[PATCH v3] phy: fsl-imx8mq-usb: add debugfs to access control register

Frank Li Frank.li at nxp.com
Thu Jan 8 07:43:01 PST 2026


On Thu, Jan 08, 2026 at 04:36:41PM +0800, Xu Yang wrote:
> The CR port is a simple 16-bit data/address parallel port that is
> provided for on-chip access to the control registers inside the
> USB 3.0 femtoPHY[1].


> While access to these registers is not required
> for normal PHY operation, this interface enables you to access
> some of the PHY’s diagnostic features during normal operation or
> to override some basic PHY control signals.

Simple said "Export these registers by debugfs to help PHY’s diagnostic."
should be enough

>
> 3 debugfs files are created to read and write control registers,
> all use hexadecimal format:
> ctrl_reg_base: the register offset to write, or the start offset
>                to read.
> ctrl_reg_count: how many continuous registers to be read.
> ctrl_reg_value: read to show the continuous registers value from
>                 the offset in ctrl_reg_base, to ctrl_reg_base
>                 + ctrl_reg_count - 1, one line for one register.
>                 when write, override the register at ctrl_reg_base,
>                 one time can only change one 16bits register.

how many regs? how about create file regNNN,

cat/echo to regNNN?

or create export file

echo 100 > export, then create REG100, so can use cat/echo modify it.


>
> Link[1]: https://www.synopsys.com/dw/doc.php/phy/usb3.0/femto/phy/x652_usb3_ss14lpp_18_ns/4.07a/dwc_usb3.0_femtophy_ss14lpp_08V18V_x1_databook.pdf
> Signed-off-by: Li Jun <jun.li at nxp.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2 at nxp.com>
>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
>  - add documentation link of registers
> Changes in v2:
>  - correct copyright
>  - add imx8mq_phy_wait_for_cr_ack() helper and use it
>  - use DEFINE_SHOW_STORE_ATTRIBUTE()
>  - directly create debugfs file under imx phy debugfs
>  - remove debug_remove_files() since the phy core will handle it
> ---
>  drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c | 180 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 178 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c b/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
> index 95f9264bd0f7..e11054f6673c 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
> @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> -/* Copyright (c) 2017 NXP. */
> +/* Copyright 2017-2025 NXP. */
>
>  #include <linux/bitfield.h>
>  #include <linux/clk.h>
> +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
>  #include <linux/delay.h>
> -#include <linux/io.h>
> +#include <linux/iopoll.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/of.h>
>  #include <linux/phy/phy.h>
> @@ -57,6 +58,20 @@
>
>  #define PHY_TUNE_DEFAULT		0xffffffff
>
> +/* PHY control register access */
> +#define PHY_CTRL_REG_OFFSET_MAX		0x201f
> +
> +#define PHY_CRCTL			0x30
> +#define PHY_CRCTL_DATA_IN_MASK		GENMASK(15, 0)
> +#define PHY_CRCTL_CAP_ADDR		BIT(16)
> +#define PHY_CRCTL_CAP_DATA		BIT(17)
> +#define PHY_CRCTL_CR_WRITE		BIT(18)
> +#define PHY_CRCTL_CR_READ		BIT(19)
> +
> +#define PHY_CRSR			0x34
> +#define PHY_CRSR_DATA_OUT_MASK		GENMASK(15, 0)
> +#define PHY_CRSR_CR_ACK			BIT(16)
> +
>  #define TCA_CLK_RST			0x00
>  #define TCA_CLK_RST_SW			BIT(9)
>  #define TCA_CLK_RST_REF_CLK_EN		BIT(1)
> @@ -118,6 +133,9 @@ struct imx8mq_usb_phy {
>  	void __iomem *base;
>  	struct regulator *vbus;
>  	struct tca_blk *tca;
> +	struct dentry *debugfs;
> +	u16 cr_access_base;
> +	u16 cr_read_count;
>  	u32 pcs_tx_swing_full;
>  	u32 pcs_tx_deemph_3p5db;
>  	u32 tx_vref_tune;
> @@ -411,6 +429,163 @@ static u32 phy_pcs_tx_swing_full_from_property(u32 percent)
>  	percent = min(percent, 100U);
>
>  	return (percent * 127) / 100;
> +};
> +
> +static int imx8mq_phy_wait_for_cr_ack(struct imx8mq_usb_phy *imx_phy,
> +				      u32 stage, u32 *data)
> +{
> +	void __iomem	*cr_ctrl = imx_phy->base + PHY_CRCTL;
> +	void __iomem	*cr_sr = imx_phy->base + PHY_CRSR;
> +	u32		val;
> +	int		ret;
> +
> +	writel(readl(cr_ctrl) | stage, cr_ctrl);
> +	/* Wait CRSR[16] == 1 */
> +	ret = readl_poll_timeout(cr_sr, val,
> +				 (val & PHY_CRSR_CR_ACK) == PHY_CRSR_CR_ACK,
> +				 1, 100);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (stage == PHY_CRCTL_CR_READ)
> +		*data = readl(cr_sr) & 0xffff;
> +
> +	writel(readl(cr_ctrl) & (~stage), cr_ctrl);
> +	/* Wait CRSR[16] == 0 */
> +	return readl_poll_timeout(cr_sr, val, (val & PHY_CRSR_CR_ACK) == 0, 1, 100);
> +}
> +
> +static int imx8mq_phy_ctrl_reg_addr(struct imx8mq_usb_phy *imx_phy, u16 offset)
> +{
> +	void __iomem	*cr_ctrl = imx_phy->base + PHY_CRCTL;
> +	struct device	*dev = &imx_phy->phy->dev;
> +	int		ret;
> +
> +	writel(offset, cr_ctrl);
> +	ret = imx8mq_phy_wait_for_cr_ack(imx_phy, PHY_CRCTL_CAP_ADDR, NULL);
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "Failed to address reg 0x%04x\n", offset);
> +		return -EIO;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int imx8mq_phy_ctrl_reg_read(struct imx8mq_usb_phy *imx_phy,
> +				    u16 offset, u32 *val)
> +{
> +	struct device *dev = &imx_phy->phy->dev;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (offset > PHY_CTRL_REG_OFFSET_MAX) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "Invalid reg address 0x%04x\n", offset);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Address stage */
> +	ret = imx8mq_phy_ctrl_reg_addr(imx_phy, offset);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	/* Read data stage */
> +	ret = imx8mq_phy_wait_for_cr_ack(imx_phy, PHY_CRCTL_CR_READ, val);
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "Failed to read reg 0x%04x\n", offset);
> +		return -EIO;
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int imx8mq_phy_ctrl_reg_write(struct imx8mq_usb_phy *imx_phy,
> +				     u16 offset, u16 val)
> +{
> +	struct device	*dev = &imx_phy->phy->dev;
> +	void __iomem	*cr_ctrl = imx_phy->base + PHY_CRCTL;
> +	int		ret;
> +
> +	if (offset > PHY_CTRL_REG_OFFSET_MAX) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "Invalid reg address 0x%04x\n", offset);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Address stage */
> +	ret = imx8mq_phy_ctrl_reg_addr(imx_phy, offset);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	/* Capture data stage */
> +	writel(val, cr_ctrl);
> +	ret = imx8mq_phy_wait_for_cr_ack(imx_phy, PHY_CRCTL_CAP_DATA, NULL);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		goto cr_write_err;
> +
> +	/* Write data stage */
> +	ret = imx8mq_phy_wait_for_cr_ack(imx_phy, PHY_CRCTL_CR_WRITE, NULL);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		goto cr_write_err;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +cr_write_err:
> +	dev_err(dev, "Failed to write reg 0x%04x\n", offset);
> +	return -EIO;
> +}
> +
> +static int ctrl_reg_value_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
> +{
> +	struct imx8mq_usb_phy *imx_phy = s->private;
> +	u16 base = imx_phy->cr_access_base;
> +	u32 val;
> +	int i, ret;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < imx_phy->cr_read_count; i++) {
> +		ret = imx8mq_phy_ctrl_reg_read(imx_phy, base + i, &val);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			return ret;
> +
> +		seq_printf(s, "Control Register 0x%04x value is 0x%04x\n",
> +			   base + i, val);
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t ctrl_reg_value_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
> +				    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> +
> +{
> +	struct seq_file		*s = file->private_data;
> +	struct imx8mq_usb_phy	*imx_phy = s->private;
> +	u16			cr_value;
> +	int			ret;
> +
> +	ret = kstrtou16_from_user(ubuf, count, 16, &cr_value);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = imx8mq_phy_ctrl_reg_write(imx_phy, imx_phy->cr_access_base, cr_value);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	return count;
> +}
> +
> +DEFINE_SHOW_STORE_ATTRIBUTE(ctrl_reg_value);
> +
> +static void imx8m_create_debug_files(struct imx8mq_usb_phy *imx_phy)
> +{
> +	struct dentry *debugfs = imx_phy->phy->debugfs;
> +
> +	debugfs_create_x16("ctrl_reg_base", 0600, debugfs,
> +			   &imx_phy->cr_access_base);
> +	debugfs_create_x16("ctrl_reg_count", 0600, debugfs,
> +			   &imx_phy->cr_read_count);
> +	debugfs_create_file("ctrl_reg_value", 0600, debugfs,
> +			    imx_phy, &ctrl_reg_value_fops);
> +
> +	imx_phy->cr_access_base = 0;
> +	imx_phy->cr_read_count = 1;
>  }
>
>  static void imx8m_get_phy_tuning_data(struct imx8mq_usb_phy *imx_phy)
> @@ -731,6 +906,7 @@ static int imx8mq_usb_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  					"failed to get tca\n");
>
>  	imx8m_get_phy_tuning_data(imx_phy);
> +	imx8m_create_debug_files(imx_phy);

where remove debug fs?

Frank
>
>  	phy_provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(dev, of_phy_simple_xlate);
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>



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