Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: mvneta: add support for 2.5G DRSGMII mode

[Sascha Hauer]

On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 04:57:37PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 09:47:16AM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > The Marvell MVNETA Ethernet controller supports a 2.5 Gbps SGMII mode
> > called DRSGMII.
> > 
> > This patch adds a corresponding phy-mode string 'drsgmii' and parses it
> > from DT. The MVNETA then configures the SERDES protocol value
> > accordingly.
> > 
> > It was successfully tested on a MV78460 connected to a FPGA.
> 
> Hi Sascha
> 
> Is this really overclocked SGMII, or 2500BaseX? How does it differ
> from 2500BaseX, which mvneta already supports?

I think it is overclocked SGMII or 2500BaseX depending on the Port MAC
Control Register0 PortType setting bit.
As said to Russell we have a fixed link so nobody really cares if it's
SGMII or 2500BaseX. This boils down the patch to fixing the Serdes
configuration setting for 2500BaseX.

Sascha


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