Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:50:38 +0200
From:   Lars Persson <lars.persson@...s.com>
To:     Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
        Lars Persson <larper@...s.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
CC:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] dt: net: enhance DWC EQoS binding to support Tegra186



On 08/31/2016 11:48 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 08/31/2016 03:15 AM, Lars Persson wrote:
>> On 08/30/2016 10:50 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>>> On 08/30/2016 01:01 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 03:20:46PM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
>>>>> The Synopsys DWC EQoS is a configurable IP block which supports
>>>>> multiple
>>>>> options for bus type, clocking and reset structure, and feature list.
>>>>> Extend the DT binding to define a "compatible value" for the
>>>>> configuration
>>>>> contained in NVIDIA's Tegra186 SoC, and define some new properties and
>>>>> list property entries required by that configuration.
>
>>>>> diff --git
>>>>> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwc-qos-ethernet.txt
>>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwc-qos-ethernet.txt
>
>>>>> +- clock-names: May contain any/all of the following depending on
>>>>> the IP
>>>>> +  configuration, in any order:
>>>>> +    The EQOS transmit path clock. The HW signal name is clk_tx_i.
>>>>> +    In some configurations (e.g. GMII/RGMII), this clock also drives
>>>>> the PHY TX
>>>>> +    path. In other configurations, other clocks (such as tx_125,
>>>>> rmii) may
>>>>> +    drive the PHY TX path.
>>>>> +  - "rx"
>>>>> +    The EQOS receive path clock. The HW signal name is clk_rx_i.
>>>>> +    In some configurations (e.g. GMII/RGMII), this clock also drives
>>>>> the PHY RX
>>>>> +    path. In other configurations, other clocks (such as rx_125,
>>>>> pmarx_0,
>>>>> +    pmarx_1, rmii) may drive the PHY RX path.
>>
>> It is not correct that clk_rx_i drives the PHY rx path for GMII/RGMII.
>> The PHY is the source of the rx clock for these modes.
>
> I think both of our statements are true.
>
> There's a clock input to the EQOS module (clk_rx_i) that does drive the
> RX path in the EQOS module.
>
> That clock also drives the PHY's RX path.
>
> Those statements make no comment regarding the /source/ of that clock;
> either of the following might be true:
>
> 1) The PHY could generate the clock internally somehow, feed its own
> internal logic with that clock, and send the clock out to feed the EQOS
> RX path too.
>
> or,
>
> 2)  SoC integration could drive the same clock into both the EQOS and
> PHY modules, so that both sets of logic are fed from the same external
> clock.
>
> Perhaps the phrase "PHY RX path" is confusing; I was talking about the
> EQOS modules' RX path from the PHY more than the PHY itself, although
> given what I said above I believe either interpretation is valid and
> correct.
>
>> Will the driver need to make any clock ops on the "rx" clock ?
>
> Yes. The EQOS driver needs to ensure that the clock is running before
> attempting to receive data from the PHY, otherwise the EQOS's own RX
> logic won't be clocked.
>
> Whether the phandle for this clock points at a SoC-level provider (it
> will in Tegra) or a clock provider in the PHY (it might in other SoCs),
> shouldn't matter as far as the DT binding goes, although it might affect
> device probe ordering in some implementations.
>

I understand your point. The lines between PHY, MAC and SoC gets blurred 
with high integration.

The thing is that when we talk about standard PHY interfaces the clock 
is a well defined part of the interface and it should not be mixed up 
with SoC-specific implementations that deviate from this. Please update 
the description of the rx clock to only cover cases when the clock is 
not implicitly sourced from the PHY.

When the PHY is the source of the clock then it is managed by the phy 
library and the phy driver so it does not need to be also handled by the 
common clock framework.



>>>>> +  Note: Support for additional IP configurations may require
>>>>> adding the
>>>>> +  following clocks to this list in the future: clk_rx_125_i,
>>>>> clk_tx_125_i,
>>>>> +  clk_pmarx_0_i, clk_pmarx1_i, clk_rmii_i, clk_revmii_rx_i,
>>>>> clk_revmii_tx_i.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +  The following compatible values require the following set of
>>>>> clocks:
>>>>> +  - "nvidia,tegra186-eqos", "snps,dwc-qos-ethernet-4.10":
>>>>> +    - "slave_bus"
>>>>> +    - "master_bus"
>>>>> +    - "rx"
>>>>> +    - "tx"
>>>>> +    - "ptp_ref"
>>>>> +  - "axis,artpec6-eqos", "snps,dwc-qos-ethernet-4.10":
>>>>> +    - "phy_ref_clk"
>>>>> +    - "apb_clk"
>>>>
>>>> It would be good if this was marked deprecated and the full set of
>>>> clocks could be described and supported. Not sure if you can figure
>>>> that
>>>> out. Is it really only 2 clocks, or these have multiple connections to
>>>> the same source.
>>>
>>> Lars, can you answer here?
>>>
>>> I deliberately didn't attempt to change the binding definition for the
>>> existing use-case, since I'm not familiar with that SoC, and don't
>>> relish changing DTs for a platform I can't test.
>>
>> For the artpec-6 the clocks are like this:
>> apb_clk: It is both the master and slave bus clock.
>> phy_ref_clk: It corresponds to tx clock in the proposed new binding.
>>
>> There is a also a ptp reference clock that will map to the new ptp_ref
>> clock binding.
>>
>> So the full set of clocks in a new artpec-6 binding is:
>> slave_bus
>> master_bus
>> tx
>> ptp_ref
>
> Given the discussion above, I think we should represent the rx clock too.

It does not make sense to add rx clock for artpec-6.

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