[PATCH net 1/2] net: ethernet: bgmac: preserve forced 2.5 Gbps link speed

From: Florian Fainelli

Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 15:13:11 EST


Northstar and Northstar Plus use a 2.5 Gbps internal link between the
AMAC and the switch. BGMAC_FEAT_FORCE_SPEED_2500 makes bgmac_miiconfig()
configure that speed, but bgmac_adjust_link() subsequently replaces it
with the synthetic fixed PHY's 1 Gbps speed.

Use the forced speed when processing link changes so the MAC remains at
2.5 Gbps. Together with configuring the switch IMP port for its 2 Gbps
mode, this eliminates the output queue discards that caused approximately
1000 TCP retransmissions per second during an iperf3 transmit test.

Fixes: f6a95a24957a ("net: ethernet: bgmac: Add platform device support")
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
index 1835266fdd09..7079228e70c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
@@ -1415,11 +1415,15 @@ void bgmac_adjust_link(struct net_device *net_dev)
{
struct bgmac *bgmac = netdev_priv(net_dev);
struct phy_device *phy_dev = net_dev->phydev;
+ int speed = phy_dev->speed;
bool update = false;

+ if (bgmac->feature_flags & BGMAC_FEAT_FORCE_SPEED_2500)
+ speed = SPEED_2500;
+
if (phy_dev->link) {
- if (phy_dev->speed != bgmac->mac_speed) {
- bgmac->mac_speed = phy_dev->speed;
+ if (speed != bgmac->mac_speed) {
+ bgmac->mac_speed = speed;
update = true;
}

--
2.53.0