Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: imx6dl: SolidRun: add phy node with 100Mb/s max-speed

Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2019-09-17T17:37:41Z

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 07:26:58PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c b/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c
> > index b3893347804d..85cf4a4a5e81 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/at803x.c
>
> Hi Russell
>
> This won't work. In the kernel logs, you see
>
> kernel: Generic PHY 2188000.ethernet-1:00: attached PHY driver [Generic PHY]
>
> The generic PHY driver is being used, not the at803x driver.

Well, the _correct_ driver needs to be used for the PHY specific
features to be properly controlled. Using the generic driver
in this situation will not be guaranteed to work.