RE: [PATCH net-next v4 4/8] r8152: split r8157_hw_phy_cfg into RTL8157 and RTL8159 variants

From: Chih Kai Hsu

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 06:03:50 EST


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> - [Medium] r8159_hw_phy_cfg() (drivers/net/usb/r8152.c:8309) contains
> functional PHY programming that the commit message does not disclose.
> - [Medium] r8159_hw_phy_cfg() (drivers/net/usb/r8152.c:8309) drops the
> unconditional rtl_eee_enable(tp, false) that r8157_hw_phy_cfg() keeps…
> - [Medium] The preceding patch in this series, "r8152: split RTL_VER_17
> into QFN68 and QFN100 package variants", justifies the new package…
> - [Low] The commit message states the split was done "instead of
> switching on version mid-function", but both resulting functions still…
>
> --
>
> r8152: split r8157_hw_phy_cfg into RTL8157 and RTL8159 variants
>
> This splits r8157_hw_phy_cfg() into an RTL8157-only version and a new
> r8159_hw_phy_cfg() for RTL_VER_17_QFN68/QFN100, each carrying its own
> copy of the shared prologue and epilogue. It also adds sram2_set_bits()/
> sram2_clr_bits() helpers and replaces a raw 0xa430 write with the named
> OCP_POWER_CFG/EN_10M_PLLOFF/EN_ALDPS_PLLOFF macros.
>
> No Link: tags in the commit header.
>
> A few questions below about the new function and the commit message.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c index
> > c513c286c5499..d30031dbf2d38 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -8257,12 +8271,85 @@ static void r8157_hw_phy_cfg(struct r8152 *tp)
> > sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x807c, 0xff00, 0x5000);
> > sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x809d, 0xff00, 0x5000);
> > break;
> > + default:
> > + break;
> > + }
> >
>
> [ ... copy of the r8157 epilogue snipped ... ]
>
> > +static void r8159_hw_phy_cfg(struct r8152 *tp) {
> > + u16 data;
> > +
> > + r8156b_wait_loading_flash(tp);
> > +
> > + ocp_word_test_and_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, USB_MISC_0,
> > + PCUT_STATUS);
> > +
> > + data = r8153_phy_status(tp, 0);
> > + switch (data) {
> > + case PHY_STAT_EXT_INIT:
> > + rtl8152_apply_firmware(tp, true);
> > + ocp_reg_clr_bits(tp, 0xa466, BIT(0));
> > + ocp_reg_clr_bits(tp, 0xa468, BIT(3) | BIT(1));
> > + break;
> > + case PHY_STAT_LAN_ON:
> > + case PHY_STAT_PWRDN:
> > + default:
> > + rtl8152_apply_firmware(tp, false);
> > + break;
> > + }
> > +
> > + r8152_mdio_test_and_clr_bit(tp, MII_BMCR, BMCR_PDOWN);
> > +
> > + r8153_aldps_en(tp, false);
>
> [Severity: Medium]
> Here the rtl_eee_enable(tp, false) call is gone, while the epilogue of
> r8159_hw_phy_cfg() still ends with:
>
> if (tp->eee_en)
> rtl_eee_enable(tp, true);
>
> with no else branch.
>
> When tp->eee_en is false, is there anything left in this callback that programs
> the EEE registers or updates tp->ups_info.eee? r8157_hw_phy_cfg(),
> r8153_hw_phy_cfg(), r8153b_hw_phy_cfg() and the r8156/r8156b variants all
> keep the unconditional disable in the same spot.
>
> tp->eee_en is user settable through r8152_set_eee(), which does eee_en =
> tp->eee->eee_enabled followed by rtl_eee_enable(tp, tp->eee_en),
> i.e. both states get programmed there. hw_phy_cfg() is what re-establishes
> that policy after the PHY goes back to defaults: it is re-run from the
> PCUT_STATUS power-cut recovery paths and from rtl_hw_phy_work_func_t,
> and
> rtl8152_apply_firmware() runs just above.
>
> So after "ethtool --set-eee <dev> eee off" and a later power-cut recovery on
> RTL8159, can EEE come back enabled/advertised in hardware while ethtool still
> reports eee_enabled == 0 and tp->ups_info.eee (used to build USB_UPS_FLAGS)
> stays stale?

The EEE settings are properly recovered across runtime suspend, not reset to default.
During suspend, r8156_ups_flags() (called via r8157_ups_en()) saves the current PHY settings,
including EEE, into USB_UPS_FLAGS.

Upon resume, the firmware relies on USB_UPS_FLAGS to restore the exact PHY state.

