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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bdec0f700bc1..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,427 +0,0 @@ - -------- -PHY Abstraction Layer -(Updated 2008-04-08) - -Purpose - - Most network devices consist of set of registers which provide an interface - to a MAC layer, which communicates with the physical connection through a - PHY. The PHY concerns itself with negotiating link parameters with the link - partner on the other side of the network connection (typically, an ethernet - cable), and provides a register interface to allow drivers to determine what - settings were chosen, and to configure what settings are allowed. - - While these devices are distinct from the network devices, and conform to a - standard layout for the registers, it has been common practice to integrate - the PHY management code with the network driver. This has resulted in large - amounts of redundant code. Also, on embedded systems with multiple (and - sometimes quite different) ethernet controllers connected to the same - management bus, it is difficult to ensure safe use of the bus. - - Since the PHYs are devices, and the management busses through which they are - accessed are, in fact, busses, the PHY Abstraction Layer treats them as such. - In doing so, it has these goals: - - 1) Increase code-reuse - 2) Increase overall code-maintainability - 3) Speed development time for new network drivers, and for new systems - - Basically, this layer is meant to provide an interface to PHY devices which - allows network driver writers to write as little code as possible, while - still providing a full feature set. - -The MDIO bus - - Most network devices are connected to a PHY by means of a management bus. - Different devices use different busses (though some share common interfaces). - In order to take advantage of the PAL, each bus interface needs to be - registered as a distinct device. - - 1) read and write functions must be implemented. Their prototypes are: - - int write(struct mii_bus *bus, int mii_id, int regnum, u16 value); - int read(struct mii_bus *bus, int mii_id, int regnum); - - mii_id is the address on the bus for the PHY, and regnum is the register - number. These functions are guaranteed not to be called from interrupt - time, so it is safe for them to block, waiting for an interrupt to signal - the operation is complete - - 2) A reset function is optional. This is used to return the bus to an - initialized state. - - 3) A probe function is needed. This function should set up anything the bus - driver needs, setup the mii_bus structure, and register with the PAL using - mdiobus_register. Similarly, there's a remove function to undo all of - that (use mdiobus_unregister). - - 4) Like any driver, the device_driver structure must be configured, and init - exit functions are used to register the driver. - - 5) The bus must also be declared somewhere as a device, and registered. - - As an example for how one driver implemented an mdio bus driver, see - drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fsl_pq_mdio.c and an associated DTS file - for one of the users. (e.g. "git grep fsl,.*-mdio arch/powerpc/boot/dts/") - -(RG)MII/electrical interface considerations - - The Reduced Gigabit Medium Independent Interface (RGMII) is a 12-pin - electrical signal interface using a synchronous 125Mhz clock signal and several - data lines. Due to this design decision, a 1.5ns to 2ns delay must be added - between the clock line (RXC or TXC) and the data lines to let the PHY (clock - sink) have enough setup and hold times to sample the data lines correctly. The - PHY library offers different types of PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII* values to let - the PHY driver and optionally the MAC driver, implement the required delay. The - values of phy_interface_t must be understood from the perspective of the PHY - device itself, leading to the following: - - * PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII: the PHY is not responsible for inserting any - internal delay by itself, it assumes that either the Ethernet MAC (if capable - or the PCB traces) insert the correct 1.5-2ns delay - - * PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID: the PHY should insert an internal delay - for the transmit data lines (TXD[3:0]) processed by the PHY device - - * PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID: the PHY should insert an internal delay - for the receive data lines (RXD[3:0]) processed by the PHY device - - * PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID: the PHY should insert internal delays for - both transmit AND receive data lines from/to the PHY device - - Whenever possible, use the PHY side RGMII delay for these reasons: - - * PHY devices may offer sub-nanosecond granularity in how they allow a - receiver/transmitter side delay (e.g: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5ns) to be specified. Such - precision