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author | Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> | 2013-03-26 00:43:12 -0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2013-03-26 12:53:37 -0400 |
commit | 94fbbbf89492e460979cd10c6384a78a9dbf17ed (patch) | |
tree | 6a3a34736d7a388b83bec7d140302715640d505f /Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt | |
parent | 92ba6888510c6700ee78273cfcd2b4092a2a71b2 (diff) |
stmmac: update the Doc and Version (PTP+SGMII)
This patch updates the stmmac.txt file adding information related to the PTP
and SGMII/RGMII supports.
Also the patch updates the driver version to: March_2013.
Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt | 33 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt index f9fa6db40a52..8efe0b3c8b83 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt | |||
@@ -326,6 +326,35 @@ To enter in Tx LPI mode the driver needs to have a software timer | |||
326 | that enable and disable the LPI mode when there is nothing to be | 326 | that enable and disable the LPI mode when there is nothing to be |
327 | transmitted. | 327 | transmitted. |
328 | 328 | ||
329 | 7) TODO: | 329 | 7) Extended descriptors |
330 | The extended descriptors give us information about the receive Ethernet payload | ||
331 | when it is carrying PTP packets or TCP/UDP/ICMP over IP. | ||
332 | These are not available on GMAC Synopsys chips older than the 3.50. | ||
333 | At probe time the driver will decide if these can be actually used. | ||
334 | This support also is mandatory for PTPv2 because the extra descriptors 6 and 7 | ||
335 | are used for saving the hardware timestamps. | ||
336 | |||
337 | 8) Precision Time Protocol (PTP) | ||
338 | The driver supports the IEEE 1588-2002, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), | ||
339 | which enables precise synchronization of clocks in measurement and | ||
340 | control systems implemented with technologies such as network | ||
341 | communication. | ||
342 | |||
343 | In addition to the basic timestamp features mentioned in IEEE 1588-2002 | ||
344 | Timestamps, new GMAC cores support the advanced timestamp features. | ||
345 | IEEE 1588-2008 that can be enabled when configure the Kernel. | ||
346 | |||
347 | 9) SGMII/RGMII supports | ||
348 | New GMAC devices provide own way to manage RGMII/SGMII. | ||
349 | This information is available at run-time by looking at the | ||
350 | HW capability register. This means that the stmmac can manage | ||
351 | auto-negotiation and link status w/o using the PHYLIB stuff | ||
352 | In fact, the HW provides a subset of extended registers to | ||
353 | restart the ANE, verify Full/Half duplex mode and Speed. | ||
354 | Also thanks to these registers it is possible to look at the | ||
355 | Auto-negotiated Link Parter Ability. | ||
356 | |||
357 | 10) TODO: | ||
330 | o XGMAC is not supported. | 358 | o XGMAC is not supported. |
331 | o Add the PTP - precision time protocol | 359 | o Complete the TBI & RTBI support. |
360 | o extened VLAN support for 3.70a SYNP GMAC. | ||