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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mdio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mdio index 6349749ebc29..491baaf4285f 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mdio +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mdio @@ -7,3 +7,23 @@ Description: by the device during bus enumeration, encoded in hexadecimal. This ID is used to match the device with the appropriate driver. + +What: /sys/bus/mdio_bus/devices/.../phy_interface +Date: February 2014 +KernelVersion: 3.15 +Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org +Description: + This attribute contains the PHY interface as configured by the + Ethernet driver during bus enumeration, encoded in string. + This interface mode is used to configure the Ethernet MAC with the + appropriate mode for its data lines to the PHY hardware. + +What: /sys/bus/mdio_bus/devices/.../phy_has_fixups +Date: February 2014 +KernelVersion: 3.15 +Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org +Description: + This attribute contains the boolean value whether a given PHY + device has had any "fixup" workaround running on it, encoded as + a boolean. This information is provided to help troubleshooting + PHY configurations. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/allwinner,sun4i-emac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/allwinner,sun4i-emac.txt index 863d5b8155c7..10640b17c866 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/allwinner,sun4i-emac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/allwinner,sun4i-emac.txt @@ -5,13 +5,9 @@ Required properties: "allwinner,sun4i-emac") - reg: address and length of the register set for the device. - interrupts: interrupt for the device -- phy: A phandle to a phy node defining the PHY address (as the reg - property, a single integer). +- phy: see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. - clocks: A phandle to the reference clock for this device -Optional properties: -- (local-)mac-address: mac address to be used by this driver - Example: emac: ethernet@01c0b000 { diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/arc_emac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/arc_emac.txt index bcbc3f009158..7fbb027218a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/arc_emac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/arc_emac.txt @@ -6,19 +6,12 @@ Required properties: - interrupts: Should contain the EMAC interrupts - clock-frequency: CPU frequency. It is needed to calculate and set polling period of EMAC. -- max-speed: Maximum supported data-rate in Mbit/s. In some HW configurations -bandwidth of external memory controller might be a limiting factor. That's why -it's required to specify which data-rate is supported on current SoC or FPGA. -For example if only 10 Mbit/s is supported (10BASE-T) set "10". If 100 Mbit/s is -supported (100BASE-TX) set "100". -- phy: PHY device attached to the EMAC via MDIO bus +- max-speed: see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. +- phy: see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. Child nodes of the driver are the individual PHY devices connected to the MDIO bus. They must have a "reg" property given the PHY address on the MDIO bus. -Optional properties: -- mac-address: 6 bytes, mac address - Examples: ethernet@c0fc2000 { diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/broadcom-bcmgenet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/broadcom-bcmgenet.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f2febb94550e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/broadcom-bcmgenet.txt @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +* Broadcom BCM7xxx Ethernet Controller (GENET) + +Required properties: +- compatible: should contain one of "brcm,genet-v1", "brcm,genet-v2", + "brcm,genet-v3", "brcm,genet-v4". +- reg: address and length of the register set for the device +- interrupts: must be two cells, the first cell is the general purpose + interrupt line, while the second cell is the interrupt for the ring + RX and TX queues operating in ring mode +- phy-mode: see ethernet.txt file in the same directory +- #address-cells: should be 1 +- #size-cells: should be 1 + +Optional properties: +- clocks: When provided, must be two phandles to the functional clocks nodes + of the GENET block. The first phandle is the main GENET clock used during + normal operation, while the second phandle is the Wake-on-LAN clock. +- clock-names: When provided, names of the functional clock phandles, first + name should be "enet" and second should be "enet-wol". + +- phy-handle: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory; used to describe + configurations where a PHY (internal or external) is used. + +- fixed-link: When the GENET interface is connected to a MoCA hardware block or + when operating in a RGMII to RGMII type of connection, or when the MDIO bus is + voluntarily disabled, this property should be used to describe the "fixed link". + See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt for information on + the property specifics + +Required child nodes: + +- mdio bus node: this node should always be present regarless of the PHY + configuration of the GENET instance + +MDIO bus node required properties: + +- compatible: should contain one of "brcm,genet-mdio-v1", "brcm,genet-mdio-v2" + "brcm,genet-mdio-v3", "brcm,genet-mdio-v4", the version has to match the + parent node compatible