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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/phy.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt index 95e5f5985a2..3544c98401f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The MDIO bus time, so it is safe for them to block, waiting for an interrupt to signal the operation is complete - 2) A reset function is necessary. This is used to return the bus to an + 2) A reset function is optional. This is used to return the bus to an initialized state. 3) A probe function is needed. This function should set up anything the bus @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything Now, to connect, just call this function: - phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, flags, interface); + phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, interface); phydev is a pointer to the phy_device structure which represents the PHY. If phy_connect is successful, it will return the pointer. dev, here, is the @@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything current state, though the PHY will not yet be truly operational at this point. - flags is a u32 which can optionally contain phy-specific flags. + PHY-specific flags should be set in phydev->dev_flags prior to the call + to phy_connect() such that the underlying PHY driver can check for flags + and perform specific operations based on them. This is useful if the system has put hardware restrictions on the PHY/controller, of which the PHY needs to be aware. @@ -185,11 +187,10 @@ Doing it all yourself start, or disables then frees them for stop. struct phy_device * phy_attach(struct net_device *dev, const char *phy_id, - u32 flags, phy_interface_t interface); + phy_interface_t interface); Attaches a network device to a particular PHY, binding the PHY to a generic - driver if none was found during bus initialization. Passes in - any phy-specific flags as needed. + driver if none was found during bus initialization. int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev); @@ -252,15 +253,25 @@ Writing a PHY driver Each driver consists of a number of function pointers: + soft_reset: perform a PHY software reset config_init: configures PHY into a sane state after a reset. For instance, a Davicom PHY requires descrambling disabled. - probe: Does any setup needed by the driver + probe: Allocate phy->priv, optionally refuse to bind. + PHY may not have been reset or had fixups run yet. suspend/resume: power management config_aneg: Changes the speed/duplex/negotiation settings + aneg_done: Determines the auto-negotiation result read_status: Reads the current speed/duplex/negotiation settings ack_interrupt: Clear a pending interrupt + did_interrupt: Checks if the PHY generated an interrupt config_intr: Enable or disable interrupts remove: Does any driver take-down + ts_info: Queries about the HW timestamping status + hwtstamp: Set the PHY HW timestamping configuration + rxtstamp: Requests a receive timestamp at the PHY level for a 'skb' + txtsamp: Requests a transmit timestamp at the PHY level for a 'skb' + set_wol: Enable Wake-on-LAN at the PHY level + get_wol: Get the Wake-on-LAN status at the PHY level Of these, only config_aneg and read_status are required to be assigned by the driver code. The rest are optional. Also, it is |