Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: phy: Allow drivers to always call into ->suspend()

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 03:34:01PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> A few PHY drivers are currently attempting to not suspend the PHY when
> Wake-on-LAN is enabled, however that code is not currently executing at
> all due to an early check in phy_suspend().
> 
> This prevents PHY drivers from making an appropriate decisions and put
> the hardware into a low power state if desired.
> 
> In order to allow the PHY drivers to opt into getting their ->suspend
> routine to be called, add a PHY_ALWAYS_CALL_SUSPEND bit which can be
> set. A boolean that tracks whether the PHY or the attached MAC has
> Wake-on-LAN enabled is also provided for convenience.
> 
> If phydev::wol_enabled then the PHY shall not prevent its own
> Wake-on-LAN detection logic from working and shall not prevent the
> Ethernet MAC from receiving packets for matching.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew