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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.rst b/Documentation/networking/phy.rst index 571ba08386e7..d11329a08984 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/phy.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.rst @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Whenever possible, use the PHY side RGMII delay for these reasons: * PHY device drivers in PHYLIB being reusable by nature, being able to configure correctly a specified delay enables more designs with similar delay - requirements to be operate correctly + requirements to be operated correctly For cases where the PHY is not capable of providing this delay, but the Ethernet MAC driver is capable of doing so, the correct phy_interface_t value @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ required delays, as defined per the RGMII standard, several options may be available: * Some SoCs may offer a pin pad/mux/controller capable of configuring a given - set of pins'strength, delays, and voltage; and it may be a suitable + set of pins' strength, delays, and voltage; and it may be a suitable option to insert the expected 2ns RGMII delay. * Modifying the PCB design to include a fixed delay (e.g: using a specifically @@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ negotiation results. Some of the interface modes are described below: +``PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SMII`` + This is serial MII, clocked at 125MHz, supporting 100M and 10M speeds. + Some details can be found in + https://opencores.org/ocsvn/smii/smii/trunk/doc/SMII.pdf + ``PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX`` This defines the 1000BASE-X single-lane serdes link as defined by the 802.3 standard section 36. The link operates at a fixed bit rate of @@ -303,6 +308,21 @@ Some of the interface modes are described below: rate of 125Mpbs using a 4B/5B encoding scheme, resulting in an underlying data rate of 100Mpbs. +``PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_QUSGMII`` + This defines the Cisco the Quad USGMII mode, which is the Quad variant of + the USGMII (Universal SGMII) link. It's very similar to QSGMII, but uses + a Packet Control Header (PCH) instead of the 7 bytes preamble to carry not + only the port id, but also so-called "extensions". The only documented + extension so-far in the specification is the inclusion of timestamps, for + PTP-enabled PHYs. This mode isn't compatible with QSGMII, but offers the + same capabilities in terms of link speed and negociation. + +``PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEKX`` + This is 1000BASE-X as defined by IEEE 802.3 Clause 36 with Clause 73 + autonegotiation. Generally, it will be used with a Clause 70 PMD. To + contrast with the 1000BASE-X phy mode used for Clause 38 and 39 PMDs, this + interface mode has different autonegotiation and only supports full duplex. + Pause frames / flow control =========================== |