[PATCH 16/24] net: phy: Add Sanechips ZX5201 PHY support

From: Navid Ghahremani

Date: Sat Oct 10 2026 - 09:01:20 EST


Initialize the external WAN PHY and its SerDes path; generic PHY support
handles negotiation.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Navid Ghahremani <ghahramani.navid@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/phy/Kconfig | 8 ++
drivers/net/phy/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/net/phy/sanechips.c | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 162 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/net/phy/sanechips.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
index b4ef927fd4..63620fdfc4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
@@ -416,6 +416,14 @@ config ROCKCHIP_PHY
help
Currently supports the integrated Ethernet PHY.

+config SANECHIPS_PHY
+ tristate "Sanechips Ethernet PHYs"
+ help
+ Currently supports the Sanechips ZX5201 PHY, which the ZTE ZXHN
+ H3600 uses for its WAN port. The driver sets the PHY up so that
+ its SerDes interface passes traffic; everything else is handled
+ by the generic PHY code.
+
config SMSC_PHY
tristate "SMSC PHYs"
select CRC16
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Makefile b/drivers/net/phy/Makefile
index 25c4a3c242..666309f7d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/Makefile
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QSEMI_PHY) += qsemi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_REALTEK_PHY) += realtek/
obj-$(CONFIG_RENESAS_PHY) += uPD60620.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_PHY) += rockchip.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SANECHIPS_PHY) += sanechips.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMSC_PHY) += smsc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_STE10XP) += ste10Xp.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TERANETICS_PHY) += teranetics.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/sanechips.c b/drivers/net/phy/sanechips.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb5129b2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/sanechips.c
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Sanechips ZX5201 Ethernet PHY
+ *
+ * The ZX5201 answers on two MDIO addresses: the copper PHY on its own
+ * address and its MAC-side SerDes interface on the next one. The copper PHY
+ * uses the standard registers and the generic PHY code; this driver only adds
+ * the setup that the PHY needs before it passes traffic. The values come from
+ * the vendor firmware of the ZTE ZXHN H3600, and most of them are not
+ * documented.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Navid Ghahremani <ghahramani.navid@xxxxxxxxx>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/phy.h>
+
+#define PHY_ID_ZX5201 0x84b95011
+
+/* Copper PHY vendor registers */
+#define ZX5201_REG18 18
+#define ZX5201_EXT_ADDR 16 /* extended register access: address */
+#define ZX5201_EXT_DATA 17 /* extended register access: data */
+#define ZX5201_REG29 29
+
+/*
+ * SerDes interface registers, at the PHY's MDIO address + 1. The names are
+ * a best guess from the way the vendor firmware uses them.
+ */
+#define ZX5201_SDS_WDATA_LO 16
+#define ZX5201_SDS_WDATA_HI 17
+#define ZX5201_SDS_CMD 18
+#define ZX5201_SDS_RDATA_LO 20
+#define ZX5201_SDS_RDATA_HI 21
+#define ZX5201_SDS_REG22 22
+#define ZX5201_SDS_REG27 27
+
+static int zx5201_sds_read(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 regnum)
+{
+ return mdiobus_read(phydev->mdio.bus, phydev->mdio.addr + 1, regnum);
+}
+
+static int zx5201_sds_write(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 regnum, u16 val)
+{
+ return mdiobus_write(phydev->mdio.bus, phydev->mdio.addr + 1, regnum,
+ val);
+}
+
+static int zx5201_ext_write(struct phy_device *phydev, u16 reg, u16 val)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = phy_write(phydev, ZX5201_EXT_ADDR, reg);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return phy_write(phydev, ZX5201_EXT_DATA, val);
+}
+
+static int zx5201_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+ static const u16 led_regs[] = { 0xb409, 0xb407, 0xb406, 0xb408 };
+ int ret, lo, hi, i;
+
+ ret = phy_write(phydev, ZX5201_REG18, 0x8402);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = zx5201_sds_write(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_REG22, 0x0a0f);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = zx5201_sds_write(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_REG27, 0x0800);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = phy_write(phydev, ZX5201_REG29, 0x0355);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = zx5201_ext_write(phydev, 0xb62d, 0x0006);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /*
+ * This looks like an indirect read-modify-write of SerDes register 4:
+ * read it, set bits 9-13 of its high half (bits 25-29 of the register)
+ * to 0b10100, and write it back.
+ */
+ ret = zx5201_sds_write(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_CMD, 0x0004);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ hi = zx5201_sds_read(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_RDATA_HI);
+ if (hi < 0)
+ return hi;
+
+ lo = zx5201_sds_read(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_RDATA_LO);
+ if (lo < 0)
+ return lo;
+
+ ret = zx5201_sds_write(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_WDATA_HI,
+ (hi & 0xc1ff) | 0x2800);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = zx5201_sds_write(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_WDATA_LO, lo);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = zx5201_sds_write(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_CMD, 0x0204);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = zx5201_sds_read(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_REG22);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = zx5201_sds_write(phydev, ZX5201_SDS_REG22, (ret & 0xfff3) | 0x0004);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /* LED control registers, all cleared as the vendor firmware does */
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(led_regs); i++) {
+ ret = zx5201_ext_write(phydev, led_regs[i], 0);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct phy_driver sanechips_phy_driver[] = {
+ {
+ PHY_ID_MATCH_EXACT(PHY_ID_ZX5201),
+ .name = "Sanechips ZX5201",
+ .config_init = zx5201_config_init,
+ .suspend = genphy_suspend,
+ .resume = genphy_resume,
+ },
+};
+module_phy_driver(sanechips_phy_driver);
+
+static const struct mdio_device_id __maybe_unused sanechips_phy_tbl[] = {
+ { PHY_ID_MATCH_EXACT(PHY_ID_ZX5201) },
+ { }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(mdio, sanechips_phy_tbl);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Navid Ghahremani <ghahramani.navid@xxxxxxxxx>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Sanechips Ethernet PHY driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--
2.55.0