property (e.g: brcm,genet-v4 pairs with + brcm,genet-mdio-v4) +- reg: address and length relative to the parent node base register address +- #address-cells: address cell for MDIO bus addressing, should be 1 +- #size-cells: size of the cells for MDIO bus addressing, should be 0 + +Ethernet PHY node properties: + +See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt for the list of required and +optional properties. + +Internal Gigabit PHY example: + +ethernet@f0b60000 { + phy-mode = "internal"; + phy-handle = <&phy1>; + mac-address = [ 00 10 18 36 23 1a ]; + compatible = "brcm,genet-v4"; + #address-cells = <0x1>; + #size-cells = <0x1>; + reg = <0xf0b60000 0xfc4c>; + interrupts = <0x0 0x14 0x0>, <0x0 0x15 0x0>; + + mdio@e14 { + compatible = "brcm,genet-mdio-v4"; + #address-cells = <0x1>; + #size-cells = <0x0>; + reg = <0xe14 0x8>; + + phy1: ethernet-phy@1 { + max-speed = <1000>; + reg = <0x1>; + compatible = "brcm,28nm-gphy", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22"; + }; + }; +}; + +MoCA interface / MAC to MAC example: + +ethernet@f0b80000 { + phy-mode = "moca"; + fixed-link = <1 0 1000 0 0>; + mac-address = [ 00 10 18 36 24 1a ]; + compatible = "brcm,genet-v4"; + #address-cells = <0x1>; + #size-cells = <0x1>; + reg = <0xf0b80000 0xfc4c>; + interrupts = <0x0 0x16 0x0>, <0x0 0x17 0x0>; + + mdio@e14 { + compatible = "brcm,genet-mdio-v4"; + #address-cells = <0x1>; + #size-cells = <0x0>; + reg = <0xe14 0x8>; + }; +}; + + +External MDIO-connected Gigabit PHY/switch: + +ethernet@f0ba0000 { + phy-mode = "rgmii"; + phy-handle = <&phy0>; + mac-address = [ 00 10 18 36 26 1a ]; + compatible = "brcm,genet-v4"; + #address-cells = <0x1>; + #size-cells = <0x1>; + reg = <0xf0ba0000 0xfc4c>; + interrupts = <0x0 0x18 0x0>, <0x0 0x19 0x0>; + + mdio@0e14 { + compatible = "brcm,genet-mdio-v4"; + #address-cells = <0x1>; + #size-cells = <0x0>; + reg = <0xe14 0x8>; + + phy0: ethernet-phy@0 { + max-speed = <1000>; + reg = <0x0>; + compatible = "brcm,bcm53125", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22"; + }; + }; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/sja1000.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/sja1000.txt index f2105a47ec87..b4a6d53fb01a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/sja1000.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/sja1000.txt @@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Required properties: Optional properties: +- reg-io-width : Specify the size (in bytes) of the IO accesses that + should be performed on the device. Valid value is 1, 2 or 4. + Default to 1 (8 bits). + - nxp,external-clock-frequency : Frequency of the external oscillator clock in Hz. Note that the internal clock frequency used by the SJA1000 is half of that value. If not specified, a default value diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cavium-mix.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cavium-mix.txt index 5da628db68bf..8d7c3096390f 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cavium-mix.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cavium-mix.txt @@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ Properties: - interrupts: Two interrupt specifiers. The first is the MIX interrupt routing and the second the routing for the AGL interrupts. -- mac-address: Optional, the MAC address to assign to the device. - -- local-mac-address: Optional, the MAC address to assign to the device - if mac-address is not specified. - -- phy-handle: Optional, a phandle for the PHY device connected to this device. +- phy-handle: Optional, see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. Example: ethernet@1070000100800 { diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cavium-pip.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cavium-pip.txt index d4c53ba04b3b..7dbd158810d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cavium-pip.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cavium-pip.txt @@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ Properties for PIP port which is a child the PIP interface: - reg: The port number within the interface group. -- mac-address: Optional, the MAC address to assign to the device. - -- local-mac-address: Optional, the MAC address to assign to the device - if mac-address is not specified. - -- phy-handle: Optional, a phandle for the PHY device connected to this device. +- phy-handle: Optional, see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cdns-emac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cdns-emac.txt index 09055c2495f0..abd67c13d344 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cdns-emac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cdns-emac.txt @@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ Required properties: or the generic form: "cdns,emac". - reg: Address and length of the register set for the device - interrupts: Should contain macb interrupt -- phy-mode: String, operation mode of the PHY interface. - Supported values are: "mii", "rmii". - -Optional properties: -- local-mac-address: 6 bytes, mac address +- phy-mode: see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. Examples: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt index 05d660e4ac64..ae2b8b7f9c38 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt @@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ Optional properties: Slave Properties: Required properties: - phy_id : Specifies slave phy id -- phy-mode : The interface between the SoC and the PHY (a string - that of_get_phy_mode() can understand) -- mac-address : Specifies slave MAC address +- phy-mode : See ethernet.txt file in the same directory +- mac-address : See ethernet.txt file in the same directory Optional properties: - dual_emac_res_vlan : Specifies VID to be used to segregate the ports diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davicom-dm9000.