netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: disable PHY-mode EEE

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Message-ID: <303bfbde-db51-4826-b36e-030114b2630c@lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:40:38 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: disable PHY-mode EEE

On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 12:39:54PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Realtek RTL8211F has a "PHY-mode" EEE support which interferes with an
> IEEE 802.3 compliant implementation. This mode defaults to enabled, and
> results in the MAC receive path not seeing the link transition to LPI
> state.
> 
> Fix this by disabling PHY-mode EEE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> ---
> This patch isn't the best approach...

But i guess a better approach requires we have support for PHY-mode
EEE? Which at the moment we do not have.

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

    Andrew