net: phy: Dealing with 88e1543 dual-port mode
Andrew Lunn
andrew at lunn.ch
Thu Nov 19 10:16:41 EST 2020
Hi Maxime
> The way this works is that the PHY is internally configured by chaining
> 2 internal PHYs back to back. One PHY deals with the Host interface and
> is configured as an SGMII to QSGMII converter (the QSGMII is only used
> from within the PHY), and the other PHY acts as the Media-side PHY,
> configured in QSGMII to auto-media (RJ45 or Fiber (SFP)) :
>
> +- 88e1543 -----------------------+
> +-----+ | +--------+ +--------+ | /-- Copper (RJ45)
> | |--SGMII----| Port 0 |--QSGMII--| Port 1 |----<
> | | | +--------+ +--------+ | \--- Fiber
> | MAC | | |
> | | | +--------+ +--------+ | /-- Copper (RJ45)
> | |--SGMII----| Port 2 |--QSGMII--| Port 3 |----<
> +-----+ | +--------+ +--------+ | \-- Fiber
> +---------------------------------+
Does this mean you need a dual port MAC as well?
Do we need to configure the MUX in the MAC?
Andrew
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