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    netsec: ignore 'phy-mode' device property on ACPI systems · acd7aaf5
    Ard Biesheuvel authored
    Since commit bbc4d71d ("net: phy: realtek: fix rtl8211e rx/tx
    delay config"), the Realtek PHY driver will override any TX/RX delay
    set by hardware straps if the phy-mode device property does not match.
    
    This is causing problems on SynQuacer based platforms (the only SoC
    that incorporates the netsec hardware), since many were built with
    this Realtek PHY, and shipped with firmware that defines the phy-mode
    as 'rgmii', even though the PHY is configured for TX and RX delay using
    pull-ups.
    
    From the driver's perspective, we should not make any assumptions in
    the general case that the PHY hardware does not require any initial
    configuration. However, the situation is slightly different for ACPI
    boot, since it implies rich firmware with AML abstractions to handle
    hardware details that are not exposed to the OS. So in the ACPI case,
    it is reasonable to assume that the PHY comes up in the right mode,
    regardless of whether the mode is set by straps, by boot time firmware
    or by AML executed by the ACPI interpreter.
    
    So let's ignore the 'phy-mode' device property when probing the netsec
    driver in ACPI mode, and hardcode the mode to PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA,
    which should work with any PHY provided that it is configured by the
    time the driver attaches to it. While at it, document that omitting
    the mode is permitted for DT probing as well, by setting the phy-mode
    DT property to the empty string.
    
    Fixes: 533dd11a ("net: socionext: Add Synquacer NetSec driver")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarIlias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarAndrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201018163625.2392-1-ardb@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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