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davicom-dm9000.txt index 2d39c990e641..28767ed7c1bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davicom-dm9000.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davicom-dm9000.txt @@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ Required properties: - interrupts : interrupt specifier specific to interrupt controller Optional properties: -- local-mac-address : A bytestring of 6 bytes specifying Ethernet MAC address - to use (from firmware or bootloader) - davicom,no-eeprom : Configuration EEPROM is not available - davicom,ext-phy : Use external PHY diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt index 6e356d15154a..032808843f90 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt @@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ Required properties: Miscellaneous Interrupt> Optional properties: -- phy-handle: Contains a phandle to an Ethernet PHY. +- phy-handle: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. If absent, davinci_emac driver defaults to 100/FULL. -- local-mac-address : 6 bytes, mac address - ti,davinci-rmii-en: 1 byte, 1 means use RMII - ti,davinci-no-bd-ram: boolean, does EMAC have BD RAM? diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9ecd43d8792c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +The following properties are common to the Ethernet controllers: + +- local-mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was + assigned to the network device; +- mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was last used by + the boot program; should be used in cases where the MAC address assigned to + the device by the boot program is different from the "local-mac-address" + property; +- max-speed: number, specifies maximum speed in Mbit/s supported by the device; +- max-frame-size: number, maximum transfer unit (IEEE defined MTU), rather than + the maximum frame size (there's contradiction in ePAPR). +- phy-mode: string, operation mode of the PHY interface; supported values are + "mii", "gmii", "sgmii", "tbi", "rev-mii", "rmii", "rgmii", "rgmii-id", + "rgmii-rxid", "rgmii-txid", "rtbi", "smii", "xgmii"; this is now a de-facto + standard property; +- phy-connection-type: the same as "phy-mode" property but described in ePAPR; +- phy-handle: phandle, specifies a reference to a node representing a PHY + device; this property is described in ePAPR and so preferred; +- phy: the same as "phy-handle" property, not recommended for new bindings. +- phy-device: the same as "phy-handle" property, not recommended for new + bindings. + +Child nodes of the Ethernet controller are typically the individual PHY devices +connected via the MDIO bus (sometimes the MDIO bus controller is separate). +They are described in the phy.txt file in this same directory. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt index 845ff848d895..6bc84adb10c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt @@ -4,12 +4,9 @@ Required properties: - compatible : Should be "fsl,<soc>-fec" - reg : Address and length of the register set for the device - interrupts : Should contain fec interrupt -- phy-mode : String, operation mode of the PHY interface. - Supported values are: "mii", "gmii", "sgmii", "tbi", "rmii", - "rgmii", "rgmii-id", "rgmii-rxid", "rgmii-txid", "rtbi", "smii". +- phy-mode : See ethernet.txt file in the same directory Optional properties: -- local-mac-address : 6 bytes, mac address - phy-reset-gpios : Should specify the gpio for phy reset - phy-reset-duration : Reset duration in milliseconds. Should present only if property "phy-reset-gpios" is available. Missing the property diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt index d2ea4605d078..737cdef4f903 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt @@ -38,22 +38,17 @@ Properties: - model : Model of the device. Can be "TSEC", "eTSEC", or "FEC" - compatible : Should be "gianfar" - reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device - - local-mac-address : List of bytes representing the ethernet address of - this controller - interrupts : For FEC devices, the first interrupt is the device's interrupt. For TSEC and eTSEC devices, the first interrupt is transmit, the second is receive, and the third is error. - - phy-handle : The phandle for the PHY connected to this ethernet - controller. + - phy-handle : See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. - fixed-link : <a b c d e> where a is emulated phy id - choose any, but unique to the all specified fixed-links, b is duplex - 0 half, 1 full, c is link speed - d#10/d#100/d#1000, d is pause - 0 no pause, 1 pause, e is asym_pause - 0 no asym_pause, 1 asym_pause. - - phy-connection-type : a string naming the controller/PHY interface type, - i.e., "mii" (default), "rmii", "gmii", "rgmii", "rgmii-id", "sgmii", - "tbi", or "rtbi". This property is only really needed if the connection - is of type "rgmii-id", as all other connection types are detected by - hardware. + - phy-connection-type : See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. + This property is only really needed if the connection is of type + "rgmii-id", as all other connection types are detected by hardware. - fsl,magic-packet : If present, indicates that the hardware supports waking up via magic packet. - bd-stash : If present, indicates that the hardware supports stashing diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/lpc-eth.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/lpc-eth.txt index 585021acd178..b92e927808b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/lpc-eth.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/lpc-eth.txt @@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ Required properties: - interrupts: Should contain ethernet controller interrupt Optional properties: -- phy-mode: String, operation mode of the PHY interface. - Supported values are: "mii", "rmii" (default) +- phy-mode: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. If the property is + absent, "rmii" is assumed. - use-iram: Use LPC32xx internal SRAM (IRAM) for DMA buffering -- local-mac-address : 6 bytes, mac address Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt index 70af2ec12b09..aaa696414f57 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt @@ -8,16 +8,12 @@ Required properties: the Cadence GEM, or the generic form: "cdns,gem". - reg: Address and length of the register set for the device - interrupts: Should contain macb interrupt -- phy-mode: String, operation mode of the PHY interface. - Supported values are: "mii", "rmii", "gmii", "rgmii". +- phy-mode: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. - clock-names: Tuple listing input clock names. Required elements: 'pclk', 'hclk' Optional elements: 'tx_clk' - clocks: Phandles to input clocks. -Optional properties: -- local-mac-address: 6 bytes, mac address - Examples: macb0: ethernet@fffc4000 { diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt index 859a6fa7569c..750d577e8083 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt @@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ Required properties: - compatible: should be "marvell,armada-370-neta". - reg: address and length of the register set for the device. - interrupts: interrupt for the device -- phy: A phandle to a phy node defining the PHY address (as the reg - property, a single integer). -- phy-mode: The interface between the SoC and the PHY (a string that - of_get_phy_mode() can understand) +- phy: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. +- phy-mode: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory - clocks: a pointer to the reference clock for this device. Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt index c233b6114242..bce52b2ec55e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Required port properties: "marvell,kirkwood-eth-port". - reg: port number relative to ethernet controller, shall be 0, 1, or 2. - interrupts: port interrupt. - - local-mac-address: 6 bytes MAC address. + - local-mac-address: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. Optional port properties: - marvell,tx-queue-size: size of the transmit ring buffer. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Optional port properties: and - - phy-handle: phandle reference to ethernet PHY. + - phy-handle: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. or diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ks8851.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ks8851.txt index 11ace3c3d805..8e20c04a1da1 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ks8851.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ks8851.txt @@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ Required properties: - compatible = "micrel,ks8851-ml" of parallel interface - reg : 2 physical address and size of registers for data and command - interrupts : interrupt connection - -Optional properties: -- local-mac-address : Ethernet mac address to use diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e7106b50dbdc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +* Renesas Electronics SH EtherMAC + +This file provides information on what the device node for the SH EtherMAC +interface contains. + +Required properties: +- compatible: "renesas,gether-r8a7740" if the device is a part of R8A7740 SoC. + "renesas,ether-r8a7778" if the device is a part of R8A7778 SoC. + "renesas,ether-r8a7779" if the device is a part of R8A7779 SoC. + "renesas,ether-r8a7790" if the device is a part of R8A7790 SoC. + "renesas,ether-r8a7791" if the device is a part of R8A7791 SoC. + "renesas,ether-r7s72100" if the device is a part of R7S72100 SoC. +- reg: offset and length of (1) the E-DMAC/feLic register block (required), + (2) the TSU register block (optional). +- interrupts: interrupt specifier for the sole interrupt. +- phy-mode: see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. +- phy-handle: see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. +- #address-cells: number of address cells for the MDIO bus, must be equal to 1. +- #size-cells: number of size cells on the MDIO bus, must be equal to 0. +- clocks: clock phandle and specifier pair. +- pinctrl-0: phandle, referring to a default pin configuration node. + +Optional properties: +- interrupt-parent: the phandle for the interrupt controller that services + interrupts for this device. +- pinctrl-names: pin configuration state name ("default"). +- renesas,no-ether-link: boolean, specify when a board does not provide a proper + Ether LINK signal. +- renesas,ether-link-active-low: boolean, specify when the Ether LINK signal is + active-low instead of normal active-high. + +Example (Lager board): + + ethernet@ee700000 { + compatible = "renesas,ether-r8a7790"; + reg = <0 0xee700000 0 0x400>; + interrupt-parent = <&gic>; + interrupts = <0 162 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>; + clocks = <&mstp8_clks R8A7790_CLK_ETHER>; + phy-mode = "rmii"; + phy-handle = <&phy1>; + pinctrl-0 = <ðer_pins>; + pinctrl-names = "default"; + renesas,ether-link-active-low; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + + phy1: ethernet-phy@1 { + reg = <1>; + interrupt-parent = <&irqc0>; + interrupts = <0 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>; + pinctrl-0 = <&phy1_pins>; + pinctrl-names = "default"; + }; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/smsc-lan91c111.