may be required to account for differences in PCB trace lengths - - * PHY devices are typically qualified for a large range of applications - (industrial, medical, automotive...), and they provide a constant and - reliable delay across temperature/pressure/voltage ranges - - * PHY device drivers in PHYLIB being reusable by nature, being able to - configure correctly a specified delay enables more designs with similar delay - requirements to be operate correctly - - For cases where the PHY is not capable of providing this delay, but the - Ethernet MAC driver is capable of doing so, the correct phy_interface_t value - should be PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII, and the Ethernet MAC driver should be - configured correctly in order to provide the required transmit and/or receive - side delay from the perspective of the PHY device. Conversely, if the Ethernet - MAC driver looks at the phy_interface_t value, for any other mode but - PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII, it should make sure that the MAC-level delays are - disabled. - - In case neither the Ethernet MAC, nor the PHY are capable of providing the - required delays, as defined per the RGMII standard, several options may be - available: - - * Some SoCs may offer a pin pad/mux/controller capable of configuring a given - set of pins'strength, delays, and voltage; and it may be a suitable - option to insert the expected 2ns RGMII delay. - - * Modifying the PCB design to include a fixed delay (e.g: using a specifically - designed serpentine), which may not require software configuration at all. - -Common problems with RGMII delay mismatch - - When there is a RGMII delay mismatch between the Ethernet MAC and the PHY, this - will most likely result in the clock and data line signals to be unstable when - the PHY or MAC take a snapshot of these signals to translate them into logical - 1 or 0 states and reconstruct the data being transmitted/received. Typical - symptoms include: - - * Transmission/reception partially works, and there is frequent or occasional - packet loss observed - - * Ethernet MAC may report some or all packets ingressing with a FCS/CRC error, - or just discard them all - - * Switching to lower speeds such as 10/100Mbits/sec makes the problem go away - (since there is enough setup/hold time in that case) - - -Connecting to a PHY - - Sometime during startup, the network driver needs to establish a connection - between the PHY device, and the network device. At this time, the PHY's bus - and drivers need to all have been loaded, so it is ready for the connection. - At this point, there are several ways to connect to the PHY: - - 1) The PAL handles everything, and only calls the network driver when - the link state changes, so it can react. - - 2) The PAL handles everything except interrupts (usually because the - controller has the interrupt registers). - - 3) The PAL handles everything, but checks in with the driver every second, - allowing the network driver to react first to any changes before the PAL - does. - - 4) The PAL serves only as a library of functions, with the network device - manually calling functions to update status, and configure the PHY - - -Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything - - If you choose option 1 (The hope is that every driver can, but to still be - useful to drivers that can't), connecting to the PHY is simple: - - First, you need a function to react to changes in the link state. This - function follows this protocol: - - static void adjust_link(struct net_device *dev); - - Next, you need to know the device name of the PHY connected to this device. - The name will look something like, "0:00", where the first number is the - bus id, and the second is the PHY's address on that bus. Typically, - the bus is responsible for making its ID unique. - - Now, to connect, just call this function: - - phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, interface); - - phydev is a pointer to the phy_device structure which represents the PHY. If - phy_connect is successful, it will return the pointer. dev, here, is the - pointer to your net_device. Once done, this function will have started the - PHY's software state machine, and registered for the PHY's interrupt, if it - has one. The phydev structure will be populated with information about the - current state, though the PHY will not yet be truly operational at this - point. - - PHY-specific flags should be set in phydev->dev_flags prior to the call - to phy_connect() such that the underlying PHY driver can check for flags - and perform specific operations based on them. - This is useful if the system has put hardware restrictions on - the PHY/controller, of which the PHY needs to be aware. - - interface is a u32 which specifies the connection type used - between the controller and the PHY. Examples are GMII, MII, - RGMII, and SGMII. For a full list, see include/linux/phy.h - - Now just make sure that phydev->supported and