kernel/linux.git/include/linux/phylink.h, branch v7.0-rc7

net: phylink: introduce helpers for replaying link callbacks

2026-01-22T03:50:54+00:00

Some drivers of MAC + tightly integrated PCS (example: SJA1105 + XPCS covered by same reset domain) need to perform resets at runtime. The reset is triggered by the MAC driver, and it needs to restore its and the PCS' registers, all invisible to phylink. However, there is a desire to simplify the API through which the MAC and the PCS interact, so this becomes challenging. Phylink holds all the necessary state to help with this operation, and can offer two helpers which walk the MAC and PCS drivers again through the callbacks required during a destructive reset operation. The procedure is as follows: Before reset, MAC driver calls phylink_replay_link_begin(): - Triggers phylink mac_link_down() and pcs_link_down() methods After reset, MAC driver calls phylink_replay_link_end(): - Triggers phylink mac_config() -> pcs_config() -> mac_link_up() -> pcs_link_up() methods. MAC and PCS registers are restored with no other custom driver code. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260119121954.1624535-3-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: ethtool: Add support for 80Gbps speed

2026-01-19T20:09:58+00:00

USB4 v2 link used in peer-to-peer networking is symmetric 80Gbps so in order to support reading this link speed, add support for it to ethtool. Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115115646.328898-3-mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phylink: add phylink managed wake-on-lan PHY speed control

2025-10-25T01:52:08+00:00

Some drivers, e.g. stmmac, use the speed_up()/speed_down() APIs to gain additional power saving during Wake-on-LAN where the PHY is managing the state. Add support to phylink for this, which can be enabled by the MAC driver. Only change the PHY speed if the PHY is configured for wake-up, but without any wake-up on the MAC side, as MAC side means changing the configuration once the negotiation has completed. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E1vBrR7-0000000BLza-2PjK@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phylink: add phylink managed MAC Wake-on-Lan support

2025-10-25T01:52:08+00:00

Add core phylink managed Wake-on-Lan support, which is enabled when the MAC driver fills in the new .mac_wol_set() method that this commit creates. When this feature is disabled, phylink acts as it has in the past, merely passing the ethtool WoL calls to phylib whenever a PHY exists. No other new functionality provided by this commit is enabled. When this feature is enabled, a more inteligent approach is used. Phylink will first pass WoL options to the PHY, read them back, and attempt to set any options that were not set at the PHY at the MAC. Since we have PHY drivers that report they support WoL, and accept WoL configuration even though they aren't wired up to be capable of waking the system, we need a way to differentiate between PHYs that think they support WoL and those which actually do. As PHY drivers do not make use of the driver model's wake-up infrastructure, but could, we use this to determine whether PHY drivers can participate. This gives a path forward where, as MAC drivers are converted to this, it encourages PHY drivers to also be converted. Phylink will also ignore the mac_wol argument to phylink_suspend() as it now knows the WoL state at the MAC. MAC drivers are expected to record/configure the Wake-on-Lan state in their .mac_set_wol() method, and deal appropriately with it in their suspend/resume methods. The driver model provides assistance to set the IRQ wake support which may assist driver authors in achieving the necessary configuration. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E1vBrR2-0000000BLzU-1xYL@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phylink: remove stale an_enabled from doc

2025-08-26T00:59:08+00:00

state->an_enabled was removed by commit 4ee9b0dcf09f ("net: phylink: remove an_enabled") but is left in mac_config() doc, so clean it. Signed-off-by: David Yang Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250824013009.2443580-1-mmyangfl@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phylink: mac_link_(up|down)() clarifications

2025-04-23T01:21:53+00:00

As a result of an email from the fbnic author, I reviewed the phylink documentation, and I have decided to clarify the wording in the mac_link_(up|down)() kernel documentation as this was written from the point of view of mvneta/mvpp2 and is misleading. The documentation talks about forcing the link - indeed, this is what is done in the mvneta and mvpp2 drivers but not at the physical layer but the MACs idea, which has the effect of only allowing or stopping packet flow at the MAC. This "link" needs to be controlled when using a PHY or fixed link to start or stop packet flow at the MAC. However, as the MAC and PCS are tightly integrated, if the MACs idea of the link is forced down, it has the side effect that there is no way to determine that the media link has come up - in this mode, the MAC must be allowed to follow its built-in PCS so we can read the link state. Frame the documentation in more generic terms, to avoid the thought that the physical media link to the partner needs in some way to be forced up or down with these calls; it does not. If that were to be done, it would be a self-fulfilling prophecy - e.g. if the media link goes down, then mac_link_down() will be called, and if the media link is then placed into a forced down state, there is no possibility that the media link will ever come up again - clearly this is a wrong interpretation. These methods are notifications to the MAC about what has happened to the media link state - either from the PHY, or a PCS, or whatever mechanism fixed-link is using. Thus, reword them to get away from talking about changing link state to avoid confusion with media link state. This is not a change of any requirements of these methods. Also, remove the obsolete references to EEE for these methods, we now have the LPI functions for configuring the EEE parameters which renders this redundant, and also makes the passing of "phy" to the mac_link_up() function obsolete. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E1u5Ah5-001GO1-7E@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phylink: add functions to block/unblock rx clock stop

2025-03-25T14:58:04+00:00

Some MACs require the PHY receive clock to be running to complete setup actions. This may fail if the PHY has negotiated EEE, the MAC supports receive clock stop, and the link has entered LPI state. Provide a pair of APIs that MAC drivers can use to temporarily block the PHY disabling the receive clock. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E1tvO6k-008Vjt-MZ@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phylink: add phylink_prepare_resume()

2025-03-25T14:58:03+00:00

When the system is suspended, the PHY may be placed in low-power mode by setting the BMCR 0.11 Power down bit. IEEE 802.3 states that the behaviour of the PHY in this state is implementation specific, and the PHY is not required to meet the RX_CLK and TX_CLK requirements. Essentially, this means that a PHY may stop the clocks that it is generating while in power down state. However, MACs exist which require the clocks from the PHY to be running in order to properly resume. phylink_prepare_resume() provides them with a way to clear the Power down bit early. Note, however, that IEEE 802.3 gives PHYs up to 500ms grace before the transmit and receive clocks meet the requirements after clearing the power down bit. Add a resume preparation function, which will ensure that the receive clock from the PHY is appropriately configured while resuming. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E1tvO6V-008Vjb-AP@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: phylink: expand on .pcs_config() method documentation

2025-03-17T20:30:54+00:00

Expand on the requirements of the .pcs_config() method documentation, specifically mentioning that it should cause minimal disruption to an established link, and that it should return a positive non-zero value when requiring the .pcs_an_restart() method to be called. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E1trb24-005oVq-Is@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: phylink: Remove unused phylink_init_eee

2025-03-08T03:03:31+00:00

phylink_init_eee() is currently unused. It was last added in 2019 by commit 86e58135bc4a ("net: phylink: add phylink_init_eee() helper") but it didn't actually wire a use up. It had previous been removed in 2017 by commit 939eae25d9a5 ("phylink: remove phylink_init_eee()"). Remove it again. Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250306184534.246152-1-linux@treblig.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski