Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: realtek: Add optional external PHY clock

From: Heiner Kallweit
Date: Wed May 31 2023 - 15:09:39 EST


On 31.05.2023 17:03, Detlev Casanova wrote:
> In some cases, the PHY can use an external clock source instead of a
> crystal.
>
> Add an optional clock in the phy node to make sure that the clock source
> is enabled, if specified, before probing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Detlev Casanova <detlev.casanova@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/phy/realtek.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> index 3d99fd6664d7..70c75dbbf799 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> #include <linux/phy.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/delay.h>
> +#include <linux/clk.h>
>
> #define RTL821x_PHYSR 0x11
> #define RTL821x_PHYSR_DUPLEX BIT(13)
> @@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ struct rtl821x_priv {
> u16 phycr1;
> u16 phycr2;
> bool has_phycr2;
> + struct clk *clk;
> };
>
> static int rtl821x_read_page(struct phy_device *phydev)
> @@ -103,6 +105,11 @@ static int rtl821x_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
> if (!priv)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> + priv->clk = devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, "xtal");

Why add priv->clk if it isn't used outside probe()?

How about suspend/resume? Would it make sense to stop the clock
whilst PHY is suspended?

> + if (IS_ERR(priv->clk))
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(priv->clk),
> + "failed to get phy xtal clock\n");
> +
> ret = phy_read_paged(phydev, 0xa43, RTL8211F_PHYCR1);
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;