Re: [PATCH v8 14/14] dt-bindings: net: ar803x: add qca8084 PHY properties

[Andrew Lunn]

> The following is the chip package, the chip can work on the switch mode
> like the existed upstream code qca8k, where PHY1-PHY4 is connected with
> MAC1-MAC4 directly; The chip can also work on the PHY mode, where PHY1-
> PHY4 is connected with PCS1 by 10g-qxgmii; Either switch mode or PHY mode,
> the PHY4 is optionally connected with PCS0 by SGMII, PCS0 and PCS1
> are connected with the SoC(IPQ platform) PCSes.

I don't really understand. Are you saying the hardware is actually :


+----------------------------------------------+
|          PCS1           PCS0                 |
|                                              |
|          MAC0           MAC5                 |
|           |              |                   |
|     +-----+--------------+-------------+     |
|     |                                  |     |
|     |                Switch            |     |
|     |                                  |     |
|     +-+---------+---------+---------+--+     |
|       |         |         |         |        |
|      MAC1      MAC2      MAC3      MAC4      |
|                                              |
|      PHY1      PHY2      PHY3      PHY4      |
+----------------------------------------------+

When in PHY mode, the switch is hard coded to map the 4 PCS1 channels
straight to MAC1-MAC4 and all switch functionality is disabled. But
then in switch mode, the switch can be controlled as a DSA switch? The
10G PCS1 is then a single 10G port, not 4x 2.5G?

Is there a product brief for this PHY? That might help us understand
this hardware?

    Andrew