phydev->advertising have any - values pruned from them which don't make sense for your controller (a 10/100 - controller may be connected to a gigabit capable PHY, so you would need to - mask off SUPPORTED_1000baseT*). See include/linux/ethtool.h for definitions - for these bitfields. Note that you should not SET any bits, except the - SUPPORTED_Pause and SUPPORTED_AsymPause bits (see below), or the PHY may get - put into an unsupported state. - - Lastly, once the controller is ready to handle network traffic, you call - phy_start(phydev). This tells the PAL that you are ready, and configures the - PHY to connect to the network. If you want to handle your own interrupts, - just set phydev->irq to PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPT before you call phy_start. - Similarly, if you don't want to use interrupts, set phydev->irq to PHY_POLL. - - When you want to disconnect from the network (even if just briefly), you call - phy_stop(phydev). - -Pause frames / flow control - - The PHY does not participate directly in flow control/pause frames except by - making sure that the SUPPORTED_Pause and SUPPORTED_AsymPause bits are set in - MII_ADVERTISE to indicate towards the link partner that the Ethernet MAC - controller supports such a thing. Since flow control/pause frames generation - involves the Ethernet MAC driver, it is recommended that this driver takes care - of properly indicating advertisement and support for such features by setting - the SUPPORTED_Pause and SUPPORTED_AsymPause bits accordingly. This can be done - either before or after phy_connect() and/or as a result of implementing the - ethtool::set_pauseparam feature. - - -Keeping Close Tabs on the PAL - - It is possible that the PAL's built-in state machine needs a little help to - keep your network device and the PHY properly in sync. If so, you can - register a helper function when connecting to the PHY, which will be called - every second before the state machine reacts to any changes. To do this, you - need to manually call phy_attach() and phy_prepare_link(), and then call - phy_start_machine() with the second argument set to point to your special - handler. - - Currently there are no examples of how to use this functionality, and testing - on it has been limited because the author does not have any drivers which use - it (they all use option 1). So Caveat Emptor. - -Doing it all yourself - - There's a remote chance that the PAL's built-in state machine cannot track - the complex interactions between the PHY and your network device. If this is - so, you can simply call phy_attach(), and not call phy_start_machine or - phy_prepare_link(). This will mean that phydev->state is entirely yours to - handle (phy_start and phy_stop toggle between some of the states, so you - might need to avoid them). - - An effort has been made to make sure that useful functionality can be - accessed without the state-machine running, and most of these functions are - descended from functions which did not interact with a complex state-machine. - However, again, no effort has been made so far to test running without the - state machine, so tryer beware. - - Here is a brief rundown of the functions: - - int phy_read(struct phy_device *phydev, u16 regnum); - int phy_write(struct phy_device *phydev, u16 regnum, u16 val); - - Simple read/write primitives. They invoke the bus's read/write function - pointers. - - void phy_print_status(struct phy_device *phydev); - - A convenience function to print out the PHY status neatly. - - int phy_start_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev); - int phy_stop_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev); - - Requests the IRQ for the PHY interrupts, then enables them for - start, or disables then frees them for stop. - - struct phy_device * phy_attach(struct net_device *dev, const char *phy_id, - phy_interface_t interface); - - Attaches a network device to a particular PHY, binding the PHY to a generic - driver if none was found during bus initialization. - - int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev); - - Using variables inside the phydev structure, either configures advertising - and resets autonegotiation, or disables autonegotiation, and configures - forced settings. - - static inline int phy_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev); - - Fills the phydev structure with up-to-date information about the current - settings in the PHY. - - int phy_ethtool_sset(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd); - - Ethtool convenience functions. - - int phy_mii_ioctl(struct phy_device *phydev, - struct mii_ioctl_data *mii_data, int cmd); - - The MII ioctl. Note that this function will completely screw up the state - machine if you write registers like BMCR, BMSR, ADVERTISE, etc. Best to - use this only to write registers which are not standard, and don't set off - a renegotiation. - - -PHY Device Drivers - - With the PHY Abstraction Layer, adding support for new PHYs is - quite easy. In