RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v10 net-next 6/8] ice: implement CPI support for E825C
From: Nitka, Grzegorz
Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 05:47:05 EST
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> Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v10 net-next 6/8] ice: implement CPI
> support for E825C
>
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> > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v10 net-next 6/8] ice: implement CPI
> > support for E825C
> >
> > Add full CPI (Converged PHY Interface) command handling required for
> > E825C devices. The CPI interface allows the driver to interact with
> > PHY-side control logic through the LM/PHY command registers, including
> > enabling/disabling/selection of PHY reference clock.
> >
> > This patch introduces:
> > - a new CPI subsystem (ice_cpi.c / ice_cpi.h) implementing the CPI
> > request/acknowledge state machine, including REQ/ACK protocol,
> > command execution, and response handling
> > - helper functions for reading/writing PHY registers over Sideband
> > Queue
> > - CPI command execution API (ice_cpi_exec) and a helper for enabling
> > or
> > disabling Tx reference clocks (CPI 0xF1 opcode 'Config PHY
> > clocking')
> > - assurance of CPI transaction serialization into the CPI core.
> > CPI REQ/ACK is a multi-step handshake and must be executed
> > atomically per PHY. Centralize the lock in ice_cpi_exec() and
> > use adapter-scoped per-PHY mutexes, which match the hardware
> > sharing
> > model across PFs.
> > - addition of the non-posted write opcode (wr_np) to SBQ
> > - Makefile integration to build CPI support together with the PTP
> > stack
> >
> > This provides the infrastructure necessary to support PHY-side
> > configuration flows on E825C and is required for advanced link control
> > and Tx reference clock management.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Nitka <grzegorz.nitka@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile | 2 +-
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adapter.c | 4 +
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adapter.h | 7 +
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_cpi.c | 362
> > +++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_cpi.h | 58 +++
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sbq_cmd.h | 5 +-
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h | 2 +
> > 7 files changed, 437 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode
> > 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_cpi.c
> > create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_cpi.h
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile
> > index 5b2c666496e7..38db476ab2ec 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile
> > @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ice-$(CONFIG_PCI_IOV) += \
> > ice_vf_mbx.o \
> > ice_vf_vsi_vlan_ops.o \
> > ice_vf_lib.o
>
> ...
>
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * ice_cpi_set_cmd - execute CPI SET command
> > + * @hw: pointer to the HW struct
> > + * @opcode: CPI command opcode
> > + * @phy: phy index CPI command is applied for
> > + * @port_lane: ephy index CPI command is applied for
> > + * @data: CPI opcode context specific data
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
> > + */
> > +static int ice_cpi_set_cmd(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 opcode, u8 phy, u8
> > port_lane,
> > + u16 data)
> > +{
> > + struct ice_cpi_resp cpi_resp = {0};
> > + struct ice_cpi_cmd cpi_cmd = {
> > + .opcode = opcode,
> Silent u16 to u8 truncation.
>
Yeah, it's 8 bit. Changed 'opcode' to u8 in v11.
> > + .set = true,
> > + .port = port_lane,
> > + .data = data,
> > + };
> > +
> > + return ice_cpi_exec(hw, phy, &cpi_cmd, &cpi_resp); }
> > +
>
> ...
>
> > /* Port hardware description */
> > struct ice_hw {
> > u8 __iomem *hw_addr;
> > --
> > 2.39.3