Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: stmmac: Add Siflower SF19A2890 glue

From: Maxime Chevallier

Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 02:58:45 EST


Hi Joseph,

On 11/4/26 08:22, Joseph Telaak via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Joseph Telaak <joseph@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add the glue for the DesignWare GMAC of the Siflower SF19A2890. The
> interface type is set in the GMAC's configuration block through the
> set_phy_intf_sel hook, and so are the RGMII clock delays, which the
> MAC adds only where rx-internal-delay-ps or tx-internal-delay-ps is
> present.
>
> The delay line's step is not documented. Sweeping each delay over its
> whole range with the link at 1000 Mb/s, the working windows repeat every
> 145 steps, one 8 ns clock period, so a step is about 55 ps; the driver
> rounds to the nearest step.
>
> Based on Chuanhong Guo's driver from OpenWrt and his siflower-7.1
> branch, which read the delays from a factory flash cell in the delay
> line's own units and always applied them. That driver also set
> STMMAC_FLAG_HAS_INTEGRATED_PCS, because the core reports a PCS that
> does not work in RGMII mode; stmmac now uses the integrated PCS only
> for SGMII, and the flag is gone.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Telaak <joseph@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looking good, I have a small nit below :)

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig | 11 ++
> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile | 1 +
> .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sf19a2890.c | 158 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 170 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
> index c6559e749..78efe7859 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
> @@ -201,6 +201,17 @@ config DWMAC_S32
> SOCs GMAC ethernet controller, ie. S32G2xx, S32G3xx and
> S32R45.
>
> +config DWMAC_SF19A2890
> + tristate "Siflower SF19A2890 GMAC support"
> + default MACH_SIFLOWER_MIPS
> + depends on OF && (MACH_SIFLOWER_MIPS || COMPILE_TEST)
> + help
> + Support for the Ethernet controller of the Siflower SF19A2890 SoC.
> +
> + This selects the SF19A2890 glue layer support for the stmmac
> + device driver. It sets the interface type and the RGMII clock
> + delays in the GMAC's configuration block.
> +
> config DWMAC_SOCFPGA
> tristate "SOCFPGA dwmac support"
> default ARCH_INTEL_SOCFPGA
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile
> index b16a456b7..9330de094 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_RENESAS_GBETH) += dwmac-renesas-gbeth.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_ROCKCHIP) += dwmac-rk.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_RZN1) += dwmac-rzn1.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_S32) += dwmac-s32.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_SF19A2890) += dwmac-sf19a2890.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_SOCFPGA) += dwmac-altr-socfpga.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_SOPHGO) += dwmac-sophgo.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_SPACEMIT) += dwmac-spacemit.o
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sf19a2890.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sf19a2890.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..41bfe7a4a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sf19a2890.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Siflower SF19A2890 GMAC glue
> + *
> + * The SF19A2890 has a DWMAC 3.73a. Its interface type and RGMII clock
> + * delays are set in a register block of their own.
> + *
> + * Based on the driver by Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@xxxxxxxxx>.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/bitfield.h>
> +#include <linux/clk.h>
> +#include <linux/io.h>
> +#include <linux/math.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/of.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
> +#include <linux/stmmac.h>
> +
> +#include "stmmac_platform.h"
> +
> +/* GMAC configuration block */
> +#define SF19A2890_GMAC_MISC 0x0
> +#define SF19A2890_PHY_INTF_SEL GENMASK(2, 0)
> +#define SF19A2890_GMAC_TX_DELAY 0x4
> +#define SF19A2890_GMAC_RX_DELAY 0x8
> +#define SF19A2890_GMAC_RX_DELAY_EN 0xc
> +#define SF19A2890_DELAY_MAX 0xff
> +
> +/*
> + * The delay line's step is not documented. Sweeping a full 8 ns RGMII clock
> + * period at 1000 Mb/s takes 145 steps, so one step is about 55 ps.
> + */
> +#define SF19A2890_DELAY_STEP_PS 55
> +
> +struct sf19a2890_gmac {
> + struct device *dev;

