Hi Florian, On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:26:06PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: > On 09/14/2018 02:44 AM, Quentin Schulz wrote: > > The VSC8574 PHY is a 4-ports PHY that is 10/100/1000BASE-T, 100BASE-FX, > > 1000BASE-X and triple-speed copper SFP capable, can communicate with > > the MAC via SGMII, QSGMII or 1000BASE-X, supports WOL, downshifting and > > can set the blinking pattern of each of its 4 LEDs, supports SyncE as > > well as HP Auto-MDIX detection. > > > > This adds support for 10/100/1000BASE-T, SGMII/QSGMII link with the MAC, > > WOL, downshifting, HP Auto-MDIX detection and blinking pattern for its 4 > > LEDs. > > > > The VSC8574 has also an internal Intel 8051 microcontroller whose > > firmware needs to be patched when the PHY is reset. If the 8051's > > firmware has the expected CRC, its patching can be skipped. The > > microcontroller can be accessed from any port of the PHY, though the CRC > > function can only be done through the PHY that is the base PHY of the > > package (internal address 0) due to a limitation of the firmware. > > > > The GPIO register bank is a set of registers that are common to all PHYs > > in the package. So any modification in any register of this bank affects > > all PHYs of the package. > > > > If the PHYs haven't been reset before booting the Linux kernel and were > > configured to use interrupts for e.g. link status updates, it is > > required to clear the interrupts mask register of all PHYs before being > > able to use interrupts with any PHY. The first PHY of the package that > > will be init will take care of clearing all PHYs interrupts mask > > registers. Thus, we need to keep track of the init sequence in the > > package, if it's already been done or if it's to be done. > > > > Most of the init sequence of a PHY of the package is common to all PHYs > > in the package, thus we use the SMI broadcast feature which enables us > > to propagate a write in one register of one PHY to all PHYs in the > > package. > > > > Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > [snip] > > > + reg = __mdiobus_read(bus, phy, MSCC_PHY_TEST_PAGE_8); > > + reg |= 0x8000; > > Having a define would be nice here? This looks like a write enable? > Same as for the SerDes muxing patch series, I'm sending a new version without the suggested change. I've requested some information on this bit but can't guarantee I'll get anything (and if anything, worthy). I'll try not to forget to add a constant if and when I get a clue on what this bit does. Thanks, Quentin
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