net: documentation: add docs for MAC/PHY support in DPAA2

Add documentation file for the MAC/PHY support in the DPAA2
architecture. This describes the architecture and implementation of the
interface between phylink and a DPAA2 network driver.

Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 192 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst
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--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index.rst
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ DPAA2 Documentation
    overview
    dpio-driver
    ethernet-driver
+   mac-phy-support
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/mac-phy-support.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/mac-phy-support.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
+=======================
+DPAA2 MAC / PHY support
+=======================
+
+:Copyright: |copy| 2019 NXP
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+The DPAA2 MAC / PHY support consists of a set of APIs that help DPAA2 network
+drivers (dpaa2-eth, dpaa2-ethsw) interract with the PHY library.
+
+DPAA2 Software Architecture
+---------------------------
+
+Among other DPAA2 objects, the fsl-mc bus exports DPNI objects (abstracting a
+network interface) and DPMAC objects (abstracting a MAC). The dpaa2-eth driver
+probes on the DPNI object and connects to and configures a DPMAC object with
+the help of phylink.
+
+Data connections may be established between a DPNI and a DPMAC, or between two
+DPNIs. Depending on the connection type, the netif_carrier_[on/off] is handled
+directly by the dpaa2-eth driver or by phylink.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  Sources of abstracted link state information presented by the MC firmware
+
+                                               +--------------------------------------+
+  +------------+                  +---------+  |                           xgmac_mdio |
+  | net_device |                  | phylink |--|  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+  |
+  +------------+                  +---------+  |  | PHY |  | PHY |  | PHY |  | PHY |  |
+        |                             |        |  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+  |
+      +------------------------------------+   |                    External MDIO bus |
+      |            dpaa2-eth               |   +--------------------------------------+
+      +------------------------------------+
+        |                             |                                           Linux
+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        |                             |                                     MC firmware
+        |              /|             V
+  +----------+        / |       +----------+
+  |          |       /  |       |          |
+  |          |       |  |       |          |
+  |   DPNI   |<------|  |<------|   DPMAC  |
+  |          |       |  |       |          |
+  |          |       \  |<---+  |          |
+  +----------+        \ |    |  +----------+
+                       \|    |
+                             |
+           +--------------------------------------+
+           | MC firmware polling MAC PCS for link |
+           |  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+  |
+           |  | PCS |  | PCS |  | PCS |  | PCS |  |
+           |  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+  |
+           |                    Internal MDIO bus |
+           +--------------------------------------+
+
+
+Depending on an MC firmware configuration setting, each MAC may be in one of two modes:
+
+- DPMAC_LINK_TYPE_FIXED: the link state management is handled exclusively by
+  the MC firmware by polling the MAC PCS. Without the need to register a
+  phylink instance, the dpaa2-eth driver will not bind to the connected dpmac
+  object at all.
+
+- DPMAC_LINK_TYPE_PHY: The MC firmware is left waiting for link state update
+  events, but those are in fact passed strictly between the dpaa2-mac (based on
+  phylink) and its attached net_device driver (dpaa2-eth, dpaa2-ethsw),
+  effectively bypassing the firmware.
+
+Implementation
+--------------
+
+At probe time or when a DPNI's endpoint is dynamically changed, the dpaa2-eth
+is responsible to find out if the peer object is a DPMAC and if this is the
+case, to integrate it with PHYLINK using the dpaa2_mac_connect() API, which
+will do the following:
+
+ - look up the device tree for PHYLINK-compatible of binding (phy-handle)
+ - will create a PHYLINK instance associated with the received net_device
+ - connect to the PHY using phylink_of_phy_connect()
+
+The following phylink_mac_ops callback are implemented:
+
+ - .validate() will populate the supported linkmodes with the MAC capabilities
+   only when the phy_interface_t is RGMII_* (at the moment, this is the only
+   link type supported by the driver).
+
+ - .mac_config() will configure the MAC in the new configuration using the
+   dpmac_set_link_state() MC firmware API.
+
+ - .mac_link_up() / .mac_link_down() will update the MAC link using the same
+   API described above.
+
+At driver unbind() or when the DPNI object is disconnected from the DPMAC, the
+dpaa2-eth driver calls dpaa2_mac_disconnect() which will, in turn, disconnect
+from the PHY and destroy the PHYLINK instance.
+
+In case of a DPNI-DPMAC connection, an 'ip link set dev eth0 up' would start
+the following sequence of operations:
+
+(1) phylink_start() called from .dev_open().
+(2) The .mac_config() and .mac_link_up() callbacks are called by PHYLINK.
+(3) In order to configure the HW MAC, the MC Firmware API
+    dpmac_set_link_state() is called.
+(4) The firmware will eventually setup the HW MAC in the new configuration.
+(5) A netif_carrier_on() call is made directly from PHYLINK on the associated
+    net_device.
+(6) The dpaa2-eth driver handles the LINK_STATE_CHANGE irq in order to
+    enable/disable Rx taildrop based on the pause frame settings.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  +---------+               +---------+
+  | PHYLINK |-------------->|  eth0   |
+  +---------+           (5) +---------+
+  (1) ^  |
+      |  |
+      |  v (2)
+  +-----------------------------------+
+  |             dpaa2-eth             |
+  +-----------------------------------+
+         |                    ^ (6)
+         |                    |
+         v (3)                |
+  +---------+---------------+---------+
+  |  DPMAC  |               |  DPNI   |
+  +---------+               +---------+
+  |            MC Firmware            |
+  +-----------------------------------+
+         |
+         |
+         v (4)
+  +-----------------------------------+
+  |             HW MAC                |
+  +-----------------------------------+
+
+In case of a DPNI-DPNI connection, a usual sequence of operations looks like
+the following:
+
+(1) ip link set dev eth0 up
+(2) The dpni_enable() MC API called on the associated fsl_mc_device.
+(3) ip link set dev eth1 up
+(4) The dpni_enable() MC API called on the associated fsl_mc_device.
+(5) The LINK_STATE_CHANGED irq is received by both instances of the dpaa2-eth
+    driver because now the operational link state is up.
+(6) The netif_carrier_on() is called on the exported net_device from
+    link_state_update().
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  +---------+               +---------+
+  |  eth0   |               |  eth1   |
+  +---------+               +---------+
+      |  ^                     ^  |
+      |  |                     |  |
+  (1) v  | (6)             (6) |  v (3)
+  +---------+               +---------+
+  |dpaa2-eth|               |dpaa2-eth|
+  +---------+               +---------+
+      |  ^                     ^  |
+      |  |                     |  |
+  (2) v  | (5)             (5) |  v (4)
+  +---------+---------------+---------+
+  |  DPNI   |               |  DPNI   |
+  +---------+               +---------+
+  |            MC Firmware            |
+  +-----------------------------------+
+
+
+Exported API
+------------
+
+Any DPAA2 driver that drivers endpoints of DPMAC objects should service its
+_EVENT_ENDPOINT_CHANGED irq and connect/disconnect from the associated DPMAC
+when necessary using the below listed API::
+
+ - int dpaa2_mac_connect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac);
+ - void dpaa2_mac_disconnect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac);
+
+A phylink integration is necessary only when the partner DPMAC is not of TYPE_FIXED.
+One can check for this condition using the below API::
+
+ - bool dpaa2_mac_is_type_fixed(struct fsl_mc_device *dpmac_dev,struct fsl_mc_io *mc_io);
+
+Before connection to a MAC, the caller must allocate and populate the
+dpaa2_mac structure with the associated net_device, a pointer to the MC portal
+to be used and the actual fsl_mc_device structure of the DPMAC.