From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@idosch.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, mkubecek@suse.cz,
pali@kernel.org, vadimp@nvidia.com, mlxsw@nvidia.com,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/8] ethtool: Add ability to reset transceiver modules
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 23:50:04 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YRLmfNkCD5hjsTuk@shredder> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YRLTSC90Lu/3IyJa@lunn.ch>
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 09:28:08PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Hm, flashing is harder than reset. We can't unbind the driver while
> > it's in progress. I don't have any ready solution in mind, but I'd
> > like to make sure the locking is clear and hard to get wrong. Maybe
> > we could have a mix of ops, one called for "preparing" the flashing
> > called under rtnl and another for "commit" with "unlocked" in the name.
> > Drivers which don't want to deal with dropping rtnl lock can just do
> > everything in the first stage? Perhaps Andrew has better ideas, I'm
> > just spit-balling. Presumably there are already locks at play, locks
> > we would have to take in the case where Linux manages the PHY. Maybe
> > they dictate an architecture?
>
> I don't think the way linux manages PHYs dictates the
> architecture. PHY cable test requires that the link is
> administratively up, so the PHY state machine is in play. It
> transitions into a testing state when cable test is started, and when
> the test is finished, it resets the PHY to put it back into running
> state. If you down the interface while the cable test is running, it
> aborts the cable test, and then downs the PHY.
>
> Flashing firmware is a bit different. You need to ensure the interface
> is down. And i guess that gets interesting with split modules. You
> really should not abort an upgrade because the user wants to up the
> interface. So -EBUSY to open() seems like the best option, based on
> the state of the SFP state machine.
>
> I suspect you are going to need a kernel thread to do the real
> work. So your "prepare" netlink op would pass the name of the firmware
> file. Some basic validation would be performed, that all the needed
> interfaces are down etc, and then the netlink OP would return. The
> thread then uses request_firmware() to get access to the firmware, and
> program it. Once complete, or on error, it can async notify user space
> that it is sorry, your module is toast, or firmware upgrade was
> successful.
>
> This is just throwing out ideas...
Thanks Andrew and Jakub. I will look into these suggestions more closely
when I start working on modules firmware update.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-10 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-09 10:21 [RFC PATCH net-next 0/8] ethtool: Add ability to control transceiver modules Ido Schimmel
2021-08-09 10:21 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 1/8] ethtool: Add ability to control transceiver modules' low power mode Ido Schimmel
2021-08-09 14:28 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-10 7:26 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-08-10 13:52 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-10 13:59 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-10 20:46 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-08-10 22:00 ` Keller, Jacob E
2021-08-10 22:06 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-10 22:18 ` Keller, Jacob E
2021-08-10 22:24 ` Keller, Jacob E
2021-08-10 22:31 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-11 0:38 ` Keller, Jacob E
2021-08-10 22:05 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-10 22:51 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-11 11:33 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-08-11 13:03 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-11 14:36 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-11 19:37 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-08-11 20:30 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-11 20:57 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-11 21:04 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-08-11 20:42 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-10 21:38 ` Keller, Jacob E
2021-08-09 10:21 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 2/8] ethtool: Add ability to reset transceiver modules Ido Schimmel
2021-08-09 19:13 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-10 13:05 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-08-10 13:54 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-10 18:15 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-08-10 18:58 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-10 19:00 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-10 19:28 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-08-10 20:50 ` Ido Schimmel [this message]
2021-08-09 10:21 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 3/8] mlxsw: reg: Add fields to PMAOS register Ido Schimmel
2021-08-09 10:21 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 4/8] mlxsw: Make PMAOS pack function more generic Ido Schimmel
2021-08-09 10:21 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 5/8] mlxsw: reg: Add Port Module Memory Map Properties register Ido Schimmel
2021-08-09 10:21 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 6/8] mlxsw: reg: Add Management Cable IO and Notifications register Ido Schimmel
2021-08-09 10:21 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 7/8] mlxsw: Add ability to control transceiver modules' low power mode Ido Schimmel
2021-08-09 10:21 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 8/8] mlxsw: Add ability to reset transceiver modules Ido Schimmel
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