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    net: phy: add basic driver for NXP CBTX PHY · f3b766d9
    Vladimir Oltean authored
    The CBTX PHY is a Fast Ethernet PHY integrated into the SJA1110 A/B/C
    automotive Ethernet switches.
    
    It was hoped it would work with the Generic PHY driver, but alas, it
    doesn't. The most important reason why is that the PHY is powered down
    by default, and it needs a vendor register to power it on.
    
    It has a linear memory map that is accessed over SPI by the SJA1110
    switch driver, which exposes a fake MDIO controller. It has the
    following (and only the following) standard clause 22 registers:
    
    0x0: MII_BMCR
    0x1: MII_BMSR
    0x2: MII_PHYSID1
    0x3: MII_PHYSID2
    0x4: MII_ADVERTISE
    0x5: MII_LPA
    0x6: MII_EXPANSION
    0x7: the missing MII_NPAGE for Next Page Transmit Register
    
    Every other register is vendor-defined.
    
    The register map expands the standard clause 22 5-bit address space of
    0x20 registers, however the driver does not need to access the extra
    registers for now (and hopefully never). If it ever needs to do that, it
    is possible to implement a fake (software) page switching mechanism
    between the PHY driver and the SJA1110 MDIO controller driver.
    
    Also, Auto-MDIX is turned off by default in hardware, the driver turns
    it on by default and reports the current status. I've tested this with a
    VSC8514 link partner and a crossover cable, by forcing the mode on the
    link partner, and seeing that the CBTX PHY always sees the reverse of
    the mode forced on the VSC8514 (and that traffic works). The link
    doesn't come up (as expected) if MDI modes are forced on both ends in
    the same way (with the cross-over cable, that is).
    Signed-off-by: default avatarVladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarAndrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418190141.1040562-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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