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Message-ID: <0bdf98ac-de32-4f81-99c9-5981950883f8@lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 14:40:18 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
	Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
	Clément Léger <clement.leger@...tlin.com>,
	Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
	Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 2/7] net: phylink: add rxc_always_on flag to
 phylink_pcs

On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 04:34:59PM +0100, Romain Gantois wrote:
> Some MAC drivers (e.g. stmmac) require a continuous receive clock signal to
> be generated by a PCS that is handled by a standalone PCS driver.
> 
> Such a PCS driver does not have access to a PHY device, thus cannot check
> the PHY_F_RXC_ALWAYS_ON flag. They cannot check max_requires_rxc in the
> phylink config either, since it is a private member. Therefore, a new flag
> is needed to signal to the PCS that it should keep the RX clock signal up
> at all times.
> 
> Suggested-by: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew

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