From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
To: javen <javen_xu@realsil.com.cn>,
nic_swsd@realtek.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
horms@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 0/3] r816e: Add r816e driver in Realtek
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:58:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <640c373b-09d9-4b54-9113-782df41aa152@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260127113425.1989-1-javen_xu@realsil.com.cn>
On 1/27/2026 12:34 PM, javen wrote:
> From: Javen Xu <javen_xu@realsil.com.cn>
>
> This series patch add a fake driver r816e to ensure the kernel could set the
> correct power state for #fun through r816e driver when suspending.
>
I think a better approach would be to contribute to adding phylink/sfp
support to r8169, so that the SFP NIC versions (incl. RTL8116AF) can be
properly supported. This would have to include making the SFP I2C bus
accessible by the kernel (instead of firmware only).
> Javen Xu (3):
> r816e: add a fake driver r816e for RTL8116af
> r816e: Add a Makefile in the r816e folder
> realtek: Update Makefile and Kconfig
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/Kconfig | 7 ++
> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r816e/Makefile | 8 +++
> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r816e/r816e.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r816e/Makefile
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r816e/r816e.c
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-27 20:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-27 11:34 [PATCH net-next v1 0/3] r816e: Add r816e driver in Realtek javen
2026-01-27 11:34 ` [PATCH net-next v1 1/3] r816e: add a fake driver r816e for RTL8116af javen
2026-01-27 17:10 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-27 11:34 ` [PATCH net-next v1 2/3] r816e: Add a Makefile in the r816e folder javen
2026-01-27 11:34 ` [PATCH net-next v1 3/3] realtek: Update Makefile and Kconfig javen
2026-01-27 22:33 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-27 22:33 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-27 20:58 ` Heiner Kallweit [this message]
2026-01-28 6:53 ` [PATCH net-next v1 0/3] r816e: Add r816e driver in Realtek javen
2026-01-28 13:04 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-01-28 19:08 ` Heiner Kallweit
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