[PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: support MDI swapping for RTL8226-CG
From: Jan Hoffmann
Date: Sun Mar 22 2026 - 15:51:07 EST
Add support for configuring swapping of MDI pairs (ABCD->DCBA) when the
property "enet-phy-pair-order" is specified.
Unfortunately, no documentation about this feature is available, so the
configuration involves magic values. As it is unknown whether the
patching step can be safely reversed, only enabling MDI swapping is
supported.
Some other Realtek PHYs also support similar mechanisms:
- RTL8221B-VB-CG allows to configure MDI swapping via the same register,
but does not need the additional patching step. However, it is unclear
whether a driver implementation for that PHY is necessary, as it is
known to support configuration via strapping pins (which is working
fine at least in Zyxel XGS1210-12 rev B1).
- The patching step seems to match the one for the integrated PHYs of
some Realtek PCIe/USB NICs (see for example the r8152 driver).
For now, only implement this for the RTL8226-CG PHY, where it is needed
for the switches Zyxel XGS1010-12 rev A1 and XGS1210-12 rev A1.
Signed-off-by: Jan Hoffmann <jan@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 141 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
index 023e47ad605b..2472f54502bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
@@ -1447,6 +1447,146 @@ static unsigned int rtl822x_inband_caps(struct phy_device *phydev,
}
}
+static int rtl8226_set_mdi_swap(struct phy_device *phydev, bool swap_enable)
+{
+ u16 val = swap_enable ? BIT(5) : 0;
+
+ return phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND1, 0x6a21, BIT(5), val);
+}
+
+static int rtl8226_patch_mdi_swap(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+ u16 values[4];
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xd068);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (!(ret & BIT(1))) {
+ /* already swapped */
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ ret = phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xd068, 0x7, 0x1);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ /* swap adccal_offset */
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ ret = phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xd068, 0x3 << 3, i << 3);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xd06a);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ values[i] = ret;
+ }
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ ret = phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xd068, 0x3 << 3, i << 3);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = phy_write_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xd06a, values[3 - i]);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ /* swap rg_lpf_cap_xg */
+
+ ret = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xbd5a);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ values[0] = ret & 0x1f;
+ values[1] = (ret >> 8) & 0x1f;
+
+ ret = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xbd5c);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ values[2] = ret & 0x1f;
+ values[3] = (ret >> 8) & 0x1f;
+
+ ret = phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xbd5a, 0x1f1f,
+ values[3] | (values[2] << 8));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xbd5c, 0x1f1f,
+ values[1] | (values[0] << 8));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ /* swap rg_lpf_cap */
+
+ ret = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xbc18);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ values[0] = ret & 0x1f;
+ values[1] = (ret >> 8) & 0x1f;
+
+ ret = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xbc1a);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ values[2] = ret & 0x1f;
+ values[3] = (ret >> 8) & 0x1f;
+
+ ret = phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xbc18, 0x1f1f,
+ values[3] | (values[2] << 8));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = phy_modify_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_VEND2, 0xbc1a, 0x1f1f,
+ values[1] | (values[0] << 8));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int rtl8226_config_mdi_order(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+ u32 order;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = of_property_read_u32(phydev->mdio.dev.of_node, "enet-phy-pair-order", &order);
+
+ /* Property not present, nothing to do */
+ if (ret == -EINVAL || ret == -ENOSYS)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /* Only enabling MDI swapping is supported */
+ if (order != 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = rtl8226_set_mdi_swap(phydev, true);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return rtl8226_patch_mdi_swap(phydev);
+}
+
+static int rtl8226_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = rtl8226_config_mdi_order(phydev);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return rtl822x_config_init(phydev);
+}
+
static int rtl822xb_get_rate_matching(struct phy_device *phydev,
phy_interface_t iface)
{
@@ -2384,7 +2524,7 @@ static struct phy_driver realtek_drvs[] = {
.soft_reset = rtl822x_c45_soft_reset,
.get_features = rtl822x_c45_get_features,
.config_aneg = rtl822x_c45_config_aneg,
- .config_init = rtl822x_config_init,
+ .config_init = rtl8226_config_init,
.inband_caps = rtl822x_inband_caps,
.config_inband = rtl822x_config_inband,
.read_status = rtl822xb_c45_read_status,
--
2.53.0