Message ID | 20190211142529.22885-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com |
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Headers | show |
Series | net: phy: Add 2.5G/5GBASET PHYs support | expand |
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:25:25 +0100 > The 802.3bz standard defines 2 modes based on the NBASET alliance work > that allow to use 2.5Gbps and 5Gbps speeds on Cat 5e, 6 and 7 cables. > > This series adds the necessary infrastructure to handle these modes with > C45 PHYs. This series was originally part of a bigger one, that has > seen 2 iterations [1] [2] that added support for these modes on Marvell > Alaska PHYs. ... I'll give Andrew, Florian, and Heiner a chance to review this series.
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:25:25 +0100 > The 802.3bz standard defines 2 modes based on the NBASET alliance work > that allow to use 2.5Gbps and 5Gbps speeds on Cat 5e, 6 and 7 cables. > > This series adds the necessary infrastructure to handle these modes with > C45 PHYs. This series was originally part of a bigger one, that has > seen 2 iterations [1] [2] that added support for these modes on Marvell > Alaska PHYs. > > Following some discussions with Heiner and Andrew [3], we decided to > split-out the generic parts so that we can work together on the > following steps to get these mode fully working with Aquantia and > Marvell PHYS. > > The first 3 patches are reworking some of the internal network phy > infrastructure to handle the new modes in a more generic way. > > The 4th patch adds all the C45 register definition and accesses that > follows the 802.3bz standard to support 2.5GBASET and 5GBASET. > > [1] : https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190118152352.26417-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com/ > [2] : https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190207094939.27369-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com/ > [3] : https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/81c340ea-54b0-1abf-94af-b8dc4ee83e3a@gmail.com/ Series applied, thanks Maxime.