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Message-ID: <91def72c-254d-4bfa-a78c-e7d7ccec75df@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 20:34:51 +0200
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: fixed_phy: remove link gpio support

On 8/28/2025 10:27 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> The only user of fixed_phy gpio functionality was here:
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/vf/vf610-zii-dev-rev-b.dts
> Support for the switch on this board was migrated to phylink
> (DSA - mv88e6xxx) years ago, so the the functionality is unused now.
> Therefore remove it.
> 
> Suggested-by: Russell King (Oracle) <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c | 68 +++----------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
> index 7f4e1a155..aae7bd4ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
> @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
>  #include <linux/err.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/of.h>
> -#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
>  #include <linux/idr.h>
>  #include <linux/netdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/linkmode.h>
> @@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ struct fixed_phy {
>  	bool no_carrier;
>  	int (*link_update)(struct net_device *, struct fixed_phy_status *);
>  	struct list_head node;
> -	struct gpio_desc *link_gpiod;
>  };
>  
>  static struct fixed_mdio_bus platform_fmb = {
> @@ -62,12 +60,6 @@ int fixed_phy_change_carrier(struct net_device *dev, bool new_carrier)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fixed_phy_change_carrier);
>  
> -static void fixed_phy_update(struct fixed_phy *fp)
> -{
> -	if (!fp->no_carrier && fp->link_gpiod)
> -		fp->status.link = !!gpiod_get_value_cansleep(fp->link_gpiod);
> -}
> -
>  static int fixed_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_addr, int reg_num)
>  {
>  	struct fixed_mdio_bus *fmb = bus->priv;
> @@ -82,9 +74,6 @@ static int fixed_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_addr, int reg_num)
>  				fp->link_update(fp->phydev->attached_dev,
>  						&fp->status);
>  
> -			/* Check the GPIO for change in status */
> -			fixed_phy_update(fp);
> -
>  			return swphy_read_reg(reg_num, &fp->status);
>  		}
>  	}
> @@ -125,9 +114,8 @@ int fixed_phy_set_link_update(struct phy_device *phydev,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fixed_phy_set_link_update);
>  
> -static int fixed_phy_add_gpiod(unsigned int irq, int phy_addr,
> -			       const struct fixed_phy_status *status,
> -			       struct gpio_desc *gpiod)
> +static int __fixed_phy_add(unsigned int irq, int phy_addr,
> +			   const struct fixed_phy_status *status)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  	struct fixed_mdio_bus *fmb = &platform_fmb;
> @@ -146,9 +134,6 @@ static int fixed_phy_add_gpiod(unsigned int irq, int phy_addr,
>  
>  	fp->addr = phy_addr;
>  	fp->status = *status;
> -	fp->link_gpiod = gpiod;
> -
> -	fixed_phy_update(fp);
>  
>  	list_add_tail(&fp->node, &fmb->phys);
>  
> @@ -157,7 +142,7 @@ static int fixed_phy_add_gpiod(unsigned int irq, int phy_addr,
>  
>  void fixed_phy_add(const struct fixed_phy_status *status)
>  {
> -	fixed_phy_add_gpiod(PHY_POLL, 0, status, NULL);
> +	__fixed_phy_add(PHY_POLL, 0, status);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fixed_phy_add);
>  
> @@ -171,8 +156,6 @@ static void fixed_phy_del(int phy_addr)
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(fp, tmp, &fmb->phys, node) {
>  		if (fp->addr == phy_addr) {
>  			list_del(&fp->node);
> -			if (fp->link_gpiod)
> -				gpiod_put(fp->link_gpiod);
>  			kfree(fp);
>  			ida_free(&phy_fixed_ida, phy_addr);
>  			return;
> @@ -180,48 +163,10 @@ static void fixed_phy_del(int phy_addr)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_OF_GPIO
> -static struct gpio_desc *fixed_phy_get_gpiod(struct device_node *np)
> -{
> -	struct device_node *fixed_link_node;
> -	struct gpio_desc *gpiod;
> -
> -	if (!np)
> -		return NULL;
> -
> -	fixed_link_node = of_get_child_by_name(np, "fixed-link");
> -	if (!fixed_link_node)
> -		return NULL;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * As the fixed link is just a device tree node without any
> -	 * Linux device associated with it, we simply have obtain
> -	 * the GPIO descriptor from the device tree like this.
> -	 */
> -	gpiod = fwnode_gpiod_get_index(of_fwnode_handle(fixed_link_node),
> -				       "link", 0, GPIOD_IN, "mdio");
> -	if (IS_ERR(gpiod) && PTR_ERR(gpiod) != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> -		if (PTR_ERR(gpiod) != -ENOENT)
> -			pr_err("error getting GPIO for fixed link %pOF, proceed without\n",
> -			       fixed_link_node);
> -		gpiod = NULL;
> -	}
> -	of_node_put(fixed_link_node);
> -
> -	return gpiod;
> -}
> -#else
> -static struct gpio_desc *fixed_phy_get_gpiod(struct device_node *np)
> -{
> -	return NULL;
> -}
> -#endif
> -
>  struct phy_device *fixed_phy_register(const struct fixed_phy_status *status,
>  				      struct device_node *np)
>  {
>  	struct fixed_mdio_bus *fmb = &platform_fmb;
> -	struct gpio_desc *gpiod;
>  	struct phy_device *phy;
>  	int phy_addr;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -229,17 +174,12 @@ struct phy_device *fixed_phy_register(const struct fixed_phy_status *status,
>  	if (!fmb->mii_bus || fmb->mii_bus->state != MDIOBUS_REGISTERED)
>  		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
>  
> -	/* Check if we have a GPIO associated with this fixed phy */
> -	gpiod = fixed_phy_get_gpiod(np);
> -	if (IS_ERR(gpiod))
> -		return ERR_CAST(gpiod);
> -
>  	/* Get the next available PHY address, up to PHY_MAX_ADDR */
>  	phy_addr = ida_alloc_max(&phy_fixed_ida, PHY_MAX_ADDR - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (phy_addr < 0)
>  		return ERR_PTR(phy_addr);
>  
> -	ret = fixed_phy_add_gpiod(PHY_POLL, phy_addr, status, gpiod);
> +	ret = __fixed_phy_add(PHY_POLL, phy_addr, status);
>  	if (ret < 0) {
>  		ida_free(&phy_fixed_ida, phy_addr);
>  		return ERR_PTR(ret);

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