Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:05:33 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> To: Alexandr Rybalko <ray@dlink.ua> Cc: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de>, ticso@cicely.de, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pseudo PHY and fake PHY ID Message-ID: <20100303120533.GV58319@cicely7.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20100303122604.b8835c32.ray@dlink.ua> References: <20100302180242.824f4726.ray@dlink.ua> <20100302211703.GP58319@cicely7.cicely.de> <20100303122604.b8835c32.ray@dlink.ua>
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On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 12:26:04PM +0200, Alexandr Rybalko wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 22:17:03 +0100 > Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> wrote: > > >> On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 06:02:42PM +0200, Alexandr Rybalko wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I making correct driver for SoC switch which is Pseudo PHY on bfe interface. > >> > Someone can point me correct way to fake PHY ID for make it possible auto attach bfeswitch pseudo PHY driver? > >> > >> Has the switch an MDIO connection? > > Yes. > > >> I wrote the rtlswitch pseudo PHY driver for the RTL8305SC , which AFAIK still > >> is the only one. > >> The switch identifies without problem via identifiers, but it occupies multiple > >> addresses and to avoid other drivers to claim the other IDs the rtlswitch > >> driver claims all, but only attaches one time. > > My problem different, switch use one PHY address, but they (as I know) don`t provide identification. > And I have to devices > one on BCM5354 they have one bfe and one switch > second on BCM5350 they have two bfe and one switch > So I can`t only set hardcoded link bfe to bfeswitch. > I need way for keeping auto probe and to know how fake switch id depend on outer info. I don't know details since there doesn't seem to be a public accessible datasheet, but it looks like it is a fixed combo, so I would suggest to take a look into the rl/rlphy implementation, which had to solve a similar problem. The RTL8201 PHY family exists in two different styles. One are discrete chips and others are embedded with MAC. The RTL8139 for example include an RTL8201, but unlike the discrete versions the intenal PHY won't identify. -- B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.
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