[Linux-stm32] [PATCH net-next 10/12] net: stmmac: tc956x: add TC956x/QPS615 support

[Alex Elder]

On 5/5/26 9:30 PM, Xilin Wu wrote:
> On 5/1/2026 11:54 PM, Alex Elder wrote:
>> From: Daniel Thompson <daniel at riscstar.com>
>>
>> Toshiba TC956x is an Ethernet AVB/TSN bridge and is essentially a
>> small and highly-specialized SoC. TC956x includes an "eMAC" subsystem
>> that can be accessed, along with several other peripherals, via two
>> PCIe endpoint functions. There is a main driver for the endpoint that
>> decomposes things and creates auxiliary bus devices to model the SoC.
>>
>> The eMAC consists of a Designware XGMAC, XPCS and PMA. Each eMAC is
>> supported by an MSIGEN that bridges TC956x level interrupts to PCIe
>> MSIs.
>>
>> Add a driver for the eMAC/MSIGEN combination.
>>
>> Co-developed-by: Alex Elder <elder at riscstar.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder at riscstar.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel at riscstar.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig   |  13 +
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile  |   2 +
>>   .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-tc956x.c    | 791 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   include/soc/toshiba/tc956x-dwmac.h            |  84 ++
>>   4 files changed, 890 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-tc956x.c
>>   create mode 100644 include/soc/toshiba/tc956x-dwmac.h
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig b/drivers/ 
>> net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
>> index e3dd5adda5aca..66bcfaccbe21f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
>> @@ -404,6 +404,19 @@ config DWMAC_MOTORCOMM
>>         This enables glue driver for Motorcomm DWMAC-based PCI Ethernet
>>         controllers. Currently only YT6801 is supported.
>> +config DWMAC_TC956X
>> +    tristate "Toshiba TC956X DWMAC support"
>> +    depends on PCI
>> +    depends on COMMON_CLK
>> +    depends on TOSHIBA_TC956X_PCI
>> +    default m if TOSHIBA_TC956X_PCI
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> I think GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP should be selected here.

Yes there are a number of things missing in the Kconfig definitions
and I'm working through them this week.  And yes, since we use
irq_generic_chip_ops we must ensure CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP is
enabled here.

> Thank you for the driver.

Thank you for your feedback (this and others I see).

					-Alex