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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 05/11] net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Add internal phy support
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Hi Chen-Yu,

在 2017/8/10 10:40, Chen-Yu Tsai 写道:
> Hi David,
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 5:38 PM, David.Wu <david.wu@rock-chips.com> wrote:
>> Hello Corentin, Chen-Yu
>>
>>
>> 在 2017/8/9 16:45, Corentin Labbe 写道:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 07:06:33PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/01/2017 11:21 PM, David Wu wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To make internal phy work, need to configure the phy_clock,
>>>>>> phy cru_reset and related registers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: David Wu <david.wu@rock-chips.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> .../devicetree/bindings/net/rockchip-dwmac.txt | 6 +-
>>>>>> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c | 81
>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>> 2 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/rockchip-dwmac.txt
>>>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/rockchip-dwmac.txt
>>>>>> index 8f42755..ec39b31 100644
>>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/rockchip-dwmac.txt
>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/rockchip-dwmac.txt
>>>>>> @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ Required properties:
>>>>>> - clock-names: One name for each entry in the clocks property.
>>>>>> - phy-mode: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory.
>>>>>> - pinctrl-names: Names corresponding to the numbered pinctrl states.
>>>>>> - - pinctrl-0: pin-control mode. can be <&rgmii_pins> or <&rmii_pins>.
>>>>>> + - pinctrl-0: pin-control mode. can be <&rgmii_pins>, <&rmii_pins> or
>>>>>> led pins
>>>>>> + for internal phy mode.
>>>>>> - clock_in_out: For RGMII, it must be "input", means main
>>>>>> clock(125MHz)
>>>>>> is not sourced from SoC's PLL, but input from PHY; For RMII,
>>>>>> "input" means
>>>>>> PHY provides the reference clock(50MHz), "output" means GMAC
>>>>>> provides the
>>>>>> @@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ Optional properties:
>>>>>> - tx_delay: Delay value for TXD timing. Range value is 0~0x7F, 0x30
>>>>>> as default.
>>>>>> - rx_delay: Delay value for RXD timing. Range value is 0~0x7F, 0x10
>>>>>> as default.
>>>>>> - phy-supply: phandle to a regulator if the PHY needs one
>>>>>> + - clocks: <&cru MAC_PHY>: Clock selector for internal macphy
>>>>>> + - phy-is-internal: A boolean property allows us to know that MAC will
>>>>>> connect to
>>>>>> + internal phy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is incorrect in two ways:
>>>>>
>>>>> - this is a property of the PHY, so it should be documented as such in
>>>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt so other bindings can
>>>>> re-use it
>>>>>
>>>>> - if it was specific to your MAC you would expect a vendor prefix to
>>>>> this property, which is not there
>>>>>
>>>>> An alternative way to implement the external/internal logic selection
>>>>> would be mandate that your Ethernet PHY node have a compatible string
>>>>> like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> phy@0 {
>>>>> compatible = "ethernet-phy-id1234.d400",
>>>>> "ethernet-phy-802.3-c22";
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> Then you don't need this phy-is-internal property, because you can
>>>>> locate the PHY node by the phy-handle (see more about that in a reply to
>>>>> patch 10) and you can determine ahead of time whether this PHY is
>>>>> internal or not based on its compatible string.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This doesn't really work for us (sunxi). The "internal" PHY of the H3
>>>> is also available in the X-Powers AC200 combo chip, which would be
>>>> external. Same ID. So if someone were to be stupid and put the two
>>>> together, you wouldn't know which one it actually is. Generically
>>>> it doesn't make sense to match against the ID either. The PHY is
>>>> only integrated or inlined into the SoC, meaning it could be moved
>>>> elsewhere or even be a discreet part.
>>>>
>>>> The way I see it is more like a reversed pinmux. The system should
>>>> select either the internal set or external set of xMII pins to use.
>>>>
>>>> A phy-is-internal property in the PHY node would work for us. We
>>>> already need a PHY node to describe its clocks and resets.
>>>>
>>>> A side note to this solution is that, since the internal PHY is defined
>>>> at the .dtsi level, any external PHYs at the same address would need to
>>>> make sure to delete the property, which is kind of counterintuitive, but
>>>> it is how device tree works. One would want to put the internal PHY's
>>>> address, assuming it is configurable, on something that is rarely used.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hello David, Florian, Andrew
>>>
>>> Could someone ack this ? or nack if you think that the chance for having
>>> two PHY id both internal and external is too low.
>>> Anyway, we need a choice.
>>>
>>
>> I think we should be specific to the situation, for us we have the
>> possibility that the Mac only picks up internal PHY, so this can be fixed at
>> the. DTSi level, also possible INTERNL PHY's Mac can also be used to connect
>> external PHY, while cutting off the connection with the internal PHY, so we
>> should define the internal PHY at the DTS level, so I think Florian's
>> approach is acceptable.
>
> So it looks like you have the clock for the internal/integrated PHY at the
> MAC level. I think this lets you define/add the PHY at the board level more
> easily without a lot of duplication?
>
> Sunxi has the clock and reset in the PHY node, which is defined in the dtsi
> file. (This part is already done.)

Okay, that is better difined in the PHY node, i'll move them later.

>
> ChenYu
>
>
>

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