From: Fidelio Lawson <lawson.fidelio@gmail.com>
To: Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@microchip.com>,
UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Cc: Woojung Huh <Woojung.Huh@microchip.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Fidelio Lawson <fidelio.lawson@exotec.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: dsa: microchip: add KSZ low-loss cable errata properties
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:10:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326-ksz87xx_errata_low_loss_connections-v1-1-79a698f43626@exotec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260326-ksz87xx_errata_low_loss_connections-v1-0-79a698f43626@exotec.com>
Microchip KSZ87xx switches are affected by the "Module 3: Equalizer fix
for short cables" erratum described in DS80000687C.
The embedded PHY receivers are tuned for long, high-loss cables,
which may cause signal distortion when operated with short or low-loss
cabling such as CAT5e or CAT6. In these cases,
the PHY may fail to establish a link due to internal over-amplification.
Two workarounds are provided by Microchip, each configuring a different
indirect register value to adjust the PHY equalizer settings.
This patch introduces two new device tree properties to enable and
select the appropriate workaround:
- microchip,low-loss-errata-enable: boolean enabling the feature
- microchip,low-loss-errata: selects workaround 1 or 2 (default: 1)
These properties allow board designers to opt into the errata fix
according to the targeted cable characteristics of their platform.
Signed-off-by: Fidelio Lawson <fidelio.lawson@exotec.com>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/microchip,ksz.yaml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/microchip,ksz.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/microchip,ksz.yaml
index 8d4a3a9a33fc..ddfbc36aace6 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/microchip,ksz.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/microchip,ksz.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,24 @@ properties:
enum: [2000, 4000, 8000, 12000, 16000, 20000, 24000, 28000]
default: 8000
+ microchip,low-loss-errata-enable:
+ description:
+ The receiver of the embedded PHYs is tuned by default to support long cable length applications. This was developed
+ using low quality, high loss cables. Because of this, the equalizer in the PHY may amplify high amplitude receiver signals
+ to the point that the signal is distorted internally, preventing a link from being established.
+ A more balanced receiver setting has been found that still functions at the long cable lengths and also supports
+ low loss applications.
+ If present, enables the selected errata workaround. If absent, the
+ workaround is disabled regardless of microchip,cat56-errata value.
+ type: boolean
+
+ microchip,low-loss-errata:
+ description:
+ Selects Microchip KSZ87xx CAT5e/CAT6 short-cable errata workaround.
+ 1 = Workaround 1, 2 = Workaround 2. If omitted, workaround 1 is applied.
+ enum: [1, 2]
+ default: 1
+
interrupts:
maxItems: 1
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 9:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-26 9:10 [PATCH 0/3] ksz87xx: add support for low-loss cable equalizer errata Fidelio Lawson
2026-03-26 9:10 ` Fidelio Lawson [this message]
2026-03-26 10:33 ` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: dsa: microchip: add KSZ low-loss cable errata properties Rob Herring (Arm)
2026-03-26 12:14 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-26 9:10 ` [PATCH 2/3] net: dsa: microchip: parse KSZ87xx low-loss errata from DT Fidelio Lawson
2026-03-26 9:10 ` [PATCH 3/3] net: dsa: microchip: implement KSZ87xx Module 3 low-loss cable errata Fidelio Lawson
2026-03-26 9:42 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-26 12:18 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-26 12:38 ` Marek Vasut
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