Re: [PATCH net-next 1/8] dt-bindings: net: mediatek,net: add mt7988-eth binding

From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Mon Jun 12 2023 - 07:04:03 EST


On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 01:32:27AM +0100, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Introduce DT bindings for the MT7988 SoC to mediatek,net.yaml.
> The MT7988 SoC got 3 Ethernet MACs operating at a maximum of
> 10 Gigabit/sec supported by 2 packet processor engines for
> offloading tasks.
> The first MAC is hard-wired to a built-in switch which exposes
> four 1000Base-T PHYs as user ports.
> It also comes with built-in 2500Base-T PHY which can be used
> with the 2nd GMAC.
> The 2nd and 3rd GMAC can be connected to external PHYs or provide
> SFP(+) cages attached via SGMII, 1000Base-X, 2500Base-X, USXGMII,
> 5GBase-KR or 10GBase-KR.

Are you _sure_ that they are GBASE-KR, and not just GBASE-R ? Are they
designed for backplane links, and thus have some form of negotiation?
If they have no negotiation, they may not be GBASE-KR.

Thanks.

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