This series adds proper SGMII support for the Rockchip RK3568 SoC
using the integrated Synopsys DesignWare XPCS, along with necessary
fixes and refactoring in the stmmac core and XPCS driver.
Motivation
==========
The RK3568 integrates a DW XPCS accessed via APB3 and connected to
a Naneng Combo SerDes PHY. Several boards (e.g., Ariaboard
Photonicat) use this interface for Gigabit Ethernet. However, the
current upstream stmmac driver does not support this configuration,
and the XPCS driver has issues in SGMII poll mode that cause the
link to be reported incorrectly.
This series addresses these issues by:
- Adding ANRESTART support for SGMII link recovery
- Adding a Rockchip XPCS platform glue driver and wiring it up in
dwmac-rk
Series overview
===============
RK3568 XPCS/SGMII:
Patch 1: DT binding for Rockchip RK3568 XPCS
Patch 2: add ANRESTART support for SGMII link recovery
Patch 3: implement the Rockchip XPCS platform glue driver
Patch 4: DT binding for Rockchip DWMAC PCS
Patch 5: wire up SGMII support in dwmac-rk
Patch 6: update MAINTAINERS
Dependencies
============
- Generic PM domain (genpd) changes:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260925041751.495818-1-coiaprant@gmail.com/ (local)
- PHY binding+driver (Naneng Combo PHY SGMII MAC selection):
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261005221229.1095843-1-coiaprant@gmail.com/ (local)
- stmmac XPCS lifetime management fix:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261005221749.1104430-1-coiaprant@gmail.com/ (local)
The DTS changes using the PHY property are sent separately to
Heiko/linux-rockchip. There is no hard build dependency; the pieces
can converge during the merge window.
Changelog
=========
- Resend and split: PHY binding+driver sent to linux-phy, stmmac
lifetime fix and XPCS binding sent separately, DTS sent to
linux-rockchip.
Key design decisions
====================
- The stmmac core now delegates XPCS creation entirely to platform
drivers via pcs_init/pcs_exit. This is necessary because the
generic XPCS creation logic would override any XPCS set up by the
platform driver.
- The Rockchip XPCS driver creates a virtual MDIO bus over the APB3
registers and implements address remapping. The generic XPCS core
handles all PCS configuration via phylink_pcs_ops.
- On RK3568 in SGMII mode, the MAC clock is fixed at 125 MHz and
cannot be dynamically changed. In-band mode is used, and the
generic stmmac set_clk_tx_rate callback is disabled to prevent
incorrect clock updates that would break RX.
- The SerDes and power domain are attached to the XPCS device tree
node rather than the MAC node. This reflects the actual hardware
topology and simplifies the dwmac-rk driver by keeping all PCS-related
resources self-contained. It also prepares for possible future QSGMII
support, where a single SerDes serves multiple MACs and would be
more naturally managed under the XPCS node.
Testing
=======
Board: Ariaboard Photonicat (RK3568)
OS: Armbian (trixie)
Kernel: 6.18 (backports)
Result: The SGMII interface obtains an IP address, SSH works, and
ping traffic passes without loss.
Notes
=====
- When testing out-band mode with set_clk_tx_rate, only 1000Mbps
works on both TX/RX; 10/100Mbps only works on TX side.
Acknowledgments
===============
This work was inspired by and builds upon the excellent work of others:
- Serge Semin's Synopsys DesignWare XPCS platform driver (pcs-xpcs-plat.c)
- Clément Léger's Renesas MIIC driver (pcs-rzn1-miic.c)
- The Rockchip TRM and downstream OEM drivers
Thanks in advance,
Coia Prant
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Coia Prant (6):
dt-bindings: net: pcs: add rockchip,rk3568-xpcs support
net: pcs: xpcs: add ANRESTART support for SGMII link recovery
net: pcs: xpcs: add Rockchip RK3568 platform glue driver
dt-bindings: net: rockchip-dwmac: document pcs-handle
net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: add SGMII support for RK3568
MAINTAINERS: add entry for Rockchip XPCS driver
.../net/pcs/rockchip,rk3568-xpcs.yaml | 110 ++++
.../bindings/net/rockchip-dwmac.yaml | 18 +
MAINTAINERS | 9 +
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig | 1 +
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c | 130 +++-
drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig | 25 +
drivers/net/pcs/Makefile | 5 +-
drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs-rk.c | 619 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c | 35 +-
include/linux/pcs/pcs-xpcs-rk.h | 11 +
10 files changed, 935 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/pcs/rockchip,rk3568-xpcs.yaml
create mode 100644 drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs-rk.c
create mode 100644 include/linux/pcs/pcs-xpcs-rk.h
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