Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: keep PHY up for WoL

[Andrew Lunn]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 03:25:38PM -0700, Vincent Palatin wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:23 AM, Giuseppe CAVALLARO
> <peppe.cavallaro@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > On 6/3/2016 7:29 PM, Vincent Palatin wrote:
> >>
> >> Do not shutdown the PHY if Wake-on-Lan is enabled, else it cannot wake
> >> us up.
> >>
> >
> > I do not understand why you need that.
> > This is done inside the PHY layer and it is tested on our platforms
> > he idea is: If the parent wants to Wake the system then the PHY should
> > not power-down.
> 
> I'm not sure I understand :
> you mean that this path is not called if WoL is enabled ?
> [ currently stmmac_pltfr_suspend() is calling priv->plat->exit() which
> is the rk_gmac_exit() code I'm modifying ]
> or the RK driver code should not power down the phy in its exit() callback ?

Take a look at phy_suspend().

     Andrew