[PATCH net-next v5 12/14] net: macb: runtime detect MACB_CAPS_USRIO_DISABLED

From: Conor Dooley

Date: Wed Mar 25 2026 - 12:53:59 EST


From: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@xxxxxxxxxxx>

DCFG1 (design config 1 register) carries a bit indicating whether User
I/O feature has been enabled or not. The MACB/GEM driver has a cap flag
indicating that HW has the feature disabled (default is enabled). Add
the missing connection between DCFG1 bit and MACB_CAPS_USRIO_DISABLED.

Indirect impact: avoid useless writel() on USERIO register; this is not
an important fix because USERIO is anyway read-only when feature is
disabled.

If for some reason a compatible sets USRIO_DISABLED but DCFG1 indicates
it is enabled, we still keep the disabled capability flag. This ensures
we don't break "cdns,np4-macb" that sets the flag from compatible match
data.

Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h | 2 ++
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
index 8e5305f9a7545..16527dbab875d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@
#define GEM_IRQCOR_SIZE 1
#define GEM_DBWDEF_OFFSET 25
#define GEM_DBWDEF_SIZE 3
+#define GEM_USERIO_OFFSET 9
+#define GEM_USERIO_SIZE 1
#define GEM_NO_PCS_OFFSET 0
#define GEM_NO_PCS_SIZE 1

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 58d89b9e2f08e..b9791bbbec8bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -4588,6 +4588,8 @@ static void macb_configure_caps(struct macb *bp,
bp->caps |= MACB_CAPS_ISR_CLEAR_ON_WRITE;
if (GEM_BFEXT(NO_PCS, dcfg) == 0)
bp->caps |= MACB_CAPS_PCS;
+ if (!(dcfg & GEM_BIT(USERIO)))
+ bp->caps |= MACB_CAPS_USRIO_DISABLED;
dcfg = gem_readl(bp, DCFG12);
if (GEM_BFEXT(HIGH_SPEED, dcfg) == 1)
bp->caps |= MACB_CAPS_HIGH_SPEED;
--
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