netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 01/14] Documentation: networking: add OPEN Alliance 10BASE-T1x MAC-PHY serial interface

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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 17:35:24 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Parthiban Veerasooran <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 01/14] Documentation: networking: add OPEN
 Alliance 10BASE-T1x MAC-PHY serial interface

On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 09:38:53AM +0530, Parthiban Veerasooran wrote:
> The IEEE 802.3cg project defines two 10 Mbit/s PHYs operating over a
> single pair of conductors. The 10BASE-T1L (Clause 146) is a long reach
> PHY supporting full duplex point-to-point operation over 1 km of single
> balanced pair of conductors. The 10BASE-T1S (Clause 147) is a short reach
> PHY supporting full / half duplex point-to-point operation over 15 m of
> single balanced pair of conductors, or half duplex multidrop bus
> operation over 25 m of single balanced pair of conductors.
> 
> Furthermore, the IEEE 802.3cg project defines the new Physical Layer
> Collision Avoidance (PLCA) Reconciliation Sublayer (Clause 148) meant to
> provide improved determinism to the CSMA/CD media access method. PLCA
> works in conjunction with the 10BASE-T1S PHY operating in multidrop mode.
> 
> The aforementioned PHYs are intended to cover the low-speed / low-cost
> applications in industrial and automotive environment. The large number
> of pins (16) required by the MII interface, which is specified by the
> IEEE 802.3 in Clause 22, is one of the major cost factors that need to be
> addressed to fulfil this objective.
> 
> The MAC-PHY solution integrates an IEEE Clause 4 MAC and a 10BASE-T1x PHY
> exposing a low pin count Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) to the host
> microcontroller. This also enables the addition of Ethernet functionality
> to existing low-end microcontrollers which do not integrate a MAC
> controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Parthiban Veerasooran <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew