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Steen Hegelund Feb. 18, 2021, 4:14 p.m. UTC
Adding the Sparx5 Serdes driver

This series of patches provides the serdes driver for the Microchip Sparx5
ethernet switch.

The serdes driver supports the 10G and 25G serdes instances available in the
Sparx5.

The Sparx5 serdes support several interface modes with several speeds and also
allows the client to change the mode and the speed according to changing in the
environment such as changing cables from DAC to fiber.

The serdes driver is to be used by the Sparx5 switchdev driver that
will follow in subsequent series.

Sparx5 Architecture:
====================

Below is a diagram of the Ethernet transport part of the Sparx5 chip.

The diagram shows the switch core that sends/receives traffic via the Frame Bus
and passes to the Port Modules.
The Port Modules are able to talk to a SerDes via a Port Muxing configuration.
The SerDes instances (33 in all) then passes the traffic on its lanes to the
attached cuPHY or SFP module.

 +---------------------------------------------------------+
 |                                                         |
 |                         Switch Core                     |
 |                                                         |
 +----------------------------+----------------------------+
                              |
 -------+--------------+------+-------+--------------+-----+   Frame Bus
        |              |              |              |
 +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+
 |1G/2.G Port | |5G Port     | |10G Port    | |25GG Port   |
 |Modules     | |Modules     | |Modules     | |Modules     |
 |MAC, PCS    | |MAC, PCS    | |MAC, PCS    | |MAC, PCS    |
 +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+
        |              |              |              |
 -------+-+------------+-------+------+----------+---+-----+  Port Muxing
          |                    |                 |
    +-----+----+         +-----+----+         +--+-------+
    |SerDes 5G |         |SerDes 10G|         |SerDes 25G|    SerDes Driver
    |Lane (13) |         |Lane (12) |         |Lane (8)  |    Controls these
    +-----+----+         +-----+----+         +-----+----+
          |                    |                    |
       to cuPHY             to cuPHY             to cuPHY
       or SFP               or SFP               or SFP

The 33 SerDes instances are handled internally by 2 SerDes macros types:

- A 10G SerDes macro that supports the following rates and modes:
  - 100 Mbps:
       - 100BASE-FX
  - 1.25 Gbps:
       - SGMII
       - 1000BASE-X
       - 1000BASE-KX
  - 3.125 Gbps:
       - 2.5GBASE-X
       - 2.5GBASE-KX
  - 5 Gbps:
       - QSGMII
       - USGMII
  - 5.15625 Gbps:
       - 5GBASE-KR
       - 5G-USXGMII
  - 10 Gbps:
       - 10G-USGMII
  - 10.3125 Gbps:
       - 10GBASE-R
       - 10GBASE-KR
       - USXGMII

- A 25G SerDes macro that supports the following rates and modes:
  - 1.25 Gbps:
       - SGMII
       - 1000BASE-X
       - 1000BASE-KX
  - 3.125 Gbps:
       - 2.5GBASE-X
       - 2.5GBASE-KX
  - 5 Gbps:
       - QSGMII
       - USGMII
  - 5.15625 Gbps:
       - 5GBASE-KR
       - 5G-USXGMII
  - 10 Gbps:
       - 10G-USGMII
  - 10.3125 Gbps:
       - 10GBASE-R
       - 10GBASE-KR
       - USXGMII
  - 10.3125 Gbps:
       - 10GBASE-R
       - 10GBASE-KR
       - USXGMII
  - 25.78125 Gbps:
       - 25GBASE-KR
       - 25GBASE-CR
       - 25GBASE-SR
       - 25GBASE-LR
       - 25GBASE-ER

The SerDes driver handles these SerDes instances and configures them based on
the selected mode, speed and media type.

In the current version of the SerDes driver only a subset of the above modes
are supported: the modes that can be tested on our current evaluation boards
(PCB134 and PCB35).

The first 13 10G SerDes macros are limited to 6G, and this gives the SerDes
instance architecture shown on the diagram above.

The Port Muxing allows a Port Module to use a specific SerDes instance, but not
all combinations are allowed.
This is functionality as well as the configuration of the Port Modules is
handled by the SwitchDev Driver.

