Re: [PATCH net v3 3/3] net: phy: qca808x: handle the active-high LED polarity mode

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 07:59:59PM +0900, Donggeun Yoo wrote:
> Commit a274465cc3be ("net: phy: support 'active-high' property for PHY
> LEDs") added PHY_LED_ACTIVE_HIGH and made of_phy_led() set the matching
> bit in the modes mask when a LED node carries the 'active-high' property.
> qca808x was not part of that series.
> 
> qca808x_led_polarity_set() only recognizes PHY_LED_ACTIVE_LOW, so
> PHY_LED_ACTIVE_HIGH falls through to the default case and returns -EINVAL.
> of_phy_led() propagates the error, of_phy_leds() drops the LEDs registered
> so far and passes it on, and phy_probe() returns it. A device tree marking
> a QCA808x LED as 'active-high', which leds/common.yaml allows and
> ethernet-phy.yaml references for led@N nodes, thus leaves the mdio device
> unbound, so phy_attach_direct() falls back to the genphy driver and the
> PHY loses its QCA808x-specific configuration.
> 
> active_low is already false when no polarity mode is requested, which
> programs QCA808X_LED_ACTIVE_HIGH, so the request is already satisfied and
> only the case label is missing.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: a274465cc3be ("net: phy: support 'active-high' property for PHY LEDs")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
> Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew