Re: [net-next v5 0/5] net: stmmac: Add PCI driver support for BCM8958x

[Paolo Abeni]

On 9/4/24 07:48, jitendra.vegiraju@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Jitendra Vegiraju <jitendra.vegiraju@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patchset adds basic PCI ethernet device driver support for Broadcom
> BCM8958x Automotive Ethernet switch SoC devices.
>
> This SoC device has PCIe ethernet MAC attached to an integrated ethernet
> switch using XGMII interface. The PCIe ethernet controller is presented to
> the Linux host as PCI network device.
>
> The following block diagram gives an overview of the application.
>               +=================================+
>               |       Host CPU/Linux            |
>               +=================================+
>                          || PCIe
>                          ||
>          +==========================================+
>          |           +--------------+               |
>          |           | PCIE Endpoint|               |
>          |           | Ethernet     |               |
>          |           | Controller   |               |
>          |           |   DMA        |               |
>          |           +--------------+               |
>          |           |   MAC        |   BCM8958X    |
>          |           +--------------+   SoC         |
>          |               || XGMII                   |
>          |               ||                         |
>          |           +--------------+               |
>          |           | Ethernet     |               |
>          |           | switch       |               |
>          |           +--------------+               |
>          |             || || || ||                  |
>          +==========================================+
>                        || || || || More external interfaces
>
> The MAC block on BCM8958x is based on Synopsis XGMAC 4.00a core. This
> MAC IP introduces new DMA architecture called Hyper-DMA for virtualization
> scalability.
>
> Driver functionality specific to new MAC (DW25GMAC) is implemented in
> new file dw25gmac.c.
>
> Management of integrated ethernet switch on this SoC is not handled by
> the PCIe interface.
> This SoC device has PCIe ethernet MAC directly attached to an integrated
> ethernet switch using XGMII interface.
>
> v4->v5:
>     Summary of changes in this patch series:
>     As suggested by Serge Semin, defined common setup function for dw25gmac.
>     To accommodate early adopter DW25GMAC used in BCM8958x device, provide
>     a mechanism to override snps_id and snps_dev_id used for driver entry
>     matching in hwif.c
>
>     Patch1:
>       Added plat_stmmacenet_data::snps_id,snps_dev_id fields - Serge Semin
>     Patch2:
>       Define common setup function for dw25gmac_setup() - Serge Semin
>       Support DW25GMAC IPs with varying VDMA/PDMA count - Abhishek Chauhan
>       Allocate and initialize hdma mapping configuration data dynamically
>       based on device's VDMA/PDMA feature capabilities in dw25gmac_setup().
>       Spelling errors in commit log, lower case 0x for hex -Amit Singh Tomar
>     Patch3:
>       Glue support in hwif.c for DW25GMAC in hwif.c - Serge Semin
>       Provide an option to override snps_id and snps_dev_id when the device
>       reports version info not conformant with driver's expectations as is
>       the case with BCM8958x device. - Serge Semin
>     Patch4:
>       Remove setup function in the glue driver - Serge Semin
>       Remove unnecessary calls pci_enable_device() and pci_set_master()
>       in dwxgmac_brcm_pci_resume() - Jakub Kicinski
>       Merge variable definitions to single line - Amit Singh Tomar
>
> v3->v4:
>     Based on Serge's questions, received a confirmation from Synopsys that
>     the MAC IP is indeed the new 25GMAC design.
>     Renamed all references of XGMAC4 to 25GMAC.
>     The patch series is rearranged slightly as follows.
>     Patch1 (new): Define HDMA mapping data structure in kernel's stmmac.h
>     Patch2 (v3 Patch1): Adds dma_ops for dw25gmac in stmmac core
>         Renamed new files dwxgmac4.* to dw25gmac.* - Serge Semin
>         Defined new Synopsis version and device id macros for DW25GMAC.
>         Converted bit operations to FIELD_PREP macros - Russell King
>         Moved hwif.h to this patch, Sparse flagged warning - Simon Horman
>         Defined macros for hardcoded values TDPS etc - Serge Semin
>         Read number of PDMAs/VDMAs from hardware - Serge Semin
>     Patch3 (v3 Patch2): Hooks in hardware interface handling for dw25gmac
>         Resolved user_version quirks questions - Serge, Russell, Andrew
>         Added new stmmac_hw entry for DW25GMAC. - Serge
>         Added logic to override synopsis_dev_id by glue driver.
>     Patch4 (v3 Patch3): Adds PCI driver for BCM8958x device
>         Define bitmmap macros for hardcoded values - Andrew Lunn
>         Added per device software node - Andrew Lunn
>     Patch5(new/split): Adds BCM8958x driver to build system
>     https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240814221818.2612484-1-jitendra.vegiraju@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> v2->v3:
>     Addressed v2 comments from Andrew, Jakub, Russel and Simon.
>     Based on suggestion by Russel and Andrew, added software node to create
>     phylink in fixed-link mode.
>     Moved dwxgmac4 specific functions to new files dwxgmac4.c and dwxgmac4.h
>     in stmmac core module.
>     Reorganized the code to use the existing glue logic support for xgmac in
>     hwif.c and override ops functions for dwxgmac4 specific functions.
>     The patch is split into three parts.
>       Patch#1 Adds dma_ops for dwxgmac4 in stmmac core
>       Patch#2 Hooks in the hardware interface handling for dwxgmac4
>       Patch#3 Adds PCI driver for BCM8958x device
>     https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240802031822.1862030-1-jitendra.vegiraju@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> v1->v2:
>     Minor fixes to address coding style issues.
>     Sent v2 too soon by mistake, without waiting for review comments.
>     Received feedback on this version.
>     https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240511015924.41457-1-jitendra.vegiraju@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> v1:
>     https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240510000331.154486-1-jitendra.vegiraju@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Jitendra Vegiraju (5):
>    Add HDMA mapping for dw25gmac support
>    Add basic dw25gmac support in stmmac core
>    Integrate dw25gmac into stmmac hwif handling
>    Add PCI driver support for BCM8958x
>    Add BCM8958x driver to build system
>
>   MAINTAINERS                                   |   8 +
>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig   |  11 +
>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile  |   3 +-
>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/common.h  |   4 +
>   .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dw25gmac.c    | 224 ++++++++
>   .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dw25gmac.h    |  92 ++++
>   .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-brcm.c  | 507 ++++++++++++++++++
>   .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h    |   1 +
>   .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c   |  43 ++
>   .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_dma.c    |  31 ++
>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.c    |  26 +-
>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h    |   1 +
>   include/linux/stmmac.h                        |  48 ++
>   13 files changed, 997 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dw25gmac.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dw25gmac.h
>   create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-brcm.c

Hi Serge, to you think you will have time to review this series soon?

We are sort in a rush to flush the net-next material before the upcoming 
merge window.

Thanks,

Paolo