The Sparx5 Chip Register Model can be browsed at this location:
https://github.com/microchip-ung/sparx-5_reginfo
and the datasheet is available here:
https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/SparX-5_Family_L2L3_Enterprise_10G_Ethernet_Switches_Datasheet_00003822B.pdf

History:
--------
v14 -> v15:
    Changed the default interface function return value to -ENODEV.
    Moved the CMU initialization, so that it is always done before the
    serdes instance configuration.
    Added a reference to the Sparx5 datasheet.

v13 -> v14:
    Changed the 25g apply, 10g apply and the CMU configuration functions to
    use a table based register update structure.
    The table entries still need serdes indices/instances so the table must
    be generated per serdes.

v12 -> v13:
    Interface changes:
        - Added set_media and set_speed interfaces on the generic phy
        - Removed the ethernet SerDes configuration structure and its
          header file.
    Implementation changes:
        - Implemented the new media and speed interfaces in the Serdes driver
        - Removed the configure interface function in the SerDes driver
        - The existing configuration function is now only used internally

v11 -> v12:
    Used bitfields for bools in configuration structures.
    Removed vertical alignment in structures.
    Removed CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL guard around warning checks

v10 -> v11:
    Rebased on v5.11-rc1

v9 -> v10:
    Only add the new folder to the phy Kconfig (no sort fix)
    Corrected the serdes mode conversion for 2.5G mode.
    Clarified the SGMII and 1000BASEX conversion.
    Improved some of the more cryptic error messages.
    Expanded the validate function a bit, and removed the link status
    from the return value.

v8 -> v9:
    Replace pr_err with dev_err
    Expanded the description here in the cover letter (should probably og into
    the driver, at least part of it).

v7 -> v8:
    Provide the IO targets as offsets from the start of the IO range
    Initialise resource index

v6 -> v7:
    This series changes the way the IO targets are provided to the driver.
    Now only one IO range is available in the DT, and the driver has a table
    to map its targets (as their order is still not sequential), thus reducing
    the DT needed information and binding requirements.
    The register access macros have been converted to functions.

    - Bindings:
      - reg prop: minItems set to 1
      - reg-names prop: removed
    - Driver
      - Use one IO range and map targets via this.
      - Change register access macros to use functions.
      - Provided a new header files with reg access functions.
    - Device tree
      - Provide only one IO range

v5 -> v6:
     Series error: This had the same content as v5

v4 -> v5:
    - Bindings:
      - Removed .yaml from compatible string
      - reg prop: removed description and added minItems
      - reg-names prop: removed description and added const name list and
        minItems
      - #phy-cells prop: removed description and added maxItems
    - Configuration interface
      - Removed include of linux/phy.h
      - Added include of linux/types.h
    - Driver
       - Added include of linux/phy.h

v3 -> v4:
    - Add a reg-names item to the binding description
    - Add a clocks item to the binding description
    - Removed the clock parameter from the configuration interface
    - Use the clock dt node to get the coreclock, and using that when
      doing the actual serdes configuration
    - Added a clocks entry with a system clock reference to the serdes node in
      the device tree

v2 -> v3:
    - Sorted the Kconfig sourced folders
    - Sorted the Makefile included folders
    - Changed the configuration interface documentation to use kernel style

v1 -> v2: Fixed kernel test robot warnings
    - Made these structures static:
      - media_presets_25g
      - mode_presets_25g
      - media_presets_10g
      - mode_presets_10g
    - Removed these duplicate initializations:
      - sparx5_sd25g28_params.cfg_rx_reserve_15_8
      - sparx5_sd25g28_params.cfg_pi_en
      - sparx5_sd25g28_params.cfg_cdrck_en
      - sparx5_sd10g28_params.cfg_cdrck_en

Steen Hegelund (4):
  dt-bindings: phy: Add sparx5-serdes bindings
  phy: Add media type and speed serdes configuration interfaces
  phy: Add Sparx5 ethernet serdes PHY driver
  arm64: dts: sparx5: Add Sparx5 serdes driver node

