Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: phy: motorcomm: enable the reference clock for YT8521 and YT8531

[Alexey Charkov]

Hi Jaxing,

On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM Jiaxing Hu <gahing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> These PHYs need a 25 MHz reference. On boards without a local crystal
> it is fed from the SoC and described as a clock on the PHY node. Get and
> enable it in probe, via a small helper called from both yt8521_probe and
> yt8531_probe, so the PHY is clocked before its registers are accessed.
> The clock is optional, so crystal-clocked boards are unaffected.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jiaxing Hu <gahing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Factor the clock enable into ytphy_get_and_enable_refclk() and call it
>   from yt8521_probe as well, so the YT8521 is covered too, not only the
>   YT8531. v1 only touched yt8531_probe.
> - Carried Andrew's Reviewed-by; the enable itself is unchanged, only
>   moved into the helper.
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260719034555.3623003-1-gahing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> A second crystal-less RK3576 board with a YT8521 needs the same handling
> (see the RK3576 GMAC 25M refout thread [1]), so v2 covers both PHYs. This
> supersedes the withdrawn dwmac-rk MAC-side series. The DTS that consumes
> the clock (rk3576-armsom-cm5) goes to the rockchip tree separately; the
> clock is optional so this patch stands alone. The YT8531 path is tested
> on an ArmSoM CM5-IO (links at 1000 Mbit/s).
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260727021048.3375444-1-attinagaoxu@xxxxxxxxx/
>
>  drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c b/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> index 708491bc1..32eb5ce93 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>   * Author: Frank <Frank.Sae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   */
>
> +#include <linux/clk.h>
>  #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
> @@ -1043,6 +1044,29 @@ static int yt8531_set_ds(struct phy_device *phydev)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +/**
> + * ytphy_get_and_enable_refclk() - get and enable the PHY reference clock
> + * @phydev: a pointer to a &struct phy_device
> + *
> + * A crystal-less YT8521/YT8531 takes its 25 MHz reference from the SoC. When
> + * that reference is described as a clock, enable it for the life of the
> + * device. It is optional, so crystal-clocked boards are unaffected.
> + *
> + * returns 0 or negative errno code
> + */
> +static int ytphy_get_and_enable_refclk(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +       struct device *dev = &phydev->mdio.dev;
> +       struct clk *clk;
> +
> +       clk = devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, NULL);
> +       if (IS_ERR(clk))
> +               return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(clk),
> +                                    "failed to get and enable the reference clock\n");

A helper for a single-line function call looks like an overkill, and
requires scrolling to understand what is going on where an open-coded
version would be self-explanatory at the first glance.

Maybe fold it into the two caller functions instead?

Best regards,
Alexey