Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: stmmac: Add DWMAC glue layer for Renesas GBETH

From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Sun Mar 02 2025 - 15:06:05 EST


On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 07:33:10PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 06:18:08PM +0000, Prabhakar wrote:
> > + gbeth->dev = dev;
> > + gbeth->regs = stmmac_res.addr;
> > + plat_dat->bsp_priv = gbeth;
> > + plat_dat->set_clk_tx_rate = stmmac_set_clk_tx_rate;
>
> Thanks for using that!
>
> > + plat_dat->flags |= STMMAC_FLAG_HWTSTAMP_CORRECT_LATENCY |
> > + STMMAC_FLAG_EN_TX_LPI_CLOCKGATING |
>
> I would like to know what value tx_clk_stop is in
> stmmac_mac_enable_tx_lpi() for your setup. Ideally, stmmac should
> use the capability report from the PHY to decide whether the
> transmit clock can be gated, but sadly we haven't had any support
> in phylib/phylink for that until recently, and I haven't modified
> stmmac to allow use of that. However, it would be good to gain
> knowledge in this area.
>
> > + STMMAC_FLAG_RX_CLK_RUNS_IN_LPI |
>
> What is the reason for setting this flag? If it's because of suspend/
> resume failures, does my "net: stmmac: fix resume failures due to
> RX clock" series solve this for you without requiring this flag?

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