Re: [PATCH net] arm64: dts: imx8dxl: Disable hibernation mode of AR8031 for EQOS

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Dec 15 2022 - 05:13:21 EST


On 15/12/2022 10:36, wei.fang@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
>
> The hibernation mode of AR8031 PHY defaults to be enabled after hardware
> reset. When the cable is unplugged, the PHY will enter hibernation mode
> after about 10 senconds and the PHY clocks will be stopped to save
> power. However, due to the design of EQOS, the mac needs the RX_CLK of
> PHY for software reset to complete. Otherwise the software reset of EQOS
> will be failed and do not work correctly. The only way is to disable
> hibernation mode of AR8031 PHY for EQOS, the "qca,disable-hibernation-mode"
> property is used for this purpose and has already been submitted to the
> upstream, for more details please refer to the below link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220818030054.1010660-2-wei.fang@xxxxxxx/

This is not a patch for net-next as you indicate in the subject. DTS
patches go via SoC platform maintainers.

Best regards,
Krzysztof