 .../bindings/phy/microchip,sparx5-serdes.yaml |  100 +
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/microchip/sparx5.dtsi     |    8 +
 drivers/phy/Kconfig                           |    1 +
 drivers/phy/Makefile                          |    1 +
 drivers/phy/microchip/Kconfig                 |   12 +
 drivers/phy/microchip/Makefile                |    6 +
 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes.c         | 2480 +++++++++++++++
 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes.h         |  136 +
 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes_regs.h    | 2695 +++++++++++++++++
 drivers/phy/phy-core.c                        |   30 +
 include/linux/phy/phy.h                       |   26 +
 11 files changed, 5495 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/microchip,sparx5-serdes.yaml
 create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/Kconfig
 create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/Makefile
 create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes_regs.h

--
2.30.0

Comments

David Miller Feb. 18, 2021, 9:23 p.m. UTC | #1
From: Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@microchip.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:14:47 +0100

> Adding the Sparx5 Serdes driver
> 
The net-next tree is closed so this will have to wait until the next merge window.

Thanks.
Steen Hegelund March 15, 2021, 3:04 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Kishon, Vinod, Andrew, Jacub, and David, 

I just wanted to know if you think that the Generic PHY subsystem might
not be the right place for this Ethernet SerDes PHY driver after all.

Originally I chose this subsystem for historic reasons: The
Microchip/Microsemi Ocelot SerDes driver was added here when it was
upstreamed.
On the other hand the Ocelot Serdes can do both PCIe and Ethernet, so
it might fit the signature of a generic PHY better.

At the moment the acceptance of the Sparx5 Serdes driver is blocking us
from adding the Sparx5 SwitchDev driver (to net), so it is really
important for us to resolve which subsystem the Serdes driver belongs
to.

I am very much looking forward to your response.

BR
Steen


On Thu, 2021-02-18 at 17:14 +0100, Steen Hegelund wrote:
> Adding the Sparx5 Serdes driver
> 
> This series of patches provides the serdes driver for the Microchip
> Sparx5
> ethernet switch.
> 
> The serdes driver supports the 10G and 25G serdes instances available
> in the
> Sparx5.
> 
> The Sparx5 serdes support several interface modes with several speeds
> and also
> allows the client to change the mode and the speed according to
> changing in the
> environment such as changing cables from DAC to fiber.
> 
> The serdes driver is to be used by the Sparx5 switchdev driver that
> will follow in subsequent series.
> 
> Sparx5 Architecture:
> ====================
> 
> Below is a diagram of the Ethernet transport part of the Sparx5 chip.
> 
> The diagram shows the switch core that sends/receives traffic via the
> Frame Bus
> and passes to the Port Modules.
> The Port Modules are able to talk to a SerDes via a Port Muxing
> configuration.
> The SerDes instances (33 in all) then passes the traffic on its lanes
> to the
> attached cuPHY or SFP module.
> 
>  +---------------------------------------------------------+
>  |                                                         |
>  |                         Switch Core                     |
>  |                                                         |
>  +----------------------------+----------------------------+
>                               |
>  -------+--------------+------+-------+--------------+-----+   Frame
> Bus
>         |              |              |              |
>  +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+
>  |1G/2.G Port | |5G Port     | |10G Port    | |25GG Port   |
>  |Modules     | |Modules     | |Modules     | |Modules     |
>  |MAC, PCS    | |MAC, PCS    | |MAC, PCS    | |MAC, PCS    |
>  +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+ +------+-----+
>         |              |              |              |
>  -------+-+------------+-------+------+----------+---+-----+  Port
> Muxing
>           |                    |                 |
>     +-----+----+         +-----+----+         +--+-------+
>     |SerDes 5G |         |SerDes 10G|         |SerDes 25G|    SerDes
> Driver
>     |Lane (13) |         |Lane (12) |         |Lane (8)  |    Controls
> these
>     +-----+----+         +-----+----+         +-----+----+
>           |                    |                    |
>        to cuPHY             to cuPHY             to cuPHY
>        or SFP               or SFP               or SFP
> 
> The 33 SerDes instances are handled internally by 2 SerDes macros
> types:
> 
> - A 10G SerDes macro that supports the following rates and modes:
>   - 100 Mbps:
>        - 100BASE-FX
>   - 1.25 Gbps:
>        - SGMII
>        - 1000BASE-X
>        - 1000BASE-KX
>   - 3.125 Gbps:
>        - 2.5GBASE-X
>        - 2.5GBASE-KX
>   - 5 Gbps:
>        - QSGMII
>        - USGMII
>   - 5.15625 Gbps:
>        - 5GBASE-KR
>        - 5G-USXGMII
>   - 10 Gbps:
>        - 10G-USGMII
>   - 10.3125 Gbps:
>        - 10GBASE-R
>        - 10GBASE-KR
>        - USXGMII
> 
> - A 25G SerDes macro that supports the following rates and modes:
>   - 1.25 Gbps:
>        - SGMII
>        - 1000BASE-X
>        - 1000BASE-KX
>   - 3.125 Gbps:
>        - 2.5GBASE-X
>        - 2.5GBASE-KX
>   - 5 Gbps:
>        - QSGMII
>        - USGMII
>   - 5.15625 Gbps:
>        - 5GBASE-KR
>        - 5G-USXGMII
>   - 10 Gbps:
>        - 10G-USGMII
>   - 10.3125 Gbps:
>        - 10GBASE-R
>        - 10GBASE-KR
>        - USXGMII
>   - 10.3125 Gbps:
>        - 10GBASE-R
>        - 10GBASE-KR
>        - USXGMII
>   - 25.78125 Gbps:
>        - 25GBASE-KR
>        - 25GBASE-CR
>        - 25GBASE-SR
>        - 25GBASE-LR
>        - 25GBASE-ER
> 
> The SerDes driver handles these SerDes instances and configures them
> based on
> the selected mode, speed and media type.
> 
> In the current version of the SerDes driver only a subset of the above
> modes
> are supported: the modes that can be tested on our current evaluation
> boards
> (PCB134 and PCB35).
> 
> The first 13 10G SerDes macros are limited to 6G, and this gives the
> SerDes
> instance architecture shown on the diagram above.
> 
> The Port Muxing allows a Port Module to use a specific SerDes instance,
> but not
> all combinations are allowed.
> This is functionality as well as the configuration of the Port Modules
> is
> handled by the SwitchDev Driver.
> 
> The Sparx5 Chip Register Model can be browsed at this location:
> https://github.com/microchip-ung/sparx-5_reginfo
> and the datasheet is available here:
> https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/SparX-5_Family_L2L3_Enterprise_10G_Ethernet_Switches_Datasheet_00003822B.pdf
> 
> History:
> --------
> v14 -> v15:
>     Changed the default interface function return value to -ENODEV.
>     Moved the CMU initialization, so that it is always done before the
>     serdes instance configuration.
>     Added a reference to the Sparx5 datasheet.
> 
> v13 -> v14:
>     Changed the 25g apply, 10g apply and the CMU configuration
> functions to
>     use a table based register update structure.
>     The table entries still need serdes indices/instances so the table
> must
>     be generated per serdes.
> 
> v12 -> v13:
>     Interface changes:
>         - Added set_media and set_speed interfaces on the generic phy
>         - Removed the ethernet SerDes configuration structure and its