>
> The commit message says "RTL8159 doesn't need EEE disabled before
> reprogramming PHY parameters", which covers the ordering role of that call.
> Does it also cover its second role of enforcing the requested EEE state?
>
> > +
> > + data = r8153_phy_status(tp, PHY_STAT_LAN_ON);
> > + WARN_ON_ONCE(data != PHY_STAT_LAN_ON);
> > +
> > + /* PFM mode */
> > + ocp_word_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_PLA, PLA_PHY_PWR,
> > + PFM_PWM_SWITCH);
> > +
> > + /* Advanced Power Saving parameter */
> > + ocp_reg_set_bits(tp, OCP_POWER_CFG, EN_10M_PLLOFF |
> > + EN_ALDPS_PLLOFF);
> > +
> > + /* Disable ALDPS force mode */
> > + ocp_reg_clr_bits(tp, 0xa44a, BIT(2));
> > +
> > + /* Disable bypass_turn_off_clk_in_aldps */
> > + ocp_byte_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_PLA, 0xd3c8, BIT(0));
> > +
> > + switch (tp->version) {
>
> [Severity: Low]
> The commit message says the split was done "instead of switching on version
> mid-function", but both resulting functions still switch on tp->version with only
> one non-default case each.
>
> rtl_ops_init() installs ops->hw_phy_cfg = r8159_hw_phy_cfg only under case
> RTL_VER_17_QFN68 / case RTL_VER_17_QFN100, and
> ops->hw_phy_cfg = r8157_hw_phy_cfg only under case RTL_VER_16, so
> ops->neither
> default arm is reachable.
>
> Can both switches (and their default: break; arms) simply be dropped?
>
> > case RTL_VER_17_QFN68:
> > case RTL_VER_17_QFN100:
>
> [Severity: Medium]
> The preceding patch in this series, "r8152: split RTL_VER_17 into QFN68 and
> QFN100 package variants", justifies the new package detection with:
>
> "RTL8159 is sold in two packages, QFN68 and QFN100, which need
> different PHY tuning (added in a later patch) and a package-specific
> u2phy backup-restore patch"
>
> This is the patch that adds the RTL8159 PHY tuning, yet both package versions
> fall into the same case and get identical power-level, TX filter, CMP timer, PLL
> and SRAM/SRAM2 values. By the end of the series the only QFN68-specific
> code is the u2phy backup-restore write (0xb99c BIT(0)) in r8159_init(), the UPS
> enable/disable selection, and the 10G EEE UPS flag.
>
> Is one of the two packages being programmed with the other package's PHY
> parameters here, or was the per-package PHY tuning rationale in the previous
> patch inaccurate?

I will fix the commit message in the previous patch. Besides, the two packages
will apply different patches; I will mention this in the previous patch.

>
> > - /* Disable bypass turn off clk in ALDPS */
> > - ocp_byte_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_PLA, 0xd3c8, BIT(0));
> > -
> > /* Power level tuning
> > * test mode power level
> > */
> > @@ -8272,22 +8359,35 @@ static void r8157_hw_phy_cfg(struct r8152 *tp)
> > sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x81ae, 0xff00, 0x0f00);
> > sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x81b9, 0xff00, 0xb900);
> > /* normal link TX filter */
> > - sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x83b0, 0x0e00, 0);
> > - sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x83c5, 0x0e00, 0);
> > - sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x83da, 0x0e00, 0);
> > - sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x83ef, 0x0e00, 0);
> > + sram2_clr_bits(tp, 0x83b0, 0x0e00);
> > + sram2_clr_bits(tp, 0x83c5, 0x0e00);
> > + sram2_clr_bits(tp, 0x83da, 0x0e00);
> > + sram2_clr_bits(tp, 0x83ef, 0x0e00);
> > +
> > + ocp_reg_w0w1(tp, 0xbf38, 0x01f0, 0x0160);
> > + ocp_reg_w0w1(tp, 0xbf3a, 0x001f, 0x0014);
> > + /* shorten CLKS latency */
> > + ocp_reg_clr_bits(tp, 0xbf28, BIT(14) | BIT(13));
> > + ocp_reg_clr_bits(tp, 0xbf2c, BIT(15) | BIT(14));
> > + /* CMP_Timer on MP_Timer=333
> > + * GPHY OCP 0xbf28 bit[0] = 0x1
> > + * GPHY OCP 0xbf28 bit[6:1] = 0x3
> > + * GPHY OCP 0xbf28 bit[12:7] = 0x3
> > + */
> > + ocp_reg_w0w1(tp, 0xbf28, 0x1fff, 0x0187);
> > + ocp_reg_w0w1(tp, 0xbf2a, 0x3f, 0x03);
>
> [Severity: Medium]
> These writes to 0xbf38, 0xbf3a, 0xbf28, 0xbf2c and 0xbf2a have no matching
> removal anywhere in the diff, so they are new PHY programming rather than
> moved code.
>
> The commit message enumerates exactly three RTL8159 divergences (dropping
> rtl_eee_enable(tp, false), clearing EN_10M_CLKDIV instead of setting it, and the
> extra 0xa5ea BIT(2)) and then frames the rest as "add
> sram2_set_bits()/sram2_clr_bits() helpers ... and use the named
> OCP_POWER_CFG/EN_10M_PLLOFF/EN_ALDPS_PLLOFF macros".
>
> Can the "shorten CLKS latency" and "CMP_Timer on MP_Timer=333"
> programming be mentioned in the commit message as well?

