Re: [PATCH net-next v3 3/6] net: hisilicon: add support for hisi_femac core on Hi3798MV200

[Yang Xiwen]

On 2/20/2024 4:03 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Note it's unable to put the MDIO bus node outside of MAC controller
> > (i.e. at the same level in the parent bus node). Because we need to
> > control all clocks and resets in FEMAC driver due to the phy reset
> > procedure. So the clocks can't be assigned to MDIO bus device, which is
> > an essential resource for the MDIO bus to work.
> What PHY driver is being used? If there a specific PHY driver for this
> hardware? Does it implement soft reset?

I'm using generic PHY driver.

It implements IEEE C22 standard. So there is a soft reset in BMCR register.

> I'm wondering if you can skip hardware reset of the PHY and only do a
> software reset.

There must be someone to deassert the hardware reset control signal for 
the PHY. We can't rely on the boot loader to do that. And here even we 
choose to skip the hardware reset procedure, the sequence of deasserting 
the reset signals is also very important. (i.e. first PHY, then MAC and 
MACIF). Opposite to the normal sequence. (we normally first register MAC 
driver, and then PHY).

And it might be possible that boot loaders screw all the things up and 
we are forced to do the hardware reset procedure in kernel.

> 	Andrew


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Regards,
Yang Xiwen