some cases, no work is required at all! However, - many PHYs require a little hand-holding to get up-and-running. - -Generic PHY driver - - If the desired PHY doesn't have any errata, quirks, or special - features you want to support, then it may be best to not add - support, and let the PHY Abstraction Layer's Generic PHY Driver - do all of the work. - -Writing a PHY driver - - If you do need to write a PHY driver, the first thing to do is - make sure it can be matched with an appropriate PHY device. - This is done during bus initialization by reading the device's - UID (stored in registers 2 and 3), then comparing it to each - driver's phy_id field by ANDing it with each driver's - phy_id_mask field. Also, it needs a name. Here's an example: - - static struct phy_driver dm9161_driver = { - .phy_id = 0x0181b880, - .name = "Davicom DM9161E", - .phy_id_mask = 0x0ffffff0, - ... - } - - Next, you need to specify what features (speed, duplex, autoneg, - etc) your PHY device and driver support. Most PHYs support - PHY_BASIC_FEATURES, but you can look in include/mii.h for other - features. - - Each driver consists of a number of function pointers, documented - in include/linux/phy.h under the phy_driver structure. - - Of these, only config_aneg and read_status are required to be - assigned by the driver code. The rest are optional. Also, it is - preferred to use the generic phy driver's versions of these two - functions if at all possible: genphy_read_status and - genphy_config_aneg. If this is not possible, it is likely that - you only need to perform some actions before and after invoking - these functions, and so your functions will wrap the generic - ones. - - Feel free to look at the Marvell, Cicada, and Davicom drivers in - drivers/net/phy/ for examples (the lxt and qsemi drivers have - not been tested as of this writing). - - The PHY's MMD register accesses are handled by the PAL framework - by default, but can be overridden by a specific PHY driver if - required. This could be the case if a PHY was released for - manufacturing before the MMD PHY register definitions were - standardized by the IEEE. Most modern PHYs will be able to use - the generic PAL framework for accessing the PHY's MMD registers. - An example of such usage is for Energy Efficient Ethernet support, - implemented in the PAL. This support uses the PAL to access MMD - registers for EEE query and configuration if the PHY supports - the IEEE standard access mechanisms, or can use the PHY's specific - access interfaces if overridden by the specific PHY driver. See - the Micrel driver in drivers/net/phy/ for an example of how this - can be implemented. - -Board Fixups - - Sometimes the specific interaction between the platform and the PHY requires - special handling. For instance, to change where the PHY's clock input is, - or to add a delay to account for latency issues in the data path. In order - to support such contingencies, the PHY Layer allows platform code to register - fixups to be run when the PHY is brought up (or subsequently reset). - - When the PHY Layer brings up a PHY it checks to see if there are any fixups - registered for it, matching based on UID (contained in the PHY device's phy_id - field) and the bus identifier (contained in phydev->dev.bus_id). Both must - match, however two constants, PHY_ANY_ID and PHY_ANY_UID, are provided as - wildcards for the bus ID and UID, respectively. - - When a match is found, the PHY layer will invoke the run function associated - with the fixup. This function is passed a pointer to the phy_device of - interest. It should therefore only operate on that PHY. - - The platform code can either register the fixup using phy_register_fixup(): - - int phy_register_fixup(const char *phy_id, - u32 phy_uid, u32 phy_uid_mask, - int (*run)(struct phy_device *)); - - Or using one of the two stubs, phy_register_fixup_for_uid() and - phy_register_fixup_for_id(): - - int phy_register_fixup_for_uid(u32 phy_uid, u32 phy_uid_mask, - int (*run)(struct phy_device *)); - int phy_register_fixup_for_id(const char *phy_id, - int (*run)(struct phy_device *)); - - The stubs set one of the two matching criteria, and set the other one to - match anything. - - When phy_register_fixup() or *_for_uid()/*_for_id() is called at module, - unregister fixup and free allocate memory are required. - - Call one of following function before unloading module. - - int phy_unregister_fixup(const char *phy_id, u32 phy_uid, u32 phy_uid_mask); - int phy_unregister_fixup_for_uid(u32 phy_uid, u32 phy_uid_mask); - int phy_register_fixup_for_id(const char *phy_id); - -Standards - - IEEE Standard 802.3: CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications, Section Two: - http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.3-2008_section2.pdf - - RGMII v1.3: - http://web.archive.org/web/20160303212629/http://www.hp.com/rnd/pdfs/RGMIIv1_3.pdf - - RGMII v2.0: - http://web.archive.org/web/20160303171328/http://www.hp.com/rnd/pdfs/RGMIIv2_0_final_hp.pdf |