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14.Dd February 15, 2020
15.Dt MAC_CAPAB_TRANSCEIVER 9E
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm mac_capab_transceiver ,
19.Nm mct_info ,
20.Nm mct_read
21.Nd MAC capability for networking transceivers
22.Sh SYNOPSIS
23.In sys/mac_provider.h
24.Vt typedef struct mac_capab_transceiver mac_capab_transceiver_t;
25.Ft int
26.Fo "mct_info"
27.Fa "void *driver"
28.Fa "uint_t id"
29.Fa "mac_transceiver_info_t *infop"
30.Fc
31.Ft int
32.Fo mct_read
33.Fa "void *driver"
34.Fa "uint_t id"
35.Fa "uint_t page"
36.Fa "void *buf"
37.Fa "size_t nbytes"
38.Fa "off_t offset"
39.Fa "size_t *nread"
40.Fc
41.Sh INTERFACE LEVEL
42.Sy Volatile -
43This interface is still evolving in illumos.
44API and ABI stability is
45not guaranteed.
46.Sh PARAMETERS
47.Bl -tag -width Fa
48.It Fa driver
49A pointer to the driver's private data that was passed in via the
50.Sy m_pdata
51member of the
52.Xr mac_register 9S
53structure to the
54.Xr mac_register 9F
55function.
56.It Fa id
57An integer value indicating which transceiver is being inquired about.
58.It Fa infop
59An opaque structure which is used to set information about the
60transceiver.
61.It Fa page
62A value that indicates which page from the i2c bus is being requested.
63.It Fa buf
64A pointer to which data should be written to when reading from the
65device.
66.It Fa nbytes
67A value indicating the number of bytes being asked to read into
68.Fa buf .
69.It Fa offset
70A value indicating the offset into the page to start reading data.
71.It Fa nread
72A value to be updated by the driver with the number of successfully read
73bytes.
74.El
75.Sh DESCRIPTION
76The
77.Sy MAC_CAPAB_TRANSCEIVER
78capability allows for GLDv3 networking device drivers to provide
79information to the system about their transceiver.
80Implementing this capability is optional.
81For more information on how to handle capabilities and how to indicate
82that a capability is not supported, see
83.Xr mc_getcapab 9E .
84.Pp
85This capability should be implemented if the device in question supports
86a Small Form Factor (SFF) transceiver.
87These are more commonly known by names such as SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+,
88and QSFP28.
89This interface does not apply to traditional copper Ethernet phys.
90These transceivers provide standardized information over the i2c bus at
91specific pages.
92.Ss Supported Standards
93.Bl -tag -width Sy
94.It Sy INF-8074
95The
96.Sy INF-8084
97standard was the original multiple source agreement (MSA) for SFP
98devices.
99It proposed the original series of management pages at i2c page 0xa0.
100This page contained up to 512 bytes, however, only the first
10196 bytes are standardized.
102Bytes 97 to 127 are reserved for the vendor.
103The remaining bytes are reserved by the specification.
104The management page was subsequently adopted by SFP+ devices.
105.It Sy SFF-8472
106The
107.Sy SFF-8472
108standard extended the original SFP MSA.
109This standard added a second i2c page at 0xa2, while maintaining the
110original page at 0xa0.
111The page at 0xa0 is now explicitly 256 bytes.
112The page at 0xa2 is also 256 bytes.
113This standard was also adopted for all SFP28 parts, which are commonly
114used in transceivers for 25 Gb/s Ethernet.
115.It Sy SFF-8436
116The
117.Sy SFF-8436
118standard was developed for QSFP+ transceivers, which involve the
119bonding of 4 SFP+ links.
120QSFP+ is commonly used in the transceivers for 40 Gb/s Ethernet.
121This standard uses i2c page 0xa0 for read-only identification purposes.
122The lower half of the page is used for control, while the upper 128
123bytes is similar to the
124.Sy INF-8084
125and
126.Sy SFF-8472
127standards.
128.It Sy SFF-8636
129The
130.Sy SFF-8636
131standard is a common management standard which is shared between both
132SAS and QSFP+ 28 Gb/s transceivers.
133The latter transceiver is commonly found in 100 Gb/s Ethernet.
134The transceiver's memory map is similar to that found in the
135.Sy SFF-8436
136specification.
137The identification information is found in the upper 128
138bytes of page 0xa0, while the lower part of the page is used for
139control, among other purposes.
140.El
141.Pp
142The following table summarizes the above information.
143.Bl -column "Sy SFF-8636" "1 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s" "256 bytes" "0xa0, 0xa2" -offset indent
144.Em "Standard" Ta Em Speeds Ta Em Size Ta Em i2c pages
145.It INF-8074 Ta 1 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s Ta 128 bytes Ta 0xa0
146.It SFF-8472 Ta 1 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s, 25 GB/s Ta 512 bytes Ta 0xa0, 0xa2
147.It SFF-8436 Ta 40 Gb/s Ta 256 bytes Ta 0xa0
148.It SFF-8636 Ta 100 Gb/s Ta 256 bytes Ta 0xa0
149.El
150.Ss MAC Capability Structure
151When the device driver's
152.Xr mc_getcapab 9E
153function entry point is called with the capability requested set to
154.Sy MAC_CAPAB_TRANSCEIVER ,
155then the value of the capability structure is the following structure:
156.Bd -literal -offset indent
157typedef struct mac_capab_transceiver {
158	uint_t	mct_flags;
159	uint_t	mct_ntransceivers;
160	int	(*mct_info)(void *driver, uint_t id,
161		    mac_transceiver_info_t *infop),
162	int	(*mct_read)(void *driver, uint_t id, uint_t page,
163		    void *buf, size_t nbytes, off_t offset,
164		    size_t *nread)
165} mac_capab_transceiver_t;
166.Ed
167.Pp
168If the device driver supports the
169.Sy MAC_CAPAB_TRANSCEIVER
170capability, it should fill in this structure, based on the following
171rules:
172.Bl -tag -width Sy
173.It Sy mct_flags
174The
175.Vt mct_flags
176member is used to negotiate extensions with the driver.
177MAC will set the value of
178.Vt mct_flags
179to include all of the currently known extensions.
180The driver should intersect this list with the set that they actually
181support.
182At this time, no such features are defined and the driver should set the
183member to
184.Sy 0 .
185.It Sy mct_ntransceivers
186The value of
187.Sy mct_ntransceivers
188indicates the number of transceivers present in the device.
189For most devices, it is expected that this value will be set to one.
190However, some devices do support multiple transceivers and PHYs that
191show up behind a single logical MAC.
192.Pp
193It is expected that this value will not change across the lifetime of
194the device being attached.
195It is important to remember that this represents the total possible
196number of transceivers in the device, not how many are currently present
197and powered on.
198.Pp
199The number of transceivers will influence the
200.Fa id
201argument used in the
202.Fn mct_info
203and
204.Fn mct_read
205entry points.
206The transceiver IDs will start at zero and go to the value of
207.Fa mct_ntransceivers - 1 .
208It is up to the driver to keep the mapping between actual transceivers
209and the transceiver identifiers consistent.
210.It Sy mct_info
211The
212.Fn mct_info
213entry point is used to set basic information about the transceiver.
214This entry point is
215.Em required .
216If the device driver cannot implement this entry point, then it should
217not indicate that it supports the capability.
218.Pp
219The
220.Fn mct_info
221entry point should fill in information about the transceiver with an
222identifier of
223.Fa id .
224See the description above of
225.Sy mct_ntransceivers
226for more information on how the IDs are determined.
227.Pp
228The driver should then proceed to fill in basic information by calling
229the functions described in the section
230.Sx Information Functions .
231After successfully calling all of the functions, the driver should
232return
233.Sy 0 .
234Otherwise, it should return the appropriate error number.
235For a full list of error numbers, see
236.Xr Intro 2 .
237Common values are:
238.Bl -tag -width Er -offset width
239.It Er EINVAL
240The transceiver identifier
241.Fa id
242was invalid.
243.It Er ENOTSUP
244This instance of the devices does not support a transceiver.
245For example, a device which sometimes has copper PHYs and therefore this
246instance does not have any PHYs.
247.It Er EIO
248An error occurred while trying to read device registers.
249For example, an FM-aware device had an error.
250.El
251.It Sy mct_read
252The
253.Fn mct_read
254function is used to read information from a transceiver's i2c bus.
255The
256.Fn mct_read
257entry point is an
258.Em optional
259entry point.
260.Pp
261The transceiver should first check the value of
262.Fa id ,
263which indicates which transceiver information is being requested.
264See the description above of
265.Sy mct_ntransceivers
266for more information on how the IDs are determined.
267.Pp
268The driver should try to read up to
269.Fa nbytes
270of data from the i2c bus at page
271.Fa page .
272The driver should start reading at offset
273.Fa offset .
274Finally, it should update the value in
275.Fa nread
276with the number of bytes written to the buffer
277.Fa buf .
278.Pp
279If for some reason the driver cannot read all of the requested bytes,
280that is acceptable.
281Instead it should perform a short read.
282This may occur because the transceiver does not allow reads at a
283requested region or the region is shorter than is common for most
284devices.
285.Pp
286Upon successful completion, the driver should ensure that
287.Fa nread
288has been updated and then return
289.Sy 0 .
290Otherwise, the driver should return the appropriate error number.
291For
292a full list of error numbers, see
293.Xr Intro 2 .
294Common values are:
295.Bl -tag -width Er -offset width
296.It Er EINVAL
297The value of
298.Fa id
299represented an invalid transceiver identifier.
300The transceiver i2c page
301.Fa page
302is not valid for this type of device.
303The value of
304.Fa offset
305is beyond the range supported for this
306.Fa page .
307.It Er EIO
308An error occurred while trying to read the device i2c pages.
309.El
310.El
311.Ss Transceiver Information Functions
312The
313.Fn mct_info
314entry point is the primary required entry point for a device driver
315which supports this capability.
316The information structure is opaque to the device driver.
317Instead, a series of informational functions is
318available to the device driver to call on the transceiver.
319The device drivers should try to call and fill in as many of these as
320possible.
321There are two different properties that a driver can set:
322.Bl -enum -offset indent
323.It
324Whether the transceiver is present.
325.It
326Whether the transceiver is usable.
327.El
328.Pp
329To set whether or not the transceiver is present, the driver should call
330.Xr mac_transceiver_info_set_present 9F .
331This is used to indicate whether the transceiver is plugged in or not.
332If the transceiver is a part of the NIC, then this function should
333always be called with the value set to
334.Dv B_TRUE .
335.Pp
336Finally, the driver has the ability to provide information about whether
337or not the transceiver is usable or not.
338A transceiver may be present, but not usable, if the hardware and
339firmware support a limited number of transceivers.
340To set this information, the driver should call
341.Xr mac_transceiver_info_set_usable 9F .
342If the transceiver is not present, then the driver should not call this
343function.
344.Ss Opaque Transceivers
345Some devices abstract the nature of the transceiver and do not allow
346direct access to the transceiver.
347In this case, if the device driver still has access to enough
348information to know if the transceiver is at least present, then it
349should still implement the
350.Fn mct_info
351entry point.
352.Ss Locking and Data Access
353Calls to get information about the transceivers may come at the same
354time as general I/O requests to the device to send or receive data.
355The driver should make sure that reading data from the i2c bus of the
356transceiver does not interfere with the device's functionality in this
357regard.
358Different locks should be used.
359.Pp
360On some devices, reading from the transceiver's i2c bus might cause a
361disruption of service to the device.
362For example, on some devices a phy reset may be required or come about
363as a side effect of trying to read the device.
364If any kind of disruption would be caused, then the driver
365must not implement the
366.Ft mct_read
367entry point.
368.Sh CONTEXT
369The various callback functions will be called from
370.Sy kernel
371context.
372These functions will never be called from
373.Sy interrupt
374context.
375.Sh SEE ALSO
376.Xr Intro 2 ,
377.Xr mac 9E ,
378.Xr mc_getcapab 9E ,
379.Xr mac_register 9F ,
380.Xr mac_transceiver_info_set_present 9F ,
381.Xr mac_transceiver_info_set_usable 9F ,
382.Xr mac_register 9S
383.Rs
384.%N INF-8074i
385.%T SFP (Small Formfactor Pluggable) Interface
386.%Q SFF Committee
387.%O Revision 1.0
388.%D May 12, 2001
389.Re
390.Rs
391.%N SFF-8472
392.%T Diagnostic Monitoring Interface for Optical Transceivers
393.%O Revision 12.2
394.%D November 21, 2014
395.Re
396.Rs
397.%N SFF-8436
398.%T QSFP+ 10 Gbs 4X PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER
399.%O Revision 4.8
400.%D October 31, 2013
401.Re
402.Rs
403.%N SFF-8636
404.%T Management Interface for Cabled Environments
405.%O Revision 2.7
406.%D January 26, 2016
407.Re
408