[PATCH net-next 2/2] net: axienet: Add support for AXI 2.5G MAC

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 11:00:22AM -0500, Sean Anderson wrote:
> On 11/18/24 10:56, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 01:48:22PM +0530, Suraj Gupta wrote:
> >> Add AXI 2.5G MAC support, which is an incremental speed upgrade
> >> of AXI 1G MAC and supports 2.5G speed only. "max-speed" DT property
> >> is used in driver to distinguish 1G and 2.5G MACs of AXI 1G/2.5G IP.
> >> If max-speed property is missing, 1G is assumed to support backward
> >> compatibility.
> >> 
> >> Co-developed-by: Harini Katakam <harini.katakam at amd.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Harini Katakam <harini.katakam at amd.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2 at amd.com>
> >> ---
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> >> -	lp->phylink_config.mac_capabilities = MAC_SYM_PAUSE | MAC_ASYM_PAUSE |
> >> -		MAC_10FD | MAC_100FD | MAC_1000FD;
> >> +	lp->phylink_config.mac_capabilities = MAC_SYM_PAUSE | MAC_ASYM_PAUSE;
> >> +
> >> +	/* Set MAC capabilities based on MAC type */
> >> +	if (lp->max_speed == SPEED_1000)
> >> +		lp->phylink_config.mac_capabilities |= MAC_10FD | MAC_100FD | MAC_1000FD;
> >> +	else
> >> +		lp->phylink_config.mac_capabilities |= MAC_2500FD;
> > 
> > The MAC can only operate at (10M, 100M, 1G) _or_ 2.5G ?
> 
> It's a PCS limitation. It either does (1000Base-X and/or SGMII) OR
> (2500Base-X). The MAC itself doesn't have this limitation AFAIK.


And can the PCS change between these modes? It is pretty typical to
use SGMII for 10/100/1G and then swap to 2500BaseX for 2.5G.

	Andrew