[PATCH v2 phy-next 13/15] dt-bindings: phy: lynx-10g: initial document

Alexander Stein alexander.stein at ew.tq-group.com
Sun May 31 23:34:25 PDT 2026


Hi,

Am Freitag, 29. Mai 2026, 19:15:07 CEST schrieb Vladimir Oltean:
> Add a schema for the 10G Lynx SerDes. This is very similar to the modern
> form of the 28G Lynx SerDes, which is very much the intention.
> 
> We allow both forms of #phy-cells = <1> in the top-level provider
> and #phy-cells = <0> in the per-lane provider for more flexibility to
> consumers, and because the kernel code is shared with the 28G Lynx which
> already has that support for compatibility reasons.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com>
> ---
> Cc: devicetree at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt at kernel.org>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt at kernel.org>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
> 
> v1->v2:
> - move patch later in series, right before driver
> - deliberately ignoring this Sashiko feedback:
>   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-phy/20260529125017.ifqunh52gdzhthdg@skbuf/
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.yaml | 131 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 131 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.yaml
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..993f076bba4e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Freescale Lynx 10G SerDes PHY
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com>
> +
> +description:
> +  The 10G Lynx is a multi-protocol SerDes block which handles networking, PCIe,
> +  SATA and other high-speed interfaces. It is present on most QorIQ and
> +  Layerscape SoCs. The register map is common, but the integration is
> +  SoC-specific, with the differences consisting in register endianness, the
> +  number of lanes, protocol converters available per lane and their location in
> +  the PCCR registers. Some SoCs have multiple SerDes blocks and those differ in
> +  their protocol capabilities per lane.
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    description:
> +      There is intentionally no generic fsl,lynx-10g compatible string due to
> +      the hardware inability to report its capabilities, despite having a
> +      common register map.
> +    enum:
> +      - fsl,ls1028a-serdes
> +      - fsl,ls1046a-serdes1
> +      - fsl,ls1046a-serdes2
> +      - fsl,ls1088a-serdes1
> +      - fsl,ls1088a-serdes2
> +      - fsl,ls2088a-serdes1
> +      - fsl,ls2088a-serdes2

Silly question: What about LS1043A? AFAIK it has a single serdes block.

Best regards
Alexander

> +
> +  reg:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  big-endian: true
> +
> +  "#phy-cells":
> +    const: 1
> +
> +  "#address-cells":
> +    const: 1
> +
> +  "#size-cells":
> +    const: 0
> +
> +patternProperties:
> +  "^phy@[0-7]$":
> +    type: object
> +    description: SerDes lane (single RX/TX differential pair)
> +
> +    properties:
> +      reg:
> +        minimum: 0
> +        maximum: 7
> +        description: Lane index as seen in register map
> +
> +      "#phy-cells":
> +        const: 0
> +
> +    required:
> +      - reg
> +      - "#phy-cells"
> +
> +    additionalProperties: false
> +
> +required:
> +  - compatible
> +  - reg
> +  - "#phy-cells"
> +  - "#address-cells"
> +  - "#size-cells"
> +
> +allOf:
> +  - if:
> +      properties:
> +        compatible:
> +          contains:
> +            enum:
> +              - fsl,ls1028a-serdes
> +              - fsl,ls1046a-serdes1
> +              - fsl,ls1046a-serdes2
> +              - fsl,ls1088a-serdes1
> +              - fsl,ls1088a-serdes2
> +    then:
> +      patternProperties:
> +        "^phy@[0-7]$":
> +          properties:
> +            reg:
> +              minimum: 0
> +              maximum: 3
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> +  - |
> +    soc {
> +      #address-cells = <2>;
> +      #size-cells = <2>;
> +
> +      serdes at 1ea0000 {
> +        compatible = "fsl,ls1028a-serdes";
> +        reg = <0x0 0x1ea0000 0x0 0xffff>;
> +        #address-cells = <1>;
> +        #size-cells = <0>;
> +        #phy-cells = <1>;
> +
> +        phy at 0 {
> +          reg = <0>;
> +          #phy-cells = <0>;
> +        };
> +
> +        phy at 1 {
> +          reg = <1>;
> +          #phy-cells = <0>;
> +        };
> +
> +        phy at 2 {
> +          reg = <2>;
> +          #phy-cells = <0>;
> +        };
> +
> +        phy at 3 {
> +          reg = <3>;
> +          #phy-cells = <0>;
> +        };
> +      };
> +    };
> 


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