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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:00:48 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Stefan Eichenberger <eichest@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] net: phy: mxl-gpy: add new device tree property
 to disable SGMII autoneg
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 04:48:34PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 05:43:16PM +0200, Stefan Eichenberger wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for the feedback.
> > 
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 03:46:19PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 02:10:32PM +0200, Stefan Eichenberger wrote:
> > > > Add a new device tree property to disable SGMII autonegotiation and
> > > > instead use the option to match the SGMII speed to what was negotiated
> > > > on the twisted pair interface (tpi).
> > > 
> > > Could you explain this is more detail.
> > > 
> > > SGMII always runs its clocks at 1000Mbps. The MAC needs to duplicate
> > > the symbols 100 times when running at 10Mbs, and 10 times when running
> > > at 100Mbps.
> > 
> > Currently, the mxl-gpy driver uses SGMII autonegotiation for 10 Mbps,
> > 100 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps. For our Ethernet controller, which is on an
> > Octeon TX2 SoC, this means that we have to enable "in-band-status" on
> > the controller. This will work for all three speed settings. However, if
> > we have a link partner that can do 2.5 Gbps, the mxl-gpy driver will
> > disable SGMII autonegotiation in gpy_update_interface. This is not
> > supported by this Ethernet controller because in-band-status is still
> > enabled. Therefore, we will not be able to transfer data at 2.5 Gbps,
> > the SGMII link will not go into a working state.
> 
> I have been working on a phylink/phylib patch set to address this. As
> I've been busy with health-based appointments during last week and this
> week, I haven't been able to spend enough time to get that to a point
> that I'm happy to publish it yet.

You can find the experimental patches at:

http://git.armlinux.org.uk/cgit/linux-arm.git/commit/?h=net-queue&id=0c2fb62db211312ad2f5695997694908b54e9a17

and the three parents to that patch.

It's buried in:

http://git.armlinux.org.uk/cgit/linux-arm.git/log/?h=net-queue

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