Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: net: dsa: qca8k: Add PORT0_PAD_CTRL properties

[Matthew Hagan <mnhagan88@gmail.com>]

On 16/07/2020 23:32, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 03:09:25PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:50:26 +0100 Matthew Hagan wrote:
>>> Add names and decriptions of additional PORT0_PAD_CTRL properties.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Hagan <mnhagan88@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt | 8 ++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
>>> index ccbc6d89325d..3d34c4f2e891 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
>>> @@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ Optional properties:
>>>  
>>>  - reset-gpios: GPIO to be used to reset the whole device
>>>  
>>> +Optional MAC configuration properties:
>>> +
>>> +- qca,exchange-mac0-mac6:	If present, internally swaps MAC0 and MAC6.
>>
>> Perhaps we can say a little more here?
>>
>>> +- qca,sgmii-rxclk-falling-edge:	If present, sets receive clock phase to
>>> +				falling edge.
>>> +- qca,sgmii-txclk-falling-edge:	If present, sets transmit clock phase to
>>> +				falling edge.
>>
>> These are not something that other vendors may implement and therefore
>> something we may want to make generic? Andrew?
> 
> I've never seen any other vendor implement this. Which to me makes me
> think this is a vendor extension, to Ciscos vendor extension of
> 1000BaseX.
> 
> Matthew, do you have a real use cases of these? I don't see a DT patch
> making use of them. And if you do, what is the PHY on the other end
> which also allows you to invert the clocks?
> 
The use case I am working on is the Cisco Meraki MX65 which requires bit
18 set (qca,sgmii-txclk-falling-edge). On the other side is a BCM58625
SRAB with ports 4 and 5 in SGMII mode. There is no special polarity
configuration set on this side though I do have very limited info on
what is available. The settings I have replicate the vendor
configuration extracted from the device.

The qca,sgmii-rxclk-falling-edge option (bit 19) is commonly used
according to the device trees found in the OpenWrt, which is still using
the ar8216 driver. With a count through the ar8327-initvals I see bit 19
set on 18 of 22 devices using SGMII on MAC0.
>        Andrew
> 

Matthew