SPRUI30H November 2015 – May 2024 DRA745 , DRA746 , DRA750 , DRA756
CM_GMAC_CLKSTCTRL[1:0]CLKTRCTRL bit field must not be programmed for SW_SLEEP or HW_AUTO.
Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) allows the PRCM to turn off the module clock during inactive periods as determined by network and host traffic. The module can then be awakened by host queued transmit packet(s) or by a port’s external Ethernet PHY. EEE operations are configured as shown below:
EEE operation can begin after configuration. The host allows (through PRCM) the CPSW_3G to enter a low power state by asserting the CLKSTOP_REQ signal. There are no requirements on host queues or traffic in order for the host to assert or de-assert CLKSTOP_REQ to the CPSW_3G.
Each ethernet port has a transmit and a receive LPI (low power indicate) state. The receive LPI state is entered when the port’s corresponding PHY indicates the LPI state via the CPSW_3G GMII interface. The PHY indicates LPI by asserting MRXER with a MRXD[7:0] value of 0x01 while MRXDV is deasserted (inter-packet gap). The Ethernet transmit port indicates LPI after the Px_IDLE2LPI value has been counted (the transmit port has gone idle for the configured amount of time). If another packet is received for transmit during the count then the count is restarted. When the transmit port has been idle for the Idle to LPI time, the transmit port enters the LPI state and indicates LPI to the associated PHY. The LPI is indicated to the external PHY by an asserted MTXER with a MTXD[7:0] while MTXEN is deasserted (inter-packet gap). The CPDMA LPI state includes transmit and receive. The CPDMA LPI state is entered when the CPDMA transmit and receive have both been idle for the Idle to LPI time (P0_IDLE2LPI). The Idle to LPI time value for all ports must be large relative to the switch latency to ensure that the count is not able to complete between successive packets.
The procedure above is described for the GMII interfaces at the CPSW_3G boundary. External PHY signaling has the following conditions:
When all transmit and receive ports are in the LPI state (CPSW LPI state), the CLKSTOP_ACK signal is asserted, and the PRCM is allowed to stop the module clock. When CLKSTOP_ACK is asserted, the clock may be turned on and off as desired by the host. The host is allowed to restart the clock, perform slave read/write operations to the CPSW_3G memory address space, and then turn off the clock again while CLKSTOP_ACK is asserted.
The software can remove and disable from re-entering the CPSW LPI state by restarting the module clock and then de-asserting CLKSTOP_REQ. The host may queue transmit packets at any time including without regard to the CPSW_3G LPI state (the clock must be restarted in order to write the CPSW_3G slave address space as described above). Host writes to transmit head descriptor pointers will cause the CLKSTOP_WAKEUP signal to be asserted if the CPSW_3G is in the low power state (if CLKSTOP_ACK is asserted).
The external Ethernet PHY’s can also wakeup the PRCM by removing the Ethernet receive LPI indication. If the module is in the CPSW Idle state with CLKSTOP_ACK asserted and the receive LPI indication is removed, the CLKSTOP_WAKEUP signal will be asynchronously asserted. On wakeup, the PRCM restarts the clock and de-assert the CLKSTOP_REQ signal. The CLKSTOP_WAKEUP signal will be synchronously deasserted with CLKSTOP_ACK. Upon the deassertion of CLKSTOP_REQ, the Ethernet ports will count the Px_LPI2WAKE time for each port at which time the port is available for transmit. Upon the de-assertion of CLKSTOP_REQ, the CPDMA transmit will count the P0_LPI2WAKE count at which time the CPDMA will begin to send any packets that the host has queued (switch ingress). The wait time on CPDMA transmit is included to preclude the host from filling up the Ethernet port transmit FIFO’s while the Ethernet ports are in the LPI to wake time. There is no LPI to wake time on CPDMA receive (switch egress).