From ecc5fe7d2b3db2806f53cc748646d3be22e07d13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ioana Ciornei Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:18:32 +0200 Subject: net: documentation: add docs for MAC/PHY support in DPAA2 Add documentation file for the MAC/PHY support in the DPAA2 architecture. This describes the architecture and implementation of the interface between phylink and a DPAA2 network driver. Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- .../device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst | 1 + .../freescale/dpaa2/mac-phy-support.rst | 191 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 192 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/mac-phy-support.rst (limited to 'Documentation/networking') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst index 67bd87fe6c53..ee40fcc5ddff 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ DPAA2 Documentation overview dpio-driver ethernet-driver + mac-phy-support diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/mac-phy-support.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/mac-phy-support.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..51e6624fb774 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/mac-phy-support.rst @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +.. include:: + +======================= +DPAA2 MAC / PHY support +======================= + +:Copyright: |copy| 2019 NXP + +Overview +-------- + +The DPAA2 MAC / PHY support consists of a set of APIs that help DPAA2 network +drivers (dpaa2-eth, dpaa2-ethsw) interract with the PHY library. + +DPAA2 Software Architecture +--------------------------- + +Among other DPAA2 objects, the fsl-mc bus exports DPNI objects (abstracting a +network interface) and DPMAC objects (abstracting a MAC). The dpaa2-eth driver +probes on the DPNI object and connects to and configures a DPMAC object with +the help of phylink. + +Data connections may be established between a DPNI and a DPMAC, or between two +DPNIs. Depending on the connection type, the netif_carrier_[on/off] is handled +directly by the dpaa2-eth driver or by phylink. + +.. code-block:: none + + Sources of abstracted link state information presented by the MC firmware + + +--------------------------------------+ + +------------+ +---------+ | xgmac_mdio | + | net_device | | phylink |--| +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | + +------------+ +---------+ | | PHY | | PHY | | PHY | | PHY | | + | | | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | + +------------------------------------+ | External MDIO bus | + | dpaa2-eth | +--------------------------------------+ + +------------------------------------+ + | | Linux + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + | | MC firmware + | /| V + +----------+ / | +----------+ + | | / | | | + | | | | | | + | DPNI |<------| |<------| DPMAC | + | | | | | | + | | \ |<---+ | | + +----------+ \ | | +----------+ + \| | + | + +--------------------------------------+ + | MC firmware polling MAC PCS for link | + | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | + | | PCS | | PCS | | PCS | | PCS | | + | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | + | Internal MDIO bus | + +--------------------------------------+ + + +Depending on an MC firmware configuration setting, each MAC may be in one of two modes: + +- DPMAC_LINK_TYPE_FIXED: the link state management is handled exclusively by + the MC firmware by polling the MAC PCS. Without the need to register a + phylink instance, the dpaa2-eth driver will not bind to the connected dpmac + object at all. + +- DPMAC_LINK_TYPE_PHY: The MC firmware is left waiting for link state update + events, but those are in fact passed strictly between the dpaa2-mac (based on + phylink) and its attached net_device driver (dpaa2-eth, dpaa2-ethsw), + effectively bypassing the firmware. + +Implementation +-------------- + +At probe time or when a DPNI's endpoint is dynamically changed, the dpaa2-eth +is responsible to find out if the peer object is a DPMAC and if this is the +case, to integrate it with PHYLINK using the dpaa2_mac_connect() API, which +will do the following: + + - look up the device tree for PHYLINK-compatible of binding (phy-handle) + - will create a PHYLINK instance associated with the received net_device + - connect to the PHY using phylink_of_phy_connect() + +The following phylink_mac_ops callback are implemented: + + - .validate() will populate the supported linkmodes with the MAC capabilities + only when the phy_interface_t is RGMII_* (at the moment, this is the only + link type supported by the driver). + + - .mac_config() will configure the MAC in the new configuration using the + dpmac_set_link_state() MC firmware API. + + - .mac_link_up() / .mac_link_down() will update the MAC link using the same + API described above. + +At driver unbind() or when the DPNI object is disconnected from the DPMAC, the +dpaa2-eth driver calls dpaa2_mac_disconnect() which will, in turn, disconnect +from the PHY and destroy the PHYLINK instance. + +In case of a DPNI-DPMAC connection, an 'ip link set dev eth0 up' would start +the following sequence of operations: + +(1) phylink_start() called from .dev_open(). +(2) The .mac_config() and .mac_link_up() callbacks are called by PHYLINK. +(3) In order to configure the HW MAC, the MC Firmware API + dpmac_set_link_state() is called. +(4) The firmware will eventually setup the HW MAC in the new configuration. +(5) A netif_carrier_on() call is made directly from PHYLINK on the associated + net_device. +(6) The dpaa2-eth driver handles the LINK_STATE_CHANGE irq in order to + enable/disable Rx taildrop based on the pause frame settings. + +.. code-block:: none + + +---------+ +---------+ + | PHYLINK |-------------->| eth0 | + +---------+ (5) +---------+ + (1) ^ | + | | + | v (2) + +-----------------------------------+ + | dpaa2-eth | + +-----------------------------------+ + | ^ (6) + | | + v (3) | + +---------+---------------+---------+ + | DPMAC | | DPNI | + +---------+ +---------+ + | MC Firmware | + +-----------------------------------+ + | + | + v (4) + +-----------------------------------+ + | HW MAC | + +-----------------------------------+ + +In case of a DPNI-DPNI connection, a usual sequence of operations looks like +the following: + +(1) ip link set dev eth0 up +(2) The dpni_enable() MC API called on the associated fsl_mc_device. +(3) ip link set dev eth1 up +(4) The dpni_enable() MC API called on the associated fsl_mc_device. +(5) The LINK_STATE_CHANGED irq is received by both instances of the dpaa2-eth + driver because now the operational link state is up. +(6) The netif_carrier_on() is called on the exported net_device from + link_state_update(). + +.. code-block:: none + + +---------+ +---------+ + | eth0 | | eth1 | + +---------+ +---------+ + | ^ ^ | + | | | | + (1) v | (6) (6) | v (3) + +---------+ +---------+ + |dpaa2-eth| |dpaa2-eth| + +---------+ +---------+ + | ^ ^ | + | | | | + (2) v | (5) (5) | v (4) + +---------+---------------+---------+ + | DPNI | | DPNI | + +---------+ +---------+ + | MC Firmware | + +-----------------------------------+ + + +Exported API +------------ + +Any DPAA2 driver that drivers endpoints of DPMAC objects should service its +_EVENT_ENDPOINT_CHANGED irq and connect/disconnect from the associated DPMAC +when necessary using the below listed API:: + + - int dpaa2_mac_connect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac); + - void dpaa2_mac_disconnect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac); + +A phylink integration is necessary only when the partner DPMAC is not of TYPE_FIXED. +One can check for this condition using the below API:: + + - bool dpaa2_mac_is_type_fixed(struct fsl_mc_device *dpmac_dev,struct fsl_mc_io *mc_io); + +Before connection to a MAC, the caller must allocate and populate the +dpaa2_mac structure with the associated net_device, a pointer to the MC portal +to be used and the actual fsl_mc_device structure of the DPMAC. -- cgit