[PATCH net-next v11 4/7] net: stmmac: qcom-ethqos: set serdes mode before powerup

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 07:45:33 EST


Call phy_set_mode_ext() before phy_power_on() in
qcom_ethqos_serdes_powerup(). This is harmless for existing users but on
SCMI systems this is required for the PHY driver to select the right
performance level - which translates to the link speed. This is done
ahead of adding support for the firmware-managed EMAC on Qualcomm sa8255p.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
index ac7d6d3e205a1ab5b391def879d6f1033a0961b6..47b70b5e706f221c01f1c0ae3b1acafae6641165 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
@@ -601,10 +601,19 @@ static int qcom_ethqos_serdes_powerup(struct net_device *ndev, void *priv)
if (ret)
return ret;

+ ret = phy_set_mode_ext(ethqos->serdes_phy, PHY_MODE_ETHERNET,
+ ethqos->phy_mode);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_out;
+
ret = phy_power_on(ethqos->serdes_phy);
if (ret)
- phy_exit(ethqos->serdes_phy);
+ goto err_out;

+ return 0;
+
+err_out:
+ phy_exit(ethqos->serdes_phy);
return ret;
}


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