linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: phy: dp83869: Restart PHY when configuring mode

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Message-Id: <20251104-sfp-1000basex-v1-1-f461f170c74e@bootlin.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:50:34 +0100
From: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, 
 Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, 
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>, 
 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: phy: dp83869: Restart PHY when
 configuring mode

The DP83869 PHY requires a software restart when the OP_MODE is changed.

Add this restart in dp83869_configure_mode().

Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
---
 drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c b/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
index 1f381d7b13ff..fecacaa83b04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
@@ -797,6 +797,10 @@ static int dp83869_configure_mode(struct phy_device *phydev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

+	ret = phy_write(phydev, DP83869_CTRL, DP83869_SW_RESTART);
+
+	usleep_range(10, 20);
+
 	return ret;
 }

-- 
2.51.2