netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 05/14] net: stmmac: add stmmac core serdes support

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Message-ID: <aWkEmockEyLsZKMd@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:15:38 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
	Mohd Ayaan Anwar <mohd.anwar@....qualcomm.com>,
	Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 05/14] net: stmmac: add stmmac core serdes
 support

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 03:48:40PM +0100, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Hi Russell,
> 
> On 14/01/2026 18:45, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > Rather than having platform glue implement SerDes PHY support, add it
> > to the core driver, specifically to the stmmac integrated PCS driver
> > as the SerDes is connected to the integrated PCS.
> > 
> > Platforms using external PCS can also populate plat->serdes, and the
> > core driver will call phy_init() and phy_exit() when the administrative
> > state of the interface changes, but the other phy methods will not be
> > called.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> 
> Unfortunately I have no way to test. But still,

I am hoping Mohd Ayaan Anwar will be able to do at least some testing
on the qcom-ethqos hardware.

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