This is only used during the probe sequence, you can simply pass it as
function parameters, this avoids using up memory to store that :)

> + void __iomem *cfg;
> +};
> +
> +static int sf19a2890_gmac_set_phy_intf_sel(void *bsp_priv, u8 phy_intf_sel)
> +{
> + struct sf19a2890_gmac *gmac = bsp_priv;
> + u32 val;
> +
> + if (phy_intf_sel != PHY_INTF_SEL_GMII_MII &&
> + phy_intf_sel != PHY_INTF_SEL_RGMII &&
> + phy_intf_sel != PHY_INTF_SEL_RMII)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + val = readl(gmac->cfg + SF19A2890_GMAC_MISC);
> + val &= ~SF19A2890_PHY_INTF_SEL;
> + val |= FIELD_PREP(SF19A2890_PHY_INTF_SEL, phy_intf_sel);
> + writel(val, gmac->cfg + SF19A2890_GMAC_MISC);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int sf19a2890_gmac_get_delay(struct sf19a2890_gmac *gmac,
> + const char *prop, u32 *steps)
> +{
> + u32 ps;
> +
> + *steps = 0;
> + if (of_property_read_u32(gmac->dev->of_node, prop, &ps))
> + return 0;
> +
> + *steps = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(ps, SF19A2890_DELAY_STEP_PS);
> + if (*steps > SF19A2890_DELAY_MAX)
> + return dev_err_probe(gmac->dev, -EINVAL,
> + "%s too large: %u\n", prop, ps);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* The MAC adds an RGMII delay only where the device tree asks for one */
> +static int sf19a2890_gmac_set_delays(struct sf19a2890_gmac *gmac)
> +{
> + u32 tx, rx;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = sf19a2890_gmac_get_delay(gmac, "tx-internal-delay-ps", &tx);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + ret = sf19a2890_gmac_get_delay(gmac, "rx-internal-delay-ps", &rx);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + writel(tx, gmac->cfg + SF19A2890_GMAC_TX_DELAY);
> + writel(rx, gmac->cfg + SF19A2890_GMAC_RX_DELAY);
> + writel(!!rx, gmac->cfg + SF19A2890_GMAC_RX_DELAY_EN);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int sf19a2890_gmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat_dat;
> + struct stmmac_resources stmmac_res;
> + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> + struct sf19a2890_gmac *gmac;
> + struct clk *clk;
> + int ret;
> +
> + gmac = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*gmac), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!gmac)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + gmac->dev = dev;
> +
> + gmac->cfg = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 1);
> + if (IS_ERR(gmac->cfg))
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(gmac->cfg),
> + "failed to map the configuration block\n");
> +
> + clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(dev, "byp_ref");
> + if (IS_ERR(clk))
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(clk),
> + "failed to enable the byp_ref clock\n");
> +
> + ret = sf19a2890_gmac_set_delays(gmac);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + ret = stmmac_get_platform_resources(pdev, &stmmac_res);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + plat_dat = devm_stmmac_probe_config_dt(pdev, stmmac_res.mac);
> + if (IS_ERR(plat_dat))
> + return PTR_ERR(plat_dat);
> +
> + plat_dat->bsp_priv = gmac;
> + plat_dat->set_phy_intf_sel = sf19a2890_gmac_set_phy_intf_sel;
> +
> + return stmmac_dvr_probe(dev, plat_dat, &stmmac_res);
> +}
> +
> +static const struct of_device_id sf19a2890_gmac_match[] = {
> + { .compatible = "siflower,sf19a2890-gmac" },
> + { }
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sf19a2890_gmac_match);
> +
> +static struct platform_driver sf19a2890_gmac_driver = {
> + .probe = sf19a2890_gmac_probe,
> + .remove = stmmac_pltfr_remove,
> + .driver = {
> + .name = "sf19a2890-gmac",
> + .pm = &stmmac_pltfr_pm_ops,
> + .of_match_table = sf19a2890_gmac_match,
> + },
> +};
> +module_platform_driver(sf19a2890_gmac_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Siflower SF19A2890 GMAC glue");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

Thanks :)

Maxime