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/smsc-lan91c111.txt index 5a41a8658daa..0f8487b88822 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/smsc-lan91c111.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/smsc-lan91c111.txt @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ Required properties: - interrupts : interrupt connection Optional properties: -- phy-device : phandle to Ethernet phy -- local-mac-address : Ethernet mac address to use +- phy-device : see ethernet.txt file in the same directory - reg-io-width : Mask of sizes (in bytes) of the IO accesses that are supported on the device. Valid value for SMSC LAN91c111 are 1, 2 or 4. If it's omitted or invalid, the size would be 2 meaning diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/smsc911x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/smsc911x.txt index adb5b5744ecd..3fed3c124411 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/smsc911x.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/smsc911x.txt @@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ Required properties: - interrupts : Should contain SMSC LAN interrupt line - interrupt-parent : Should be the phandle for the interrupt controller that services interrupts for this device -- phy-mode : String, operation mode of the PHY interface. - Supported values are: "mii", "gmii", "sgmii", "tbi", "rmii", - "rgmii", "rgmii-id", "rgmii-rxid", "rgmii-txid", "rtbi", "smii". +- phy-mode : See ethernet.txt file in the same directory Optional properties: - reg-shift : Specify the quantity to shift the register offsets by @@ -23,7 +21,6 @@ Optional properties: external PHY - smsc,save-mac-address : Indicates that mac address needs to be saved before resetting the controller -- local-mac-address : 6 bytes, mac address Examples: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt index 9d92d42140f2..5748351fb9df 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt @@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ Required properties: - interrupt-names: Should contain the interrupt names "macirq" "eth_wake_irq" if this interrupt is supported in the "interrupts" property -- phy-mode: String, operation mode of the PHY interface. - Supported values are: "mii", "rmii", "gmii", "rgmii". +- phy-mode: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. - snps,reset-gpio gpio number for phy reset. - snps,reset-active-low boolean flag to indicate if phy reset is active low. - snps,reset-delays-us is triplet of delays @@ -28,12 +27,10 @@ Required properties: ignored if force_thresh_dma_mode is set. Optional properties: -- mac-address: 6 bytes, mac address - resets: Should contain a phandle to the STMMAC reset signal, if any - reset-names: Should contain the reset signal name "stmmaceth", if a reset phandle is given -- max-frame-size: Maximum Transfer Unit (IEEE defined MTU), rather - than the maximum frame size. +- max-frame-size: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory Examples: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 5cdb22971d19..a383c00392d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -270,16 +270,15 @@ arp_ip_target arp_validate Specifies whether or not ARP probes and replies should be - validated in the active-backup mode. This causes the ARP - monitor to examine the incoming ARP requests and replies, and - only consider a slave to be up if it is receiving the - appropriate ARP traffic. + validated in any mode that supports arp monitoring, or whether + non-ARP traffic should be filtered (disregarded) for link + monitoring purposes. Possible values are: none or 0 - No validation is performed. This is the default. + No validation or filtering is performed. active or 1 @@ -293,31 +292,68 @@ arp_validate Validation is performed for all slaves. - For the active slave, the validation checks ARP replies to - confirm that they were generated by an arp_ip_target. Since - backup slaves do not typically receive these replies, the - validation performed for backup slaves is on the ARP request - sent out via the active slave. It is possible that some - switch or network configurations may result in situations - wherein the backup slaves do not receive the ARP requests; in - such a situation, validation of backup slaves must be - disabled. - - The validation of ARP requests on backup slaves is mainly - helping bonding to decide which slaves are more likely to - work in case of the active slave failure, it doesn't really - guarantee that the backup slave will work if it's selected - as the next active slave. - - This option is useful in network configurations in which - multiple bonding hosts are concurrently issuing ARPs to one or - more targets beyond a common