[PATCH v2 2/2] net: enetc: do not skip setting LaBCR[MDIO_PHYAD_PRTAD] for addr 0

From: Wei Fang

Date: Wed Mar 04 2026 - 22:10:55 EST


Given that some platforms may use PHY address 0 (I suppose the PHY may
not treat address 0 as a broadcast address or default response address).
It is possible for some boards to connect multiple PHYs to the same
ENETC MAC, for example:

- a PHY with a non-zero address connects to ENETC MAC through SGMII
interface (selected via DTS_A)
- a PHY with address 0 connects to ENETC MAC through RGMII interface
(selected via DTS_B)

For the case where the ENETC port MDIO is used to manage the PHY, when
switching from DTS_A to DTS_B via soft reboot, LaBCR[MDIO_PHYAD_PRTAD]
must be updated to 0 because the NETCMIX block is not reset during soft
reboot. However, the current driver explicitly skips configuring address
0, causing LaBCR[MDIO_PHYAD_PRTAD] to retain its old value.

Therefore, remove the special-case skip of PHY address 0 so that valid
configurations using address 0 are properly supported.

Fixes: 6633df05f3ad ("net: enetc: set the external PHY address in IERB for port MDIO usage")
Fixes: 50bfd9c06f0f ("net: enetc: set external PHY address in IERB for i.MX94 ENETC")
Reviewed-by: Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/netc_blk_ctrl.c | 12 ------------
1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/netc_blk_ctrl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/netc_blk_ctrl.c
index f0e103615e88..92a0f824dae7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/netc_blk_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/netc_blk_ctrl.c
@@ -438,12 +438,6 @@ static int imx95_enetc_mdio_phyaddr_config(struct platform_device *pdev)
return -EINVAL;
}

- /* The default value of LaBCR[MDIO_PHYAD_PRTAD ] is
- * 0, so no need to set the register.
- */
- if (!addr)
- continue;
-
switch (bus_devfn) {
case IMX95_ENETC0_BUS_DEVFN:
netc_reg_write(priv->ierb, IERB_LBCR(0),
@@ -590,12 +584,6 @@ static int imx94_enetc_mdio_phyaddr_config(struct netc_blk_ctrl *priv,
return addr;
}

- /* The default value of LaBCR[MDIO_PHYAD_PRTAD] is 0,
- * so no need to set the register.
- */
- if (!addr)
- return 0;
-
if (phy_mask & BIT(addr)) {
dev_err(dev,
"Find same PHY address in EMDIO and ENETC node\n");
--
2.34.1