[PATCH net-next 0/3] net: phy: add support for disabling autonomous EEE

Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-04-06T07:15:08Z

Some PHYs implement autonomous EEE where the PHY manages EEE
independently, preventing the MAC from controlling LPI signaling.
This conflicts with MACs that implement their own LPI control.

This series adds a .disable_autonomous_eee callback to struct phy_driver
and calls it from phy_support_eee(). When a MAC indicates it supports
EEE, the PHY's autonomous EEE is automatically disabled. The setting is
persisted across suspend/resume by re-applying it in phy_init_hw() after
soft reset, following the same pattern suggested by Russell King for PHY
tunables [1].

Patch 1 adds the phylib infrastructure.
Patch 2 implements it for Broadcom BCM54xx (AutogrEEEn).
Patch 3 converts the Realtek RTL8211F, which previously unconditionally
disabled PHY-mode EEE in config_init.

This came up while adding EEE support to the Cadence macb driver (used
on Raspberry Pi 5 with a BCM54210PE PHY). The PHY's AutogrEEEn mode
prevented the MAC from tracking LPI state. The Realtek RTL8211F has
the same pattern, unconditionally disabling PHY-mode EEE with the
comment "Disable PHY-mode EEE so LPI is passed to the MAC".

Other BCM54xx PHYs likely have the same AutogrEEEn register layout,
but I only have access to the BCM54210PE/BCM54213PE datasheets. It
would be appreciated if Florian or others could confirm which other
BCM54xx variants share this register so we can wire them up too.

Tested on Raspberry Pi CM4 (bcmgenet + BCM54210PE),
Raspberry Pi CM5 (Cadence GEM + BCM54210PE) and
Raspberry Pi 5 (Cadence GEM + BCM54213PE).

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/acuwvoydmJusuj9x@shell.armlinux.org.uk/

Previous versions:
RFC: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260403090656.733985-1-nb@tipi-net.de/
Discussion: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/d86c53213a6328b701b8aabbde5d1c83@tipi-net.de/

Changes since RFC:
- Simplify kdoc and commit messages, remove references to specific
callers (Andrew Lunn)

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Nicolai Buchwitz (3):
net: phy: add support for disabling PHY-autonomous EEE
net: phy: broadcom: implement .disable_autonomous_eee for BCM54xx
net: phy: realtek: convert RTL8211F to .disable_autonomous_eee

drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c | 7 +++++++
drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c | 7 ++++---
include/linux/brcmphy.h | 3 +++
include/linux/phy.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 3741f8fa004bf598cd5032b0ff240984332d6f05
change-id: 20260406-devel-autonomous-eee-dffa292e9bb2

Best regards,
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Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>