSTAT1 (0x11) MII register being set. The overall affect of using ADS is that the link may not be stable until it has settled after the link is brought up and in rare cases the link may settle at 100mbps. In extensive testing it has been found that link retries occurs about 1 in 100 plug-in/power-up events, an Auto-Downspeed to 100m occurs less than 1 in 5000 plug-in/power-up events, and that the link is stable within 30 seconds.
+
+Affected Products:
+ - GW700x-E+ (PCB 02210210-04)
+ - GW7902-C+
+ - GW7903-A+
+
+
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