netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 0/3] r816e: Add r816e driver in Realtek

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Message-ID: <640c373b-09d9-4b54-9113-782df41aa152@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:58:59 +0100
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: javen <javen_xu@...lsil.com.cn>, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
 andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 0/3] r816e: Add r816e driver in Realtek

On 1/27/2026 12:34 PM, javen wrote:
> From: Javen Xu <javen_xu@...lsil.com.cn>
> 
> This series patch add a fake driver r816e to ensure the kernel could set the
> correct power state for #fun through r816e driver when suspending.
> 

I think a better approach would be to contribute to adding phylink/sfp
support to r8169, so that the SFP NIC versions (incl. RTL8116AF) can be
properly supported. This would have to include making the SFP I2C bus
accessible by the kernel (instead of firmware only).

> Javen Xu (3):
>   r816e: add a fake driver r816e for RTL8116af
>   r816e: Add a Makefile in the r816e folder
>   realtek: Update Makefile and Kconfig
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/Kconfig        |  7 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/Makefile       |  1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r816e/Makefile |  8 +++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r816e/r816e.c  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r816e/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r816e/r816e.c
>