On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 08:35:05AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> This UAPI is needed for BroadR-Reach 100BASE-T1 devices. Due to lack of
> auto-negotiation support, we needed to be able to configure the
> MASTER-SLAVE role of the port manually or from an application in user
> space.
>
> The same UAPI can be used for 1000BASE-T or MultiGBASE-T devices to
> force MASTER or SLAVE role. See IEEE 802.3-2018:
> 22.2.4.3.7 MASTER-SLAVE control register (Register 9)
> 22.2.4.3.8 MASTER-SLAVE status register (Register 10)
> 40.5.2 MASTER-SLAVE configuration resolution
> 45.2.1.185.1 MASTER-SLAVE config value (1.2100.14)
> 45.2.7.10 MultiGBASE-T AN control 1 register (Register 7.32)
>
> The MASTER-SLAVE role affects the clock configuration:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> When the PHY is configured as MASTER, the PMA Transmit function shall
> source TX_TCLK from a local clock source. When configured as SLAVE, the
> PMA Transmit function shall source TX_TCLK from the clock recovered from
> data stream provided by MASTER.
>
> iMX6Q KSZ9031 XXX
> ------\ /-----------\ /------------\
> | | | | |
> MAC |<----RGMII----->| PHY Slave |<------>| PHY Master |
> |<--- 125 MHz ---+-<------/ | | \ |
> ------/ \-----------/ \------------/
> ^
> \-TX_TCLK
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Since some clock or link related issues are only reproducible in a
> specific MASTER-SLAVE-role, MAC and PHY configuration, it is beneficial
> to provide generic (not 100BASE-T1 specific) interface to the user space
> for configuration flexibility and trouble shooting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rem...@pengutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch>
One issue we might run into in the future is that there is a PHY which
has standardized auto-neg, but not master/slave support. The PHY
driver cannot override genphy_read_master_slave(phydev) and
genphy_setup_master_slave(phydev). So we might need to provide ops for
these in the driver structure. But we can delay this until we have
such a device.
Andrew
