[PATCH v3 11/15] net/txgbe: fix 40G FFE tuning applied to first lane only
Zaiyu Wang
zaiyuwang at trustnetic.com
Tue Sep 8 15:25:56 CEST 2026
On the 40G NIC, an FFE value only reaches the first of the four
lanes: the E56 PHY holds one FFE byte per lane, but the tuned taps
were written as a single byte value, so the other three lanes keep
their default equalizer setting and the received signal on them can
be degraded.
Use the E56 PHY FFE defaults on the 40G NIC and replicate each tap
value over the four lanes. The FFE fields grow to 32 bits to hold
the replicated value, and the devargs are parsed after the shared
code init so the MAC type is known when the 40G defaults are picked.
Fixes: 6104fd11086e ("net/txgbe: fix link stability for 25G NIC")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Zaiyu Wang <zaiyuwang at trustnetic.com>
---
drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_e56.h | 5 +++++
drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_type.h | 8 ++++----
drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_e56.h b/drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_e56.h
index 1922a2eb92..fe9a83ae01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_e56.h
+++ b/drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_e56.h
@@ -1714,6 +1714,11 @@ typedef union {
#define S40G_TX_FFE_CFG_PRE2 0x0
#define S40G_TX_FFE_CFG_POST 0x11111111
+/* The 40G PHY holds one FFE byte per lane, so a user supplied value has to
+ * be replicated over the four lanes.
+ */
+#define S40G_TX_FFE_4LANE(v) ((u32)((v) & 0xFF) * 0x01010101u)
+
#define BYPASS_CTLE_TAG 0x0
#define S10G_PHY_RX_CTLE_TAPWT_WEIGHT1 0x1
diff --git a/drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_type.h b/drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_type.h
index f9b5cbe61a..4ed4737043 100644
--- a/drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/txgbe/base/txgbe_type.h
@@ -739,10 +739,10 @@ struct txgbe_phy_info {
/* Some features need tri-state capability */
u16 ffe_set;
- u16 ffe_main;
- u16 ffe_pre;
- u16 ffe_pre2;
- u16 ffe_post;
+ u32 ffe_main;
+ u32 ffe_pre;
+ u32 ffe_pre2;
+ u32 ffe_post;
u16 fec_mode;
u16 bp_capa;
};
diff --git a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
index 0aa2d5719b..afed59d4cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ txgbe_parse_devargs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
u16 ffe_set = 0;
u16 ffe_main = 27;
u16 ffe_pre = 8;
+ u16 ffe_pre2 = 0;
u16 ffe_post = 44;
/* FDIR args */
u8 pballoc = 0;
@@ -540,6 +541,15 @@ txgbe_parse_devargs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
u16 tx_headwb_size = 16;
u16 rx_desc_merge = 1;
+ /* The 40G NIC holds one FFE byte per lane, so the E56 PHY defaults
+ * below are later replicated over the four lanes.
+ */
+ if (hw->mac.type == txgbe_mac_aml40) {
+ ffe_main = S40G_TX_FFE_CFG_MAIN & 0xFF;
+ ffe_pre = S40G_TX_FFE_CFG_PRE1 & 0xFF;
+ ffe_post = S40G_TX_FFE_CFG_POST & 0xFF;
+ }
+
if (devargs == NULL)
goto null;
@@ -588,6 +598,14 @@ txgbe_parse_devargs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
hw->phy.ffe_pre = ffe_pre;
hw->phy.ffe_post = ffe_post;
+ /* The 40G PHY expects one FFE byte per lane. */
+ if (hw->mac.type == txgbe_mac_aml40) {
+ hw->phy.ffe_main = S40G_TX_FFE_4LANE(ffe_main);
+ hw->phy.ffe_pre = S40G_TX_FFE_4LANE(ffe_pre);
+ hw->phy.ffe_pre2 = S40G_TX_FFE_4LANE(ffe_pre2);
+ hw->phy.ffe_post = S40G_TX_FFE_4LANE(ffe_post);
+ }
+
fdir_conf->pballoc = pballoc;
fdir_conf->drop_queue = drop_queue;
}
@@ -690,7 +708,6 @@ eth_txgbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
hw->isb_dma = TMZ_PADDR(mz);
hw->isb_mem = TMZ_VADDR(mz);
- txgbe_parse_devargs(eth_dev);
/* Initialize the shared code (base driver) */
err = txgbe_init_shared_code(hw);
if (err != 0) {
@@ -698,6 +715,9 @@ eth_txgbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
return -EIO;
}
+ /* Parsing the devargs requires a known MAC type. */
+ txgbe_parse_devargs(eth_dev);
+
if (hw->mac.type == txgbe_mac_aml)
txgbe_override_mac_ops(hw);
--
2.55.0.windows.2
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