rpi3b+: ethernet not working

[Paolo Pisati]

Impact:

Since the release of Ubuntu-raspi2_4.15.0-1022.24, the ethernet port of the RaspberryPi 3B+ has stopped to work: no phy interrupts are generated when a cable is inserted, so it's like the ethernet port is always disconnected.

The problem lies in commit 72eff2505735 ("lan78xx: Connect phy early"), that was backported into Bionic/master (and then percolated down into Bionic/raspi2):

" Commit 92571a1aae40 ("lan78xx: Connect phy early") moves the PHY
    initialisation into lan78xx_probe, but lan78xx_open subsequently calls
    lan78xx_reset. As well as forcing a second round of link negotiation,
    this reset frequently prevents the phy interrupt from being generated
    (even though the link is up), rendering the interface unusable.

    Fix this issue by removing the lan78xx_reset call from lan78xx_open.
"

Fix:

Apply the attached patch and recompile

How to test:

Boot a patched kernel and checks if the ethernet port is working

Regression potential:

None, the attached patch is a fix for the aforementioned patch, and fixes exactly this issue - it's upstream already and was backported into gregkh's stable branches 4.17+.

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

@Paolo, since the patch is targeted at bionic/master I added the respective task and nomination. I let you handle how you want to set status of linux-raspi2 tasks.

[Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1797406

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[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza)]

We are re-spinning bionic/linux-raspi2 based on previous SRU cycle to fix this issue.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-done-bionic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-failed-bionic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-raspi2 - 4.15.0-1027.29

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linux-raspi2 (4.15.0-1027.29) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-raspi2: 4.15.0-1027.29 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799655)

  * rpi3b+: ethernet not working (LP: #1797406)
    - lan78xx: Don't reset the interface on open

 -- Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <email address hidden> Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:31:00 +0000

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-39.42

---------------
linux (4.15.0-39.42) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.15.0-39.42 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799411)

  * Linux: insufficient shootdown for paging-structure caches (LP: #1798897)
    - mm: move tlb_table_flush to tlb_flush_mmu_free
    - mm/tlb: Remove tlb_remove_table() non-concurrent condition
    - mm/tlb, x86/mm: Support invalidating TLB caches for RCU_TABLE_FREE
    - [Config] CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_INVALIDATE=y

  * Ubuntu18.04: GPU total memory is reduced (LP: #1792102)
    - Revert "powerpc/powernv: Increase memory block size to 1GB on radix"

  * arm64: snapdragon: reduce boot noise (LP: #1797154)
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: DRM_MSM=m
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: SND*=m
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable ARM_SDE_INTERFACE
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable DRM_I2C_ADV7511_CEC
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable VIDEO_ADV7511, VIDEO_COBALT

  * [Bionic] CPPC bug fixes (LP: #1796949)
    - ACPI / CPPC: Update all pr_(debug/err) messages to log the susbspace id
    - cpufreq: CPPC: Don't set transition_latency
    - ACPI / CPPC: Fix invalid PCC channel status errors

  * regression in 'ip --family bridge neigh' since linux v4.12 (LP: #1796748)
    - rtnetlink: fix rtnl_fdb_dump() for ndmsg header

  * screen displays abnormally on the lenovo M715 with the AMD GPU (Radeon Vega
    8 Mobile, rev ca, 1002:15dd) (LP: #1796786)
    - drm/amd/display: Fix takover from VGA mode
    - drm/amd/display: early return if not in vga mode in disable_vga
    - drm/amd/display: Refine disable VGA

  * arm64: snapdragon: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c:271
    reserve_memblock_reserved_regions (LP: #1797139)
    - SAUCE: arm64: Fix /proc/iomem for reserved but not memory regions

  * The front MIC can't work on the Lenovo M715 (LP: #1797292)
    - ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix the problem of the front MIC on the Lenovo M715

  * Keyboard backlight sysfs sometimes is missing on Dell laptops (LP: #1797304)
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Correct some style warnings
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Rename dell-smbios source to dell-smbios-base
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Link all dell-smbios-* modules together
    - [Config] CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM=y, CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_WMI=y

  * rpi3b+: ethernet not working (LP: #1797406)
    - lan78xx: Don't reset the interface on open

  * 87cdf3148b11 was never backported to 4.15 (LP: #1795653)
    - xfrm: Verify MAC header exists before overwriting eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto

  * [Ubuntu18.04][Power9][DD2.2]package installation segfaults inside debian
    chroot env in P9 KVM guest with HTM enabled (kvm) (LP: #1792501)
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix guest r11 corruption with POWER9 TM workarounds

  * Provide mode where all vCPUs on a core must be the same VM (LP: #1792957)
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Provide mode where all vCPUs on a core must be the same
      VM

  * fscache: bad refcounting in fscache_op_complete leads to OOPS (LP: #1797314)
    - SAUCE: fscache: Fix race in decrementing refcount of op->npages

  * CVE-2018-9363
    - Bluetooth: hidp: buffer overflow in hidp_process_report

  * CVE-20...