AW: AW: [PATCH] net: phy: realtek: convert RTL8226-CG to c45 only

[<markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>]

Hi, 

> Von: Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz> 
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Juni 2025 04:48
>
> So I did another check. If I clear INTF_SEL bits in SMI_GLB_CTRL the 
> switch will not detect the link status correctly. C45 MDIO access from 
> the kernel seems to work regardless.
> 
> This is using the Realtek u-boot to do some HW init and my as yet 
> unpublished switchdev driver for the RTL9300. Something somewhere needs 
> to configure SMI_GLB_CTRL so the switch will get the port link status 
> correctly. It doesn't have to be the mdio driver, if I remove that code 
> completely everything still works (it's using the SMI_GLB_CTRL value 
> that has been put there by Realtek's U-Boot).

Thanks for the test. This fits some of my observations but has other
dependencies on polling. Some c45 registers are still blocked. To find 
a perfect solution that switches polling off/on and toggles the bus 
c22/c45 on demand will need a lot of testing.
 
See also notes from my recent addition:
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/c9e934ffd87774a64fa0c8a2af92373ef1d0894f/target/linux/realtek/files-6.12/drivers/net/phy/rtl83xx-phy.c#L1172

To sum it up. On those devices it is only safe to stay in a single
clause access. Converting the RTL8226 from the current mixed   
mode access should be hopefully ok.

Markus