Hi Maxime > The way this works is that the PHY is internally configured by chaining > 2 internal PHYs back to back. One PHY deals with the Host interface and > is configured as an SGMII to QSGMII converter (the QSGMII is only used > from within the PHY), and the other PHY acts as the Media-side PHY, > configured in QSGMII to auto-media (RJ45 or Fiber (SFP)) : > > +- 88e1543 -----------------------+ > +-----+ | +--------+ +--------+ | /-- Copper (RJ45) > | |--SGMII----| Port 0 |--QSGMII--| Port 1 |----< > | | | +--------+ +--------+ | \--- Fiber > | MAC | | | > | | | +--------+ +--------+ | /-- Copper (RJ45) > | |--SGMII----| Port 2 |--QSGMII--| Port 3 |----< > +-----+ | +--------+ +--------+ | \-- Fiber > +---------------------------------+
Does this mean you need a dual port MAC as well? Do we need to configure the MUX in the MAC? Andrew