>           header file.
>     Implementation changes:
>         - Implemented the new media and speed interfaces in the Serdes
> driver
>         - Removed the configure interface function in the SerDes driver
>         - The existing configuration function is now only used
> internally
> 
> v11 -> v12:
>     Used bitfields for bools in configuration structures.
>     Removed vertical alignment in structures.
>     Removed CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL guard around warning checks
> 
> v10 -> v11:
>     Rebased on v5.11-rc1
> 
> v9 -> v10:
>     Only add the new folder to the phy Kconfig (no sort fix)
>     Corrected the serdes mode conversion for 2.5G mode.
>     Clarified the SGMII and 1000BASEX conversion.
>     Improved some of the more cryptic error messages.
>     Expanded the validate function a bit, and removed the link status
>     from the return value.
> 
> v8 -> v9:
>     Replace pr_err with dev_err
>     Expanded the description here in the cover letter (should probably
> og into
>     the driver, at least part of it).
> 
> v7 -> v8:
>     Provide the IO targets as offsets from the start of the IO range
>     Initialise resource index
> 
> v6 -> v7:
>     This series changes the way the IO targets are provided to the
> driver.
>     Now only one IO range is available in the DT, and the driver has a
> table
>     to map its targets (as their order is still not sequential), thus
> reducing
>     the DT needed information and binding requirements.
>     The register access macros have been converted to functions.
> 
>     - Bindings:
>       - reg prop: minItems set to 1
>       - reg-names prop: removed
>     - Driver
>       - Use one IO range and map targets via this.
>       - Change register access macros to use functions.
>       - Provided a new header files with reg access functions.
>     - Device tree
>       - Provide only one IO range
> 
> v5 -> v6:
>      Series error: This had the same content as v5
> 
> v4 -> v5:
>     - Bindings:
>       - Removed .yaml from compatible string
>       - reg prop: removed description and added minItems
>       - reg-names prop: removed description and added const name list
> and
>         minItems
>       - #phy-cells prop: removed description and added maxItems
>     - Configuration interface
>       - Removed include of linux/phy.h
>       - Added include of linux/types.h
>     - Driver
>        - Added include of linux/phy.h
> 
> v3 -> v4:
>     - Add a reg-names item to the binding description
>     - Add a clocks item to the binding description
>     - Removed the clock parameter from the configuration interface
>     - Use the clock dt node to get the coreclock, and using that when
>       doing the actual serdes configuration
>     - Added a clocks entry with a system clock reference to the serdes
> node in
>       the device tree
> 
> v2 -> v3:
>     - Sorted the Kconfig sourced folders
>     - Sorted the Makefile included folders
>     - Changed the configuration interface documentation to use kernel
> style
> 
> v1 -> v2: Fixed kernel test robot warnings
>     - Made these structures static:
>       - media_presets_25g
>       - mode_presets_25g
>       - media_presets_10g
>       - mode_presets_10g
>     - Removed these duplicate initializations:
>       - sparx5_sd25g28_params.cfg_rx_reserve_15_8
>       - sparx5_sd25g28_params.cfg_pi_en
>       - sparx5_sd25g28_params.cfg_cdrck_en
>       - sparx5_sd10g28_params.cfg_cdrck_en
> 
> Steen Hegelund (4):
>   dt-bindings: phy: Add sparx5-serdes bindings
>   phy: Add media type and speed serdes configuration interfaces
>   phy: Add Sparx5 ethernet serdes PHY driver
>   arm64: dts: sparx5: Add Sparx5 serdes driver node
> 
>  .../bindings/phy/microchip,sparx5-serdes.yaml |  100 +
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/microchip/sparx5.dtsi     |    8 +
>  drivers/phy/Kconfig                           |    1 +
>  drivers/phy/Makefile                          |    1 +
>  drivers/phy/microchip/Kconfig                 |   12 +
>  drivers/phy/microchip/Makefile                |    6 +
>  drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes.c         | 2480 +++++++++++++++
>  drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes.h         |  136 +
>  drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes_regs.h    | 2695 +++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/phy/phy-core.c                        |   30 +
>  include/linux/phy/phy.h                       |   26 +
>  11 files changed, 5495 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/microchip,sparx5-serdes.yaml
>  create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes.h
>  create mode 100644 drivers/phy/microchip/sparx5_serdes_regs.h
> 
> --
> 2.30.0
>
Jakub Kicinski March 15, 2021, 5:26 p.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:04:24 +0100 Steen Hegelund wrote:
> Hi Kishon, Vinod, Andrew, Jacub, and David, 
> 
> I just wanted to know if you think that the Generic PHY subsystem might
> not be the right place for this Ethernet SerDes PHY driver after all.
> 
> Originally I chose this subsystem for historic reasons: The
> Microchip/Microsemi Ocelot SerDes driver was added here when it was
> upstreamed.
> On the other hand the Ocelot Serdes can do both PCIe and Ethernet, so
> it might fit the signature of a generic PHY better.

