Re: [PATCH net-next 14/15] net: dsa: mt7530: introduce driver for MT7988 built-in switch

[Daniel Golle]

On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 11:07:51PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> On 31.03.2023 16:18, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> > On 31.03.2023 15:06, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> > > On 31.03.2023 13:16, Daniel Golle wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 08:50:28AM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> > > > > On 30.03.2023 18:23, Daniel Golle wrote:
> > > > > > Add driver for the built-in Gigabit Ethernet switch which can be found
> > > > > > in the MediaTek MT7988 SoC.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The switch shares most of its design with MT7530 and MT7531, but has
> > > > > > it's registers mapped into the SoCs register space rather than being
> > > > > > connected externally or internally via MDIO.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Introduce a new platform driver to support that.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >    MAINTAINERS                   |   2 +
> > > > > >    drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig       |  12 ++++
> > > > > >    drivers/net/dsa/Makefile      |   1 +
> > > > > >    drivers/net/dsa/mt7530-mmio.c | 101
> > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > >    drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c      |  86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > > > > >    drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.h      |  12 ++--
> > > > > >    6 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > > > > >    create mode 100644 drivers/net/dsa/mt7530-mmio.c
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > index 14924aed15ca7..674673dbdfd8b 100644
> > > > > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > @@ -13174,9 +13174,11 @@ MEDIATEK SWITCH DRIVER
> > > > > >    M:    Sean Wang <sean.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >    M:    Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >    M:    DENG Qingfang <dqfext@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > +M:    Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >    L:    netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > >    S:    Maintained
> > > > > >    F:    drivers/net/dsa/mt7530-mdio.c
> > > > > > +F:    drivers/net/dsa/mt7530-mmio.c
> > > > > >    F:    drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.*
> > > > > >    F:    net/dsa/tag_mtk.c
> > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig b/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig
> > > > > > index c2551b13324c2..de4d86e37973f 100644
> > > > > > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig
> > > > > > @@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ config NET_DSA_MT7530
> > > > > >          Multi-chip module MT7530 in MT7621AT, MT7621DAT, MT7621ST and
> > > > > >          MT7623AI SoCs is supported as well.
> > > > > > +config NET_DSA_MT7988
> > > > > > +    tristate "MediaTek MT7988 built-in Ethernet switch support"
> > > > > > +    select NET_DSA_MT7530_COMMON
> > > > > > +    depends on HAS_IOMEM
> > > > > > +    help
> > > > > > +      This enables support for the built-in Ethernet switch found
> > > > > > +      in the MediaTek MT7988 SoC.
> > > > > > +      The switch is a similar design as MT7531, however, unlike
> > > > > > +      other MT7530 and MT7531 the switch registers are directly
> > > > > > +      mapped into the SoCs register space rather than
> > > > > > being accessible
> > > > > > +      via MDIO.
> > > > > > +
> > > > > >    config NET_DSA_MV88E6060
> > > > > >        tristate "Marvell 88E6060 ethernet switch chip support"
> > > > > >        select NET_DSA_TAG_TRAILER
> > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/Makefile b/drivers/net/dsa/Makefile
> > > > > > index 71250d7dd41af..103a33e20de4b 100644
> > > > > > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/Makefile
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/Makefile
> > > > > > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ endif
> > > > > >    obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_LANTIQ_GSWIP) += lantiq_gswip.o
> > > > > >    obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_MT7530_COMMON) += mt7530.o
> > > > > >    obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_MT7530)    += mt7530-mdio.o
> > > > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_MT7988)    += mt7530-mmio.o
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm not fond of this way. Wouldn't it be better if we split
> > > > > the mdio and
> > > > > mmio drivers to separate modules and kept switch hardware support on
> > > > > mt7530.c?
> > > > 
> > > > You mean this in terms of Kconfig symbols?
> > > > Because the way you describe is basically what I'm doing here:
> > > >   * mt7530.c is the shared/common switch hardware driver
> > > >   * mt7530-mdio.c contains the MDIO accessors and MDIO device
> > > > drivers for
> > > >     MT7530, MT7531, MT7621, MT7623, ...
> > > >   * mt7530-mmio.c contains the platform device driver for in-SoC
> > > > switches
> > > >     which are accessed via MMIO, ie. MT7988 (and yes, this could be
> > > >     extended to also support MT7620A/N).
> > > 
> > > Ok great.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > In early drafts I also named the Kconfig symbols
> > > > CONFIG_NET_DSA_MT7530 for mt7530.c (ie. the common part)
> > > > CONFIG_NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO for the MDIO driver
> > > > CONFIG_NET_DSA_MT7530_MMIO for the MMIO driver
> > > > 
> > > > However, as existing kernel configurations expect
> > > > CONFIG_NET_DSA_MT7530 to
> > > > select the MDIO driver, I decided it would be better to hide the
> > > > symbol of
> > > > the common part and have CONFIG_NET_DSA_MT7530 select the MDIO
> > > > driver like
> > > > it was before.
> > > 
> > > You can "imply NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO" from NET_DSA_MT7530 so the MDIO
> > > driver is also enabled when NET_DSA_MT7530 is selected. For example,
> > > on Realtek, both MDIO and SMI drivers are enabled by default when
> > > either of the main drivers are selected.
> > > 
> > > config NET_DSA_MT7530
> > >      tristate "MediaTek MT7530 and MT7531 Ethernet switch support"
> > >      select NET_DSA_TAG_MTK
> > >      select MEDIATEK_GE_PHY
> > >      select PCS_MTK_LYNXI
> > >      imply NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO
> > >      imply NET_DSA_MT7530_MMIO
> > 
> > The final kconfig should look like this:
> > 
> > config NET_DSA_MT7530
> >      tristate "MediaTek MT7530 and MT7531 Ethernet switch support"
> >      select NET_DSA_TAG_MTK
> >      select MEDIATEK_GE_PHY
> >      select PCS_MTK_LYNXI
> 
> Looks like PCS_MTK_LYNXI is used on NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO instead now. I also
> see '#include <linux/pcs/pcs-mtk-lynxi.h>' on mt7530.c but don't see any
> functions called on it. Leftover?

Yes, you are right, it's only used in mt7530-mdio.c and the #include in
mt7530.c is a left-over which I shall remove.

> 
> >      imply NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO
> >      imply NET_DSA_MT7530_MMIO
> >      help
> >        This enables support for the MediaTek MT7530 and MT7531 Ethernet
> >        switch chips. Multi-chip module MT7530 in MT7621AT, MT7621DAT,
> >        MT7621ST and MT7623AI SoCs, and built-in switch in MT7688 SoC is
> >        supported.
> > 
> > config NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO
> >      tristate "MediaTek MT7530 MDIO interface driver"
> 
> Should go here:
> 
> select PCS_MTK_LYNXI

Yeah, in Kconfig I had taken care of this already, but forgot to remove
the include in mt7530.c...


Thank you for spotting this. I'll soon post v2 which includes these fixes.