netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: dp8382x: keep WOL setting across suspends

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Message-ID: <5746c9da-1d45-4d06-a925-4150e680b8ec@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:56:33 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: POPESCU Catalin <catalin.popescu@...ca-geosystems.com>
Cc: "hkallweit1@...il.com" <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: dp8382x: keep WOL setting across
 suspends

> > It looks like the issue I'm trying to address in this patch is not
> > specific to dp8382x. Right now, depending on if the PHY is reset or not
> > during resume (either through mdio_device reset_gpio/reset_ctrl or
> > phy_driver soft_reset callback), the WOL configuration is either the PHY
> > reset value or the BIOS value. I could still make the patch but it
> > doesn't really make sense to address only dp8382x.

This is an interesting point. soft_reset the driver is in control
off. It can preserve the WoL setting over the soft reset.
A hardware reset is a different matter.

However, if we woke up due to WoL, the PHY never went to sleep, its
state is intact, so why are we doing a hardware reset?

      Andrew