switch. Should the link between - the switch and target fail (but not the switch itself), the - probe traffic generated by the multiple bonding instances will - fool the standard ARP monitor into considering the links as - still up. Use of the arp_validate option can resolve this, as - the ARP monitor will only consider ARP requests and replies - associated with its own instance of bonding. + filter or 4 + + Filtering is applied to all slaves. No validation is + performed. + + filter_active or 5 + + Filtering is applied to all slaves, validation is performed + only for the active slave. + + filter_backup or 6 + + Filtering is applied to all slaves, validation is performed + only for backup slaves. + + Validation: + + Enabling validation causes the ARP monitor to examine the incoming + ARP requests and replies, and only consider a slave to be up if it + is receiving the appropriate ARP traffic. + + For an active slave, the validation checks ARP replies to confirm + that they were generated by an arp_ip_target. Since backup slaves + do not typically receive these replies, the validation performed + for backup slaves is on the broadcast ARP request sent out via the + active slave. It is possible that some switch or network + configurations may result in situations wherein the backup slaves + do not receive the ARP requests; in such a situation, validation + of backup slaves must be disabled. + + The validation of ARP requests on backup slaves is mainly helping + bonding to decide which slaves are more likely to work in case of + the active slave failure, it doesn't really guarantee that the + backup slave will work if it's selected as the next active slave. + + Validation is useful in network configurations in which multiple + bonding hosts are concurrently issuing ARPs to one or more targets + beyond a common switch. Should the link between the switch and + target fail (but not the switch itself), the probe traffic + generated by the multiple bonding instances will fool the standard + ARP monitor into considering the links as still up. Use of + validation can resolve this, as the ARP monitor will only consider + ARP requests and replies associated with its own instance of + bonding. + + Filtering: + + Enabling filtering causes the ARP monitor to only use incoming ARP + packets for link availability purposes. Arriving packets that are + not ARPs are delivered normally, but do not count when determining + if a slave is available. + + Filtering operates by only considering the reception of ARP + packets (any ARP packet, regardless of source or destination) when + determining if a slave has received traffic for link availability + purposes. + + Filtering is useful in network configurations in which significant + levels of third party broadcast traffic would fool the standard + ARP monitor into considering the links as still up. Use of + filtering can resolve this, as only ARP traffic is considered for + link availability purposes. This option was added in bonding version 3.1.0. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/gianfar.txt b/Documentation/networking/gianfar.txt index ad474ea07d07..ba1daea7f2e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/gianfar.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/gianfar.txt @@ -1,38 +1,8 @@ The Gianfar Ethernet Driver -Sysfs File description Author: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com> Updated: 2005-07-28 -SYSFS - -Several of the features of the gianfar driver are controlled -through sysfs files. These are: - -bd_stash: -To stash RX Buffer Descriptors in the L2, echo 'on' or '1' to -bd_stash, echo 'off' or '0' to disable - -rx_stash_len: -To stash the first n bytes of the packet in L2, echo the number -of bytes to buf_stash_len. echo 0 to disable. - -WARNING: You could really screw these up if you set them too low or high! -fifo_threshold: -To change the number of bytes the controller needs in the -fifo before it starts transmission, echo the number of bytes to -fifo_thresh. Range should be 0-511. - -fifo_starve: -When the FIFO has less than this many bytes during a transmit, it -enters starve mode, and increases the priority of TX memory -transactions. To change, echo the number of bytes to -fifo_starve. Range should be 0-511. - -fifo_starve_off: -Once in starve mode, the FIFO remains there until it has this -many bytes. To change, echo the number of bytes to -fifo_starve_off. Range should be 0-511. CHECKSUM OFFLOADING diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt index ebf270719402..e602c6f347df 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt @@ -253,16 +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: 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 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tcp.txt b/Documentation/networking/tcp.txt index 7d11bb5dc30a..bdc4c0db51e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/tcp.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/tcp.txt @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A congestion control mechanism can be registered through functions in tcp_cong.c. The functions used by the congestion control mechanism are registered via passing a tcp_congestion_ops struct to tcp_register_congestion_control. As a minimum name, ssthresh, -cong_avoid, min_cwnd must be valid. +cong_avoid must be valid. Private data for a congestion control mechanism is stored in tp->ca_priv. tcp_ca(tp) returns a pointer to this space. This is preallocated space - it |