generic phy framework · Supported

Maintainers

• M Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
• R Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
• R Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/
• F drivers/phy/
• F include/dt-bindings/phy/
• F include/linux/phy/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH 05/13] ARM: orion/dove/mv78xx0: remove all board files
  2026-09-08 15:29 · 0 replies in 7d · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-ide (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH 05/13] ARM: orion/dove/mv78xx0: remove all board files
  2026-09-08 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• STALE101d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v8 phy-next 30/31] phy: remove temporary provider compatibility from consumer header
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v8 phy-next 29/31] phy: include PHY provider header (2/2)
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d [PATCH v8 phy-next 28/31] phy: include PHY provider header (1/2)
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d [PATCH v8 phy-next 27/31] phy: move ulpi_phy.h from include/linux/phy/ to drivers/phy/
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d [PATCH v8 phy-next 20/31] phy: introduce phy_get_max_link_rate() helper for consumers
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v8 phy-next 18/31] phy: move provider API out of public <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d [PATCH v8 phy-next 19/31] phy: make phy_get_mode(), phy_get_bus_width() NULL tolerant
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d [PATCH v8 phy-next 12/31] scsi: ufs: qcom: make use of QMP PHY dynamic gear switching ability
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d [PATCH v8 phy-next 10/31] scsi: ufs: exynos: use dedicated API for updating PHY bus width
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v8 phy-next 07/31] phy: spacemit: include missing <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE101d [PATCH v8 phy-next 06/31] phy: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v7 phy-next 26/27] phy: remove temporary provider compatibility from consumer header
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v7 phy-next 25/27] phy: include PHY provider header (2/2)
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d [PATCH v7 phy-next 24/27] phy: include PHY provider header (1/2)
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d [PATCH v7 phy-next 17/27] phy: introduce phy_get_max_link_rate() helper for consumers
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v7 phy-next 15/27] phy: move provider API out of public <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d [PATCH v7 phy-next 16/27] phy: make phy_get_mode(), phy_(get|set)_bus_width() NULL tolerant
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v7 phy-next 06/27] phy: spacemit: include missing <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d [PATCH v7 phy-next 05/27] phy: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE158d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 phy-next 27/28] phy: remove temporary provider compatibility from consumer header
  2026-03-27 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE158d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v6 phy-next 26/28] phy: include PHY provider header (2/2)
  2026-03-27 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE158d [PATCH v6 phy-next 25/28] phy: include PHY provider header (1/2)
  2026-03-27 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE158d [PATCH v6 phy-next 18/28] phy: introduce phy_get_max_link_rate() helper for consumers
  2026-03-27 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE158d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 phy-next 16/28] phy: move provider API out of public <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-03-27 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE158d [PATCH v6 phy-next 17/28] phy: make phy_get_mode(), phy_(get|set)_bus_width() NULL tolerant
  2026-03-27 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE158d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v6 phy-next 06/28] phy: spacemit: include missing <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-03-27 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE158d [PATCH v6 phy-next 05/28] phy: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing
  2026-03-27 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE169d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 phy-next 26/27] phy: remove temporary provider compatibility from consumer header
  2026-03-19 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE169d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v5 phy-next 25/27] phy: include PHY provider header (2/2)
  2026-03-19 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE130d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v7 phy-next 26/27] phy: remove temporary provider compatibility from consumer header
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE101d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v8 phy-next 30/31] phy: remove temporary provider compatibility from consumer header
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE190d [PATCH phy-next 06/22] phy: spacemit: include missing <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-03-04 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE187d [PATCH v2 phy-next 05/24] phy: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing
  2026-03-08 · vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
• STALE187d [PATCH v2 phy-next 06/24] phy: spacemit: include missing <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-03-08 · vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
• STALE187d [PATCH v2 phy-next 13/24] phy: make phy_get_mode(), phy_(get|set)_bus_width() NULL tolerant
  2026-03-08 · vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
• STALE187d [PATCH v2 phy-next 21/24] phy: include PHY provider header (1/2)
  2026-03-08 · vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
• STALE177d [PATCH v3 phy-next 05/24] phy: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing
  2026-03-09 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE177d [PATCH v3 phy-next 06/24] phy: spacemit: include missing <linux/phy/phy.h>
  2026-03-09 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE177d [PATCH v3 phy-next 13/24] phy: make phy_get_mode(), phy_(get|set)_bus_width() NULL tolerant
  2026-03-09 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE177d [PATCH v3 phy-next 14/24] phy: introduce phy_get_max_link_rate() helper for consumers
  2026-03-09 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE178d [PATCH v4 phy-next 05/24] phy: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing
  2026-03-17 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>