diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst
index 4f2d1f682a18..c37f94d9b24a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Contents:
    page_pool
    phy
    sfp-phylink
+   pcs
    alias
    bridge
    snmp_counter
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/pcs.rst b/Documentation/networking/pcs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f3cafee1a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/pcs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=============
+PCS Subsystem
+=============
+
+The PCS (Physical Coding Sublayer) subsystem handles the registration and lookup
+of PCS devices. These devices contain the upper sublayers of the Ethernet
+physical layer, generally handling framing, scrambling, and encoding tasks. PCS
+devices may also include PMA (Physical Medium Attachment) components. PCS
+devices transfer data between the Link-layer MAC device, and the rest of the
+physical layer, typically via a SerDes. The output of the SerDes may be
+connected more-or-less directly to the medium when using Fiber-optic or
+backplane connections (1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-KX, etc). It may also communicate
+with a separate PHY (such as over SGMII) which handles the connection to the
+medium (such as 1000BASE-T).
+
+Looking up PCS Devices
+----------------------
+
+There are generally two ways to look up a PCS device. If the PCS device is
+internal to a larger device (such as a MAC or switch), and it does not share an
+implementation with an existing PCS, then it does not need to be registered with
+the PCS subsystem. Instead, you can populate a :c:type:`phylink_pcs`
+in your probe function. Otherwise, you must look up the PCS.
+
+If your device has a :c:type:`fwnode_handle`, you can add a PCS using the
+``pcs-handle`` property::
+
+    ethernet-controller {
+        // ...
+        pcs-handle = <&pcs>;
+        pcs-handle-names = "internal";
+    };
+
+Then, during your probe function, you can get the PCS using :c:func:`pcs_get`::
+
+    mac->pcs = pcs_get(dev, "internal");
+    if (IS_ERR(mac->pcs)) {
+        err = PTR_ERR(mac->pcs);
+        return dev_err_probe(dev, "Could not get PCS\n");
+    }
+
+If your device doesn't have a :c:type:`fwnode_handle`, you can get the PCS
+based on the providing device using :c:func:`pcs_get_by_dev`. Typically, you
+will create the device and bind your PCS driver to it before calling this
+function. This allows reuse of an existing PCS driver.
+
+Once you are done using the PCS, you must call :c:func:`pcs_put`.
+
+Using PCS Devices
+-----------------
+
+To select the PCS from a MAC driver, implement the ``mac_select_pcs`` callback
+of :c:type:`phylink_mac_ops`. In this example, the PCS is selected for SGMII
+and 1000BASE-X, and deselected for other interfaces::
+
+    static struct phylink_pcs *mac_select_pcs(struct phylink_config *config,
+                                              phy_interface_t iface)
+    {
+        struct mac *mac = config_to_mac(config);
+
+        switch (iface) {
+        case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII:
+        case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX:
+            return mac->pcs;
+        default:
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+To do the same from a DSA driver, implement the ``phylink_mac_select_pcs``
+callback of :c:type:`dsa_switch_ops`.
+
+Writing PCS Drivers
+-------------------
+
+To write a PCS driver, first implement :c:type:`phylink_pcs_ops`. Then,
+register your PCS in your probe function using :c:func:`pcs_register`. You must
+call :c:func:`pcs_unregister` from your remove function. You can avoid this step
+by registering with :c:func:`devm_pcs_unregister`.
+
+Normally, :ref:`device links <device_link>` will prevent improper ordering of
+device unbinding/removal. However, if your PCS device can be a child of its
+consumers (such as if it lives on an MDIO bus created by the MAC which uses the
+PCS), then no device link will be created. This is because children must be
+probed/removed after their parents, but a device link implies that the consumer
+must be probed after the provider. This contradiction is generally resolved by
+having the consumer probe the provider at an appropriate point in the consumer's
+probe function. However, the ``unbind`` device attribute can let userspace
+unbind the provider directly, bypassing this usual process. Therefore, PCS
+drivers in this situation, must set ``suppress_bind_attrs`` in their
+:c:type:`device_driver`.
+
+
+API Reference
+-------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/phylink.h
+   :identifiers: phylink_pcs phylink_pcs_ops
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pcs.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/net/pcs/core.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/net/pcs/core.c
+   :internal:
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f99100cd37ce..bbea45c02e01 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7705,6 +7705,7 @@ F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-phydev
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio*
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/qca,ar803x.yaml
+F:	Documentation/networking/pcs.rst
 F:	Documentation/networking/phy.rst
 F:	drivers/net/mdio/
 F:	drivers/net/mdio/acpi_mdio.c
@@ -7718,6 +7719,7 @@ F:	include/linux/*mdio*.h
 F:	include/linux/mdio/*.h
 F:	include/linux/mii.h
 F:	include/linux/of_net.h
+F:	include/linux/pcs.h
 F:	include/linux/phy.h
 F:	include/linux/phy_fixed.h
 F:	include/linux/platform_data/mdio-bcm-unimac.h
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig b/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
index 6e7e6c346a3e..8d70fc52a803 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 
 menu "PCS device drivers"
 
+config PCS
+	bool "PCS subsystem"
+	help
+	  This provides common helper functions for registering and looking up
+	  Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) devices. PCS devices translate between
+	  different interface types. In some use cases, they may either
+	  translate between different types of Medium-Independent Interfaces
+	  (MIIs), such as translating GMII to SGMII. This allows using a fast
+	  serial interface to talk to the phy which translates the MII to the
+	  Medium-Dependent Interface. Alternatively, they may translate a MII
+	  directly to an MDI, such as translating GMII to 1000Base-X.
+
 config PCS_XPCS
 	tristate
 	select PHYLINK
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/Makefile b/drivers/net/pcs/Makefile
index 4c780d8f2e98..60cd32126d41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcs/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Makefile for Linux PCS drivers
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_PCS)		+= core.o
+
 pcs_xpcs-$(CONFIG_PCS_XPCS)	:= pcs-xpcs.o pcs-xpcs-nxp.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCS_XPCS)		+= pcs_xpcs.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/core.c b/drivers/net/pcs/core.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be59afdac153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@seco.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fwnode.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/pcs.h>
+#include <linux/phylink.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
+
+static LIST_HEAD(pcs_devices);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(pcs_mutex);
+
+/**
+ * pcs_register() - register a new PCS
+ * @pcs: the PCS to register
+ *
+ * Registers a new PCS which can be attached to a phylink.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, or -errno on error
+ */
+int pcs_register(struct phylink_pcs *pcs)
+{
+	if (!pcs->dev || !pcs->ops)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!pcs->ops->pcs_an_restart || !pcs->ops->pcs_config ||
+	    !pcs->ops->pcs_get_state)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pcs->list);
+	mutex_lock(&pcs_mutex);
+	list_add(&pcs->list, &pcs_devices);
+	mutex_unlock(&pcs_mutex);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pcs_register);
+
+/**
+ * pcs_unregister() - unregister a PCS
+ * @pcs: a PCS previously registered with pcs_register()
+ */
+void pcs_unregister(struct phylink_pcs *pcs)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&pcs_mutex);
+	list_del(&pcs->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&pcs_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pcs_unregister);
+
+static void devm_pcs_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+	pcs_unregister(*(struct phylink_pcs **)res);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_pcs_register - resource managed pcs_register()
+ * @dev: device that is registering this PCS
+ * @pcs: the PCS to register
+ *
+ * Managed pcs_register(). For PCSs registered by this function,
+ * pcs_unregister() is automatically called on driver detach. See
+ * pcs_register() for more information.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, or -errno on failure
+ */
+int devm_pcs_register(struct device *dev, struct phylink_pcs *pcs)
+{
+	struct phylink_pcs **pcsp;
+	int ret;
+
+	pcsp = devres_alloc(devm_pcs_release, sizeof(*pcsp),
+			    GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pcsp)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = pcs_register(pcs);
+	if (ret) {
+		devres_free(pcsp);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	*pcsp = pcs;
+	devres_add(dev, pcsp);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_pcs_register);
+
+/**
+ * _pcs_get_tail() - Look up and request a PCS
+ * @dev: The device requesting the PCS
+ * @fwnode: The PCS's fwnode
+ * @pcs_dev: The PCS's device
+ *
+ * Search PCSs registered with pcs_register() for one with a matching
+ * fwnode or device. Either @fwnode or @pcs_dev may be %NULL if matching
+ * against a fwnode or device is not desired (respectively).
+ *
+ * Once a PCS is found, perform common operations necessary when getting a PCS
+ * (increment reference counts, etc).
+ *
+ * Return: A PCS, or an error pointer on failure. If both @fwnode and @pcs_dev are
+ * *       %NULL, returns %NULL to allow easier chaining.
+ */
+struct phylink_pcs *_pcs_get_tail(struct device *dev,
+				  const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+				  const struct device *pcs_dev)
+{
+	struct phylink_pcs *pcs;
+
+	if (!fwnode && !pcs_dev)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* We need to hold this until we get to device_link_add. Otherwise,
+	 * someone could unbind the PCS driver.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&pcs_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(pcs, &pcs_devices, list) {
+		if (pcs_dev && pcs->dev == pcs_dev)
+			goto found;
+		if (fwnode && pcs->dev->fwnode == fwnode)
+			goto found;
+	}
+	pcs = ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+
+found:
+	pr_debug("looking for %pfwf or %s %s...%s found\n", fwnode,
+		 dev ? dev_driver_string(dev) : "(null)",
+		 dev ? dev_name(dev) : "(null)",
+		 IS_ERR(pcs) ? " not" : "");
+	if (IS_ERR(pcs))
+		goto out;
+
+	get_device(pcs->dev);
+
+	/* If fwnode is present, this link should have already been created by
+	 * of_fwnode_add_links. This will mainly fail if pcs->dev is a child of
+	 * dev.
+	 */
+	if (!device_link_add(dev, pcs->dev, DL_FLAG_STATELESS))
+		dev_dbg(dev, "failed to create device link to %s\n",
+			dev_name(pcs->dev));
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&pcs_mutex);
+	return pcs;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_pcs_get_tail);
+
+/**
+ * pcs_find_fwnode() - Find a PCS's fwnode
+ * @mac_node: The fwnode referencing the PCS
+ * @id: The name of the PCS to get. May be %NULL to get the first PCS.
+ * @optional: Whether the PCS is optional
+ *
+ * Find a PCS's fwnode, as referenced by @mac_node. This fwnode can later be
+ * used with _pcs_get_tail() to get the actual PCS. ``pcs-handle-names`` is
+ * used to match @id, then the fwnode is found using ``pcs-handle``.
+ *
+ * Return: %NULL if @optional is set and the PCS cannot be found. Otherwise,
+ * *       returns a PCS if found or an error pointer on failure.
+ */
+static struct fwnode_handle *pcs_find_fwnode(const struct fwnode_handle *mac_node,
+					     const char *id, bool optional)
+{
+	int index;
+	struct fwnode_handle *pcs_fwnode;
+
+	if (!mac_node)
+		return optional ? NULL : ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	if (id)
+		index = fwnode_property_match_string(mac_node,
+						     "pcs-handle-names", id);
+	else
+		index = 0;
+
+	if (index < 0) {
+		if (optional && (index == -EINVAL || index == -ENODATA))
+			return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(index);
+	}
+
+	/* First try pcs-handle, and if that doesn't work fall back to the
+	 * (legacy) pcsphy-handle.
+	 */
+	pcs_fwnode = fwnode_find_reference(mac_node, "pcs-handle", index);
+	if (PTR_ERR(pcs_fwnode) == -ENOENT)
+		pcs_fwnode = fwnode_find_reference(mac_node, "pcsphy-handle",
+						   index);
+	if (optional && !id && PTR_ERR(pcs_fwnode) == -ENOENT)
+		return NULL;
+	return pcs_fwnode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * _pcs_get() - Get a PCS from a fwnode property
+ * @dev: The device to get a PCS for
+ * @fwnode: The fwnode to find the PCS with
+ * @id: The name of the PCS to get. May be %NULL to get the first PCS.
+ * @optional: Whether the PCS is optional
+ *
+ * Find a PCS referenced by @mac_node and return a reference to it. Every call
+ * to _pcs_get_by_fwnode() must be balanced with one to pcs_put().
+ *
+ * Return: a PCS if found, %NULL if not, or an error pointer on failure
+ */
+struct phylink_pcs *_pcs_get(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+			     const char *id, bool optional)
+{
+	struct fwnode_handle *pcs_fwnode;
+	struct phylink_pcs *pcs;
+
+	pcs_fwnode = pcs_find_fwnode(fwnode, id, optional);
+	if (IS_ERR(pcs_fwnode))
+		return ERR_CAST(pcs_fwnode);
+
+	pcs = _pcs_get_tail(dev, pcs_fwnode, NULL);
+	fwnode_handle_put(pcs_fwnode);
+	return pcs;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_pcs_get);
+
+/**
+ * pcs_put() - Release a previously-acquired PCS
+ * @dev: The device used to acquire the PCS
+ * @pcs: The PCS to put
+ *
+ * This frees resources associated with the PCS which were acquired when it was
+ * gotten.
+ */
+void pcs_put(struct device *dev, struct phylink_pcs *pcs)
+{
+	if (!pcs)
+		return;
+
+	device_link_remove(dev, pcs->dev);
+	put_device(pcs->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pcs_put);
diff --git a/include/linux/pcs.h b/include/linux/pcs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41ea388ae3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/pcs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@seco.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PCS_H
+#define _PCS_H
+
+#include <linux/property.h>
+
+struct phylink_pcs;
+
+int pcs_register(struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
+void pcs_unregister(struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
+int devm_pcs_register(struct device *dev, struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
+struct phylink_pcs *_pcs_get_tail(struct device *dev,
+				  const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+				  const struct device *pcs_dev);
+struct phylink_pcs *_pcs_get(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+			     const char *id, bool optional);
+void pcs_put(struct device *dev, struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
+
+/**
+ * pcs_get() - Get a PCS based on a fwnode
+ * @dev: The device requesting the PCS
+ * @id: The name of the PCS
+ *
+ * Find and get a PCS, as referenced by @dev's &struct fwnode_handle. See
+ * pcs_find_fwnode() for details. Each call to this function must be balanced
+ * with one to pcs_put().
+ *
+ * Return: A PCS on success, or an error pointer on failure
+ */
+static inline struct phylink_pcs *pcs_get(struct device *dev, const char *id)
+{
+	return _pcs_get(dev, dev_fwnode(dev), id, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pcs_get_optional() - Optionally get a PCS based on a fwnode
+ * @dev: The device requesting the PCS
+ * @id: The name of the PCS
+ *
+ * Optionally find and get a PCS, as referenced by @dev's &struct
+ * fwnode_handle. See pcs_find_fwnode() for details. Each call to this function
+ * must be balanced with one to pcs_put().
+ *
+ * Return: A PCS on success, %NULL if none was found, or an error pointer on
+ * *       failure
+ */
+static inline struct phylink_pcs *pcs_get_optional(struct device *dev,
+						   const char *id)
+{
+	return _pcs_get(dev, dev_fwnode(dev), id, true);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pcs_get_by_fwnode() - Get a PCS based on a fwnode
+ * @dev: The device requesting the PCS
+ * @fwnode: The &struct fwnode_handle referencing the PCS
+ * @id: The name of the PCS
+ *
+ * Find and get a PCS, as referenced by @fwnode. See pcs_find_fwnode() for
+ * details. Each call to this function must be balanced with one to pcs_put().
+ *
+ * Return: A PCS on success, or an error pointer on failure
+ */
+static inline struct phylink_pcs
+*pcs_get_by_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+		   const char *id)
+{
+	return _pcs_get(dev, fwnode, id, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pcs_get_by_fwnode_optional() - Optionally get a PCS based on a fwnode
+ * @dev: The device requesting the PCS
+ * @fwnode: The &struct fwnode_handle referencing the PCS
+ * @id: The name of the PCS
+ *
+ * Optionally find and get a PCS, as referenced by @fwnode. See
+ * pcs_find_fwnode() for details. Each call to this function must be balanced
+ * with one to pcs_put().
+ *
+ * Return: A PCS on success, %NULL if none was found, or an error pointer on
+ * *       failure
+ */
+static inline struct phylink_pcs
+*pcs_get_by_fwnode_optional(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+			    const char *id)
+{
+	return _pcs_get(dev, fwnode, id, true);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pcs_get_by_dev() - Get a PCS from its providing device
+ * @dev: The device requesting the PCS
+ * @pcs_dev: The device providing the PCS
+ *
+ * Get the first PCS registered by @pcs_dev. Each call to this function must be
+ * balanced with one to pcs_put().
+ *
+ * Return: A PCS on success, or an error pointer on failure
+ */
+static inline struct phylink_pcs *pcs_get_by_dev(struct device *dev,
+						 const struct device *pcs_dev)
+{
+	return _pcs_get_tail(dev, NULL, pcs_dev);
+}
+
+#endif /* PCS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h
index 63800bf4a7ac..0edbf0d243e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/phylink.h
+++ b/include/linux/phylink.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef NETDEV_PCS_H
 #define NETDEV_PCS_H
 
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -432,13 +433,17 @@ struct phylink_pcs_ops;
 
 /**
  * struct phylink_pcs - PHYLINK PCS instance
+ * @dev: the device associated with this PCS
  * @ops: a pointer to the &struct phylink_pcs_ops structure
+ * @list: internal list of PCS devices
  * @poll: poll the PCS for link changes
  *
  * This structure is designed to be embedded within the PCS private data,
  * and will be passed between phylink and the PCS.
  */
 struct phylink_pcs {
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct device *dev;
 	const struct phylink_pcs_ops *ops;
 	bool poll;
 };
