Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: Provide Module 4 KSZ9477 errata (DS80000754C)

From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Wed Aug 30 2023 - 14:53:31 EST


On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 11:21:19AM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> + /* KSZ9477 Errata DS80000754C
> + *
> + * Module 4: Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) feature select must be
> + * manually disabled
> + * The EEE feature is enabled by default, but it is not fully
> + * operational. It must be manually disabled through register
> + * controls. If not disabled, the PHY ports can auto-negotiate
> + * to enable EEE, and this feature can cause link drops when linked
> + * to another device supporting EEE.
> + *
> + * Although, the KSZ9477 MMD register
> + * (MMD_DEVICE_ID_EEE_ADV.MMD_EEE_ADV) advertise that EEE is
> + * operational one needs to manualy clear them to follow the chip
> + * errata.
> + */
> + linkmode_and(phydev->supported_eee, phydev->supported, zero);

Hi,

I'm wondering whether you had a reason to write the above, rather than
use the simpler:

linkmode_zero(phydev->supported_eee);

Thanks.

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