[PATCH net-next] net: phy: qca83xx: read resolved QCA8337 link status

From: Yongzhao Chen

Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 18:13:59 EST


Read QCA8337's vendor status on each autonegotiated link check so the
reported speed matches the PHY after SmartSpeed changes negotiation.
Keep link down while that status is unresolved or encodes a reserved
speed; PHYLIB then notifies its consumers when valid status returns.
Forced mode continues to use the generic BMCR result.

Suggested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yongzhao Chen <yongzhao.derek@xxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: LLM
---
Andrew suggested this in his review of RFC v3 4/5, where he noted that
read_status should report the real speed from the vendor register.
Thanks, Andrew. I mentioned this change in the same thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260924234814.1734-1-yongzhao.derek@xxxxxxxxx/

It does not depend on the qca8k series and applies to net-next on its own.

Testing: a model test compiles this function with the real
genphy_read_status(), phy_resolve_aneg_pause(), phy_read_status() and
phy_check_link_status() and covers 10/100/1000 in both duplexes,
unresolved and reserved speed codes, a speed change while the link
stays up, forced mode, pause resolution and MDIO read errors. W=1
builds for arm64 are clean. The same function is in my OpenWrt Linux
6.18.52 build for a Redmi AX5400 (QCA8337), including the build used
to test the at803x IPQ5018 fixes. I have not injected a real SmartSpeed
downshift on a user port.

drivers/net/phy/qcom/qca83xx.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/qcom/qca83xx.c b/drivers/net/phy/qcom/qca83xx.c
index bc70ed8efd8..b3f3183d4a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/qcom/qca83xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/qcom/qca83xx.c
@@ -92,6 +92,54 @@ static int qca83xx_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
return 0;
}

+static int qca8337_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+ int ret, ss;
+
+ ret = genphy_read_status(phydev);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ if (phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_DISABLE)
+ return 0;
+
+ phydev->speed = SPEED_UNKNOWN;
+ phydev->duplex = DUPLEX_UNKNOWN;
+ phydev->pause = false;
+ phydev->asym_pause = false;
+ if (!phydev->link)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* SmartSpeed can make the actual speed differ from the advertised modes. */
+ ss = phy_read(phydev, AT803X_SPECIFIC_STATUS);
+ if (ss < 0)
+ return ss;
+ if (!(ss & AT803X_SS_SPEED_DUPLEX_RESOLVED)) {
+ phydev->link = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ switch ((ss & AT803X_SS_SPEED_MASK) >> 14) {
+ case AT803X_SS_SPEED_10:
+ phydev->speed = SPEED_10;
+ break;
+ case AT803X_SS_SPEED_100:
+ phydev->speed = SPEED_100;
+ break;
+ case AT803X_SS_SPEED_1000:
+ phydev->speed = SPEED_1000;
+ break;
+ default:
+ phydev->link = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ phydev->duplex = ss & AT803X_SS_DUPLEX ? DUPLEX_FULL : DUPLEX_HALF;
+ if (phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE && phydev->autoneg_complete)
+ phy_resolve_aneg_pause(phydev);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int qca83xx_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
{
u8 switch_revision;
@@ -220,6 +268,7 @@ static struct phy_driver qca83xx_driver[] = {
.flags = PHY_IS_INTERNAL,
.config_init = qca83xx_config_init,
.soft_reset = genphy_soft_reset,
+ .read_status = qca8337_read_status,
.get_sset_count = qca83xx_get_sset_count,
.get_strings = qca83xx_get_strings,
.get_stats = qca83xx_get_stats,

base-commit: 014d795c73837ea2339a4ea8e8f82c6e959b845d
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2.43.0