Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net: phy: dp83td510: add MSE interface support for 10BASE-T1L

[Maxime Chevallier]

Hi Oleksij,

On Friday, August 15, 2025 08:35 CEST, Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Implement get_mse_config() and get_mse_snapshot() for the DP83TD510E
> to expose its Mean Square Error (MSE) register via the new PHY MSE
> UAPI.
> 
> The DP83TD510E does not document any peak MSE values; it only exposes
> a single average MSE register used internally to derive SQI. This
> implementation therefore advertises only PHY_MSE_CAP_AVG, along with
> LINK and channel-A selectors. Scaling is fixed to 0xFFFF, and the
> refresh interval/number of symbols are estimated from 10BASE-T1L
> symbol rate (7.5 MBd) and typical diagnostic intervals (~1 ms).
> 
> For 10BASE-T1L deployments, SQI is a reliable indicator of link
> modulation quality once the link is established, but it does not
> indicate whether autonegotiation pulses will be correctly received
> in marginal conditions. MSE provides a direct measurement of slicer
> error rate that can be used to evaluate if autonegotiation is likely
> to succeed under a given cable length and condition. In practice,
> testing such scenarios often requires forcing a fixed-link setup to
> isolate MSE behaviour from the autonegotiation process.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> +static int dp83td510_get_mse_snapshot(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 channel,
> +				      struct phy_mse_snapshot *snapshot)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (channel != PHY_MSE_CHANNEL_LINK &&
> +	    channel != PHY_MSE_CHANNEL_A)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

The doc in patch 1 says :

  > + * Link-wide mode:
  > + *  - Some PHYs only expose a link-wide aggregate MSE, or cannot map their
  > + *    measurement to a specific channel/pair (e.g. 100BASE-TX when MDI/MDI-X
  > + *    resolution is unknown). In that case, callers must use the LINK selector.

The way I understand that is that PHYs will report either channel-specific values or
link-wide values. Is that correct or are both valid ? In BaseT1 this is the same thing,
but maybe for consistency, we should report either channel values or link-wide values ?

Maxime