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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 14/14] dt-bindings: net: ar803x: add qca8084 PHY properties
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On 12/17/2023 3:08 AM, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 06:30:00PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>> The following is the chip package, the chip can work on the switch mode
>>> like the existed upstream code qca8k, where PHY1-PHY4 is connected with
>>> MAC1-MAC4 directly; The chip can also work on the PHY mode, where PHY1-
>>> PHY4 is connected with PCS1 by 10g-qxgmii; Either switch mode or PHY mode,
>>> the PHY4 is optionally connected with PCS0 by SGMII, PCS0 and PCS1
>>> are connected with the SoC(IPQ platform) PCSes.
>>
>> I don't really understand. Are you saying the hardware is actually :
>>
>>
>> +----------------------------------------------+
>> | PCS1 PCS0 |
>> | |
>> | MAC0 MAC5 |
>> | | | |
>> | +-----+--------------+-------------+ |
>> | | | |
>> | | Switch | |
>> | | | |
>> | +-+---------+---------+---------+--+ |
>> | | | | | |
>> | MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAC4 |
>> | |
>> | PHY1 PHY2 PHY3 PHY4 |
>> +----------------------------------------------+
>>
>> When in PHY mode, the switch is hard coded to map the 4 PCS1 channels
>> straight to MAC1-MAC4 and all switch functionality is disabled. But
>> then in switch mode, the switch can be controlled as a DSA switch? The
>> 10G PCS1 is then a single 10G port, not 4x 2.5G?
>>
>> Is there a product brief for this PHY? That might help us understand
>> this hardware?
>
> Not even digikey give any clues what "QCA8084" is - they list it as
> "unclassified" and give no documentation and no photo. Basically it
> seems to be a super secret device.
>
Sorry for the confusion here, maybe the chip is developed recently,
which leads to the Doc or introduction is not released in time.


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