From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: phy: microchip: add downshift tunable support for LAN88xx
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:29:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acuwKGBn6UKfRCjU@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260330224630.579937-2-nb@tipi-net.de>
On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 12:46:26AM +0200, Nicolai Buchwitz wrote:
> Implement the standard ETHTOOL_PHY_DOWNSHIFT tunable for the LAN88xx
> PHY. This allows runtime configuration of the auto-downshift feature
> via ethtool:
>
> ethtool --set-phy-tunable eth0 downshift on count 3
>
> The LAN88xx PHY supports downshifting from 1000BASE-T to 100BASE-TX
> after 2-5 failed auto-negotiation attempts. Valid count values are
> 2, 3, 4 and 5.
>
> This is based on an earlier downstream implementation by Phil Elwell.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
I didn't see a cover message. Please always include a cover message with
patch series.
Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Thanks!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-31 11:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-30 22:46 [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: phy: microchip: add downshift support for LAN88xx Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] net: phy: microchip: add downshift tunable " Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-03-31 1:02 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-31 11:29 ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2026-03-31 11:40 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] net: phy: microchip: enable downshift by default on LAN88xx Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-03-31 11:32 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-31 11:58 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-03-31 12:01 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-31 12:41 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
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