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ethtool: provide UAPI for PHY Signal Quality Index (SQI)

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Signal Quality Index is a mandatory value required by "OPEN Alliance
SIG" for the 100Base-T1 PHYs [1]. This indicator can be used for cable
integrity diagnostic and investigating other noise sources and
implement by at least two vendors: NXP[2] and TI[3].

[1] http://www.opensig.org/download/document/218/Advanced_PHY_features_for_automotive_Ethernet_V1.0.pdf
[2] https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/TJA1100.pdf
[3] https://www.ti.com/product/DP83TC811R-Q1

Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Reviewed-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Oleksij Rempel
2020-05-20 08:29:14 +02:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent b0301a5a28
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Kernel response contents:
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``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_HEADER`` nested reply header
``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_LINK`` bool link state (up/down)
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``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_SQI`` u32 Current Signal Quality Index
``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_SQI_MAX`` u32 Max support SQI value
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For most NIC drivers, the value of ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_LINK`` returns
carrier flag provided by ``netif_carrier_ok()`` but there are drivers which