RE: [PATCH net-next V1 3/4] net: stmmac: Reconfigure the PHY WOL settings in stmmac_resume()

[Voon, Weifeng]

> > > > No, the interrupt will not be discarded. If the PHY is in
> > > > interrupt mode, the interrupt handler will triggers and ISR will
> > > > clear the WOL
> > > status bit.
> > > > The condition here is when the PHY is in polling mode, the PHY
> > > > driver does not have any other mechanism to clear the WOL interrupt
> status bit.
> > > > Hence, we need to go through the PHY set_wol() again.
> > >
> > > I would say you have a broken setup. If you are explicitly using the
> > > interrupt as a wakeup source, you need to be servicing the
> > > interrupt. You cannot use polled mode.
> >
> > Sorry for the confusion. But I would like to clarify the I should use
> > the term of "WOL event status" rather than "WOL interrupt status".
> > For interrupt mode, clearing the "WOL interrupt status" register will
> > auto clear the "WOL event status".
> > For polling mode, the phy driver can manually clear the "WOL event
> > status" by setting 1 to "Clear WOL Status" bit.
> 
> If WOL raises an interrupt signal from the PHY, but the PHY interrupt
> signal is not wired, how does the wakeup happen? What is the PHY interrupt
> wired to?

The PHY WOL event signal is wired directly to the PMC. The PMC will detect 
the triggered WOL event signal and wakeup the system.

Weifeng