Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: stmmac: Enable EEE HW LPI timer with auto SW/HW switching

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Oct 16 2020 - 15:09:20 EST


On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:43:53 +0800 Voon Weifeng wrote:
> From: "Vineetha G. Jaya Kumaran" <vineetha.g.jaya.kumaran@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch enables the HW LPI Timer which controls the automatic entry
> and exit of the LPI state.
> The EEE LPI timer value is configured through ethtool. The driver will
> auto select the LPI HW timer if the value in the HW timer supported range.
> Else, the driver will fallback to SW timer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vineetha G. Jaya Kumaran <vineetha.g.jaya.kumaran@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Voon Weifeng <weifeng.voon@xxxxxxxxx>

Hopefully stmmac folks can review but unfortunately we already sent a PR
for 5.10 and therefore net-next is closed for new drivers and features.

Please repost when it reopens after 5.10-rc1 is cut.