Sure. Will do.

>
> >
> > /* AFE power saving for 2.5G & 5G */
> > sram_write(tp, 0x8173, 0x8620);
> > sram_write(tp, 0x8175, 0x8671);
> >
> > - sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x817c, 0, BIT(13));
> > - sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x8187, 0, BIT(13));
> > - sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x8192, 0, BIT(13));
> > - sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x819d, 0, BIT(13));
> > - sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x81a8, BIT(13), 0);
> > - sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x81b3, BIT(13), 0);
> > - sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x81be, 0, BIT(13));
> > + sram_set_bits(tp, 0x817c, BIT(13));
> > + sram_set_bits(tp, 0x8187, BIT(13));
> > + sram_set_bits(tp, 0x8192, BIT(13));
> > + sram_set_bits(tp, 0x819d, BIT(13));
> > + sram_clr_bits(tp, 0x81a8, BIT(13));
> > + sram_clr_bits(tp, 0x81b3, BIT(13));
> > + sram_set_bits(tp, 0x81be, BIT(13));
> >
> > sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x817d, 0xff00, 0xa600);
> > sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x8188, 0xff00, 0xa600); @@
> -8351,10
> > +8451,10 @@ static void r8157_hw_phy_cfg(struct r8152 *tp)
> > sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x84b2, 0xff00, 0x6000);
> > /* Training AAGC PAR (with uc2 patch) */
> > sram2_write(tp, 0x8ffc, 0x6008);
> > - sram2_write(tp, 0x8ffe, 0xf450);
> > + sram2_write(tp, 0x8ffe, 0xf4ff);
>
> [Severity: Medium]
> The neighbouring lines in this block are pure sram2_set_bits()/
> sram2_clr_bits() conversions, but this one changes the value written to 0x8ffe
> from 0xf450 to 0xf4ff. Is this value change intended, and can it be called out in
> the commit message?

Yes, it is. I will mention it in the next version.

>
> > /* DAC BGK */
> > - sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x8015, 0, BIT(9));
> > - sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x8016, 0, BIT(11));
> > + sram2_set_bits(tp, 0x8015, BIT(9));
> > + sram2_set_bits(tp, 0x8016, BIT(11));
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -8440,8 +8540,15 @@ static void r8157_hw_phy_cfg(struct r8152 *tp)
> > sram2_write(tp, 0x8ff8, 0xaa5a);
> >
> > sram2_write_w0w1(tp, 0x88d5, 0xff00, 0x0200);
> > - break;
> >
> > + /* spdchg_pga1_lpf_cap */
> > + sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x84bb, 0xff00, 0x0a00);
> > + sram_write_w0w1(tp, 0x84c0, 0xff00, 0x1600);
> > +
> > + /* ENET PLL jitter improvement */
> > + ocp_reg_w0w1(tp, 0xbf8a, 0xfc00, 0x2000);
> > + ocp_reg_set_bits(tp, 0xbf88, BIT(2));
> > + break;
>
> [Severity: Medium]
> The spdchg_pga1_lpf_cap writes (0x84bb, 0x84c0) and the ENET PLL jitter
> writes (0xbf8a, 0xbf88) are also new, with no counterpart removal in the diff.
> Should the commit message list these among the RTL8159 changes too?

Sure.

>
> > default:
> > break;
> > }
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -10264,7 +10371,7 @@ static int rtl_ops_init(struct r8152 *tp)
> > ops->eee_get = r8153_get_eee;
> > ops->eee_set = r8152_set_eee;
> > ops->in_nway = rtl8153_in_nway;
> > - ops->hw_phy_cfg = r8157_hw_phy_cfg;
> > + ops->hw_phy_cfg = r8159_hw_phy_cfg;
> > ops->autosuspend_en = rtl8157_runtime_enable;
> > ops->change_mtu = rtl8156_change_mtu;
> > tp->rx_buf_sz = 48 * 1024;
>
> --
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Best Regards,
Chih-Kai