[PATCH net 1/2] net: pse-pd: si3474: keep detection enabled on the other PIs

From: Piotr Kubik

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 13:09:53 EST


DETECT_CLASS_ENABLE holds the detection and classification bits of
all four channels of a quad. si3474_pi_enable() wrote the register
with the bits of its own PI only, so it cleared them for the other PI
of the quad. In AUTO mode that PI keeps its admin state and a PD that
already has power keeps it, but the port runs no new detection: a PD
plugged in later, or one waiting for detection when the other PI is
enabled, gets no power.

Read the register and set the PI bits, as the PORT_MODE update above
already does.

Discovered by an AI code review agent. Confirmed on an SDG-9000 board
(MediaTek MT7988A, two Si3474 in AUTO pin mode) with Linux 6.18:
with both PIs of one quad disabled, enabling PI A and then PI B left
DETECT_CLASS_ENABLE with the bits of PI B only, and a PD on PI A never
got power. No kernel change was needed to reproduce it.

Tested on the same board with the same sequence in both orders:
DETECT_CLASS_ENABLE keeps the bits of both PIs, and the PD gets power.
No kernel selftest covers PSE hardware.

Fixes: a2317231df4b ("net: pse-pd: Add Si3474 PSE controller driver")
Signed-off-by: Piotr Kubik <piotr@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/pse-pd/si3474.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/pse-pd/si3474.c b/drivers/net/pse-pd/si3474.c
index 1845b9c51cf7..99e96f6bdefc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pse-pd/si3474.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pse-pd/si3474.c
@@ -312,8 +312,13 @@ static int si3474_pi_enable(struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev, int id)
/* DETECT_CLASS_ENABLE must be set when using AUTO mode,
* otherwise PI does not power up - datasheet section 2.10.2
*/
- val = CHAN_BIT(chan0) | CHAN_UPPER_BIT(chan0) |
- CHAN_BIT(chan1) | CHAN_UPPER_BIT(chan1);
+ ret = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, DETECT_CLASS_ENABLE_REG);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ val = (u8)ret;
+ val |= CHAN_BIT(chan0) | CHAN_UPPER_BIT(chan0) |
+ CHAN_BIT(chan1) | CHAN_UPPER_BIT(chan1);

ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, DETECT_CLASS_ENABLE_REG, val);
if (ret)
--
2.55.0