[PATCH net-next v1 0/5] ethtool: introduce PHY MSE diagnostics UAPI and drivers

[Oleksij Rempel]

This series introduces a generic kernel-userspace API for retrieving PHY
Mean Square Error (MSE) diagnostics, together with netlink integration,
a fast-path reporting hook in LINKSTATE_GET, and initial driver
implementations for the KSZ9477 and DP83TD510E PHYs.

MSE is defined by the OPEN Alliance "Advanced diagnostic features for
100BASE-T1 automotive Ethernet PHYs" specification [1] as a measure of
slicer error rate, typically used internally to derive the Signal
Quality Indicator (SQI). While SQI is useful as a normalized quality
index, it hides raw measurement data, varies in scaling and thresholds
between vendors, and may not indicate certain failure modes - for
example, cases where autonegotiation would fail even though SQI reports
a good link. In practice, such scenarios can only be investigated in
fixed-link mode; here, MSE can provide an empirically estimated value
indicating conditions under which autonegotiation would not succeed.

Example output with current implementation:
root@DistroKit:~ ethtool lan1
Settings for lan1:
...
        Speed: 1000Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
...
        Link detected: yes
        SQI: 5/7
        MSE: 3/127 (channel: worst)

root@DistroKit:~ ethtool --show-mse lan1
MSE diagnostics for lan1:
MSE Configuration:
        Max Average MSE: 127
        Refresh Rate: 2000000 ps
        Symbols per Sample: 250
        Supported capabilities: average channel-a channel-b channel-c
                                channel-d worst

MSE Snapshot (Channel: a):
        Average MSE: 4

MSE Snapshot (Channel: b):
        Average MSE: 3

MSE Snapshot (Channel: c):
        Average MSE: 2

MSE Snapshot (Channel: d):
        Average MSE: 3

[1] https://opensig.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Advanced_PHY_features_for_automotive_Ethernet_V1.0.pdf

Oleksij Rempel (5):
  ethtool: introduce core UAPI and driver API for PHY MSE diagnostics
  ethtool: netlink: add ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET and wire up PHY MSE access
  ethtool: netlink: add lightweight MSE reporting to LINKSTATE_GET
  net: phy: micrel: add MSE interface support for KSZ9477 family
  net: phy: dp83td510: add MSE interface support for 10BASE-T1L

 Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml      | 166 ++++++++
 Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst  |  74 ++++
 drivers/net/phy/dp83td510.c                   |  44 +++
 drivers/net/phy/micrel.c                      |  76 ++++
 include/linux/phy.h                           | 126 ++++++
 .../uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h    |  94 +++++
 net/ethtool/Makefile                          |   2 +-
 net/ethtool/linkstate.c                       |  84 ++++
 net/ethtool/mse.c                             | 362 ++++++++++++++++++
 net/ethtool/netlink.c                         |  10 +
 net/ethtool/netlink.h                         |   2 +
 11 files changed, 1039 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 net/ethtool/mse.c

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