[PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: phy: microchip: add downshift support for LAN88xx

Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-03-30T22:47:05Z

Add standard ETHTOOL_PHY_DOWNSHIFT tunable support for the Microchip
LAN88xx PHY, following the same pattern used by Marvell and other PHY
drivers.

Ethernet cables with faulty or missing pairs (specifically C and D)
can successfully auto-negotiate 1000BASE-T but fail to establish a
stable link. The LAN88xx PHY supports automatic downshift to
100BASE-TX after a configurable number of failed attempts (2-5).

Patch 1 adds the get/set tunable implementation.
Patch 2 enables downshift by default with a count of 2.

Based on an earlier downstream implementation by Phil Elwell.

Tested on Raspberry Pi 3B+ (LAN7515/LAN88xx).

Changes since v1:
- Replace switch statements with FIELD_GET()/FIELD_PREP() (Andrew Lunn)
- Drop unused per-count register defines from microchipphy.h

Nicolai Buchwitz (2):
net: phy: microchip: add downshift tunable support for LAN88xx
net: phy: microchip: enable downshift by default on LAN88xx

drivers/net/phy/microchip.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/microchipphy.h | 5 +++
2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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