From: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>
To: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@synopsys.com>,
Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC net-next] net: phy: Add basic support for Synopsys XPCS using a PHY driver
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:07:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BN8PR12MB32663612E58060077996670ED3320@BN8PR12MB3266.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200120105020.GB25745@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Jan/20/2020, 10:50:20 (UTC+00:00)
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:31:17AM +0000, Jose Abreu wrote:
> > From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
> > Date: Jan/13/2020, 14:18:17 (UTC+00:00)
> >
> > > I've recently suggested a patch to phylink to add a generic helper to
> > > read the state from a generic 802.3 clause 37 PCS, but I guess that
> > > won't be sufficient for an XPCS. However, it should give some clues
> > > if you're intending to use phylink.
> >
> > So, I think for my particular setup (that has no "real" PHY) we can have
> > something like this in SW PoV:
> >
> > stmmac -> xpcs -> SW-PHY / Fixed PHY
> >
> > - stmmac + xpcs state would be handled by phylink (MAC side)
> > - SW-PHY / Fixed PHY state would be handled by phylink (PHY side)
> >
> > This would need updates for Fixed PHY to support >1G speeds.
>
> You don't want to do that if you have 1G SFPs. Yes, you *can* do it
> and make it work, but you miss out completely on the fact that the
> link is supposed to be negotiated across the SFP link for 1G speeds,
> and then you're into the realms of having to provide users ways to
> edit the DT and reboot if the parameters at the link partner change.
You may have missed my answer to Andrew so I'll quote it here:
---
[...]
My current setup is this:
Host PC x86 -> PCI -> XGMAC -> XPCS -> SERDES 10G-BASE-R -> QSFP+
The only piece that needs configuration besides XGMAC is the XPCS hereby
I "called" it a PHY [...]
---
So, besides not having a DT based setup to test changes, I also don't have
access to SFP bus neither SERDES ... As you suggested, I would like to
integrate XPCS with PHYLINK in stmmac but I'm not entirely sure on how to
implement the remaining connections as the connect_phy() callbacks will
fail because the only MMD device in the bus will be XPCS. That's why I
suggested the Fixed PHY approach ...
---
Thanks,
Jose Miguel Abreu
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-20 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-13 13:11 [RFC net-next] net: phy: Add basic support for Synopsys XPCS using a PHY driver Jose Abreu
2020-01-13 13:38 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-01-13 13:54 ` Jose Abreu
2020-01-13 14:18 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-01-13 14:27 ` Jose Abreu
2020-01-13 14:55 ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-01-13 15:05 ` Jose Abreu
2020-01-13 14:50 ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-01-13 15:09 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-01-20 10:31 ` Jose Abreu
2020-01-20 10:50 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-01-20 11:07 ` Jose Abreu [this message]
2020-01-20 11:39 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
[not found] ` <e942b414-08bd-0305-9128-26666a7a5d5a@linux.intel.com>
2020-02-04 9:41 ` Chng, Jack Ping
2020-03-09 9:22 ` Jose Abreu
2020-01-13 13:42 ` [RFC " Andy Shevchenko
2020-01-13 14:07 ` Jose Abreu
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