On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 08:35:05AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:

This UAPI is needed for BroadR-Reach 100BASE-T1 devices. Due to lack of
auto-negotiation support, we needed to be able to configure the
MASTER-SLAVE role of the port manually or from an application in user
space.

The same UAPI can be used for 1000BASE-T or MultiGBASE-T devices to
force MASTER or SLAVE role. See IEEE 802.3-2018:
22.2.4.3.7 MASTER-SLAVE control register (Register 9)
22.2.4.3.8 MASTER-SLAVE status register (Register 10)
40.5.2 MASTER-SLAVE configuration resolution
45.2.1.185.1 MASTER-SLAVE config value (1.2100.14)
45.2.7.10 MultiGBASE-T AN control 1 register (Register 7.32)

The MASTER-SLAVE role affects the clock configuration:

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When the  PHY is configured as MASTER, the PMA Transmit function shall
source TX_TCLK from a local clock source. When configured as SLAVE, the
PMA Transmit function shall source TX_TCLK from the clock recovered from
data stream provided by MASTER.

iMX6Q                     KSZ9031                XXX
------\                /-----------\        /------------\
      |                |           |        |            |
 MAC  |<----RGMII----->| PHY Slave |<------>| PHY Master |
      |<--- 125 MHz ---+-<------/  |        | \          |
------/                \-----------/        \------------/
                                               ^
                                                \-TX_TCLK

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Since some clock or link related issues are only reproducible in a
specific MASTER-SLAVE-role, MAC and PHY configuration, it is beneficial
to provide generic (not 100BASE-T1 specific) interface to the user space
for configuration flexibility and trouble shooting.

Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
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I'm OK with the ethtool part and interface between ethtool and phy code
but I'm not confident to review the low level genphy stuff so it would
be nice if someone could check that.

Michal