[PATCH v4 05/10] net/fec: add dual fec support for mx28
Shawn Guo
shawn.guo at freescale.com
Tue Jan 11 06:38:20 EST 2011
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:27:17AM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 03:13:13PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > This patch is to add mx28 dual fec support. Here are some key notes
> > for mx28 fec controller.
> >
> > - The mx28 fec controller naming ENET-MAC is a different IP from FEC
> > used on other i.mx variants. But they are basically compatible
> > on software interface, so it's possible to share the same driver.
> > - ENET-MAC design on mx28 made an improper assumption that it runs
> > on a big-endian system. As the result, driver has to swap every
> > frame going to and coming from the controller.
> > - The external phys can only be configured by fec0, which means fec1
> > can not work independently and both phys need to be configured by
> > mii_bus attached on fec0.
> > - ENET-MAC reset will get mac address registers reset too.
> > - ENET-MAC MII/RMII mode and 10M/100M speed are configured
> > differently FEC.
> > - ETHER_EN bit must be set to get ENET-MAC interrupt work.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo at freescale.com>
> > ---
> > Changes for v4:
> > - Use #ifndef CONFIG_ARM to include ColdFire header files
> > - Define quirk bits in id_entry.driver_data to handle controller
> > difference, which is more scalable than using device name
> > - Define fec0_mii_bus as a static function in fec_enet_mii_init
> > to fold the mii_bus instance attached on fec0
> > - Use cpu_to_be32 over __swab32 in function swap_buffer
> >
> > Changes for v3:
> > - Move v2 changes into patch #3
> > - Use device name to check if it's running on ENET-MAC
> >
> > drivers/net/Kconfig | 7 ++-
> > drivers/net/fec.c | 148 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > drivers/net/fec.h | 5 +-
> > 3 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
> > index 4f1755b..f34629b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
> > @@ -1944,18 +1944,19 @@ config 68360_ENET
> > config FEC
> > bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire and some i.MX CPUs)"
> > depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x || M532x || \
> > - MACH_MX27 || ARCH_MX35 || ARCH_MX25 || ARCH_MX5
> > + MACH_MX27 || ARCH_MX35 || ARCH_MX25 || ARCH_MX5 || SOC_IMX28
> > select PHYLIB
> > help
> > Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet
> > controller on some Motorola ColdFire and Freescale i.MX processors.
> >
> > config FEC2
> > - bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)"
> > + bool "Second FEC ethernet controller"
> > depends on FEC
> > help
> > Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast
> > - ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors.
> > + ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire and Freescale
> > + i.MX processors.
>
> This option is used nowhere and should be removed. Certainly it does not
> have the effect of enabling the second ethernet controller.
>
As David has merged it, I would send a follow-up patch to remove it.
--
Regards,
Shawn
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