Are you saying this PHY is Ethernet only?

> At the moment the acceptance of the Sparx5 Serdes driver is blocking us
> from adding the Sparx5 SwitchDev driver (to net), so it is really
> important for us to resolve which subsystem the Serdes driver belongs
> to.
> 
> I am very much looking forward to your response.

FWIW even if this is merged via gen phy subsystem we can pull it into
net-next as well to unblock your other work in this dev cycle. You just
need to send the patches as a pull request, based on merge-base between
the gen phy tree and net-next.
Vinod Koul March 16, 2021, 4:53 a.m. UTC | #4
Hello Steen,

On 15-03-21, 16:04, Steen Hegelund wrote:
> Hi Kishon, Vinod, Andrew, Jacub, and David, 
> 
> I just wanted to know if you think that the Generic PHY subsystem might
> not be the right place for this Ethernet SerDes PHY driver after all.
> 
> Originally I chose this subsystem for historic reasons: The
> Microchip/Microsemi Ocelot SerDes driver was added here when it was
> upstreamed.
> On the other hand the Ocelot Serdes can do both PCIe and Ethernet, so
> it might fit the signature of a generic PHY better.
> 
> At the moment the acceptance of the Sparx5 Serdes driver is blocking us
> from adding the Sparx5 SwitchDev driver (to net), so it is really
> important for us to resolve which subsystem the Serdes driver belongs
> to.
> 
> I am very much looking forward to your response.

Generic PHY IMO is the right place for this series, I shall review it
shortly and do the needful. I have asked Kishon to check the new phy API
and ack it...

Thanks
Steen Hegelund March 16, 2021, 8:04 a.m. UTC | #5
Hi Jacub,

On Mon, 2021-03-15 at 10:26 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
> 
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:04:24 +0100 Steen Hegelund wrote:
> > Hi Kishon, Vinod, Andrew, Jacub, and David,
> > 
> > I just wanted to know if you think that the Generic PHY subsystem might
> > not be the right place for this Ethernet SerDes PHY driver after all.
> > 
> > Originally I chose this subsystem for historic reasons: The
> > Microchip/Microsemi Ocelot SerDes driver was added here when it was
> > upstreamed.
> > On the other hand the Ocelot Serdes can do both PCIe and Ethernet, so
> > it might fit the signature of a generic PHY better.
> 
> Are you saying this PHY is Ethernet only?

Yes this particular PHY is Ethernet only (but the Sparx5 also has a separate PCI PHY).

> 
> > At the moment the acceptance of the Sparx5 Serdes driver is blocking us
> > from adding the Sparx5 SwitchDev driver (to net), so it is really
> > important for us to resolve which subsystem the Serdes driver belongs
> > to.
> > 
> > I am very much looking forward to your response.
> 
> FWIW even if this is merged via gen phy subsystem we can pull it into
> net-next as well to unblock your other work in this dev cycle. You just
> need to send the patches as a pull request, based on merge-base between
> the gen phy tree and net-next.
Steen Hegelund March 16, 2021, 8:05 a.m. UTC | #6
Hi Vinod,

On Tue, 2021-03-16 at 10:23 +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
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> 
> Hello Steen,
> 
> On 15-03-21, 16:04, Steen Hegelund wrote:
> > Hi Kishon, Vinod, Andrew, Jacub, and David,
> > 
> > I just wanted to know if you think that the Generic PHY subsystem might
> > not be the right place for this Ethernet SerDes PHY driver after all.
> > 
> > Originally I chose this subsystem for historic reasons: The
> > Microchip/Microsemi Ocelot SerDes driver was added here when it was
> > upstreamed.
> > On the other hand the Ocelot Serdes can do both PCIe and Ethernet, so
> > it might fit the signature of a generic PHY better.
> > 
> > At the moment the acceptance of the Sparx5 Serdes driver is blocking us
> > from adding the Sparx5 SwitchDev driver (to net), so it is really
> > important for us to resolve which subsystem the Serdes driver belongs
> > to.
> > 
> > I am very much looking forward to your response.
> 
> Generic PHY IMO is the right place for this series, I shall review it
> shortly and do the needful. I have asked Kishon to check the new phy API
> and ack it...
> 
> Thanks
> --
> ~Vinod

Thank you very much for the confirmation.

BR
Steen
Vinod Koul March 17, 2021, 6:43 a.m. UTC | #7
On 18-02-21, 17:14, Steen Hegelund wrote:
> Adding the Sparx5 Serdes driver
> 
> This series of patches provides the serdes driver for the Microchip Sparx5
> ethernet switch.
> 
> The serdes driver supports the 10G and 25G serdes instances available in the
> Sparx5.
> 
> The Sparx5 serdes support several interface modes with several speeds and also
> allows the client to change the mode and the speed according to changing in the
> environment such as changing cables from DAC to fiber.

Applied patch 1 thru 3... thanks