Re: [PATCH 7/9] net: pcs: add driver for MediaTek SGMII PCS

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Fri Feb 03 2023 - 10:00:27 EST


On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 03:14:29PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > index 6e7e6c346a3e..cf65646656e9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
> > @@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ config PCS_LYNX
> > This module provides helpers to phylink for managing the Lynx PCS
> > which is part of the Layerscape and QorIQ Ethernet SERDES.
> >
> > +config PCS_MTK
> > + tristate
> > + help
> > + This module provides helpers to phylink for managing the LynxI PCS
> > + which is part of MediaTek's SoC and Ethernet switch ICs.
>
> You should probably have a more specific name, for when MTK produces a
> new PCS which is completely different.
>
> Also, how similar is this LynxI PCS to the Lynx PCS?

Probably not very similar. Here's the Mediatek 32-bit memory map,
translated by me to a 16-bit MDIO memory map:

/* SGMII subsystem config registers */
/* BMCR (low 16) BMSR (high 16) */
#define SGMSYS_PCS_CONTROL_1 0x0 // BMCR at MDIO addr 0x0, BMSR at 0x1, aka standard

#define SGMSYS_PCS_DEVICE_ID 0x4 // PHYSID1 at 0x2, PHYSID2 at 0x3, aka standard

#define SGMSYS_PCS_ADVERTISE 0x8 // MII_ADV at 0x4, MII_LPA at 0x5

#define SGMSYS_PCS_SCRATCH 0x14 // MDIO address 0xa

/* Register to programmable link timer, the unit in 2 * 8ns */
#define SGMSYS_PCS_LINK_TIMER 0x18 // MDIO address 0xc

/* Register to control remote fault */
#define SGMSYS_SGMII_MODE 0x20 // MDIO address 0x10

/* Register to reset SGMII design */
#define SGMII_RESERVED_0 0x34 // MDIO address 0x1a

/* Register to set SGMII speed, ANA RG_ Control Signals III */
#define SGMSYS_ANA_RG_CS3 0x2028 // not sure how to access this through C22, OTOH not used?

/* Register to power up QPHY */
#define SGMSYS_QPHY_PWR_STATE_CTRL 0xe8 // again, not sure how to access through C22


Compared to these definitions for Lynx, the rest being standard regs:

#define LINK_TIMER_LO 0x12
#define LINK_TIMER_HI 0x13
#define IF_MODE 0x14

So the standard bits appear to be common, the vendor extensions different.
When I say common, I only take into consideration the memory map, not
the differences in handling. For example, what Lynx handles as a single
call to phylink_mii_c22_pcs_get_state(), the Mediatek PCS handles as a
call to mtk_pcs_get_state().