[PATCH net-next v8 0/9] net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Add RTL83xx support
From: Markus Stockhausen <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-29 16:02:46
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The Realtek Otto switch platform consists of four different series
- RTL838x aka maple : 28 port 1G Switches
- RTL839x aka cypress : 52 port 1G Switches
- RTL930x aka longan : 28 port 1G/2.5G/10G Switches
- RTL931x aka mango : 56 port 1G/2.5G/10G Switches
While the MDIO hardware polling unit and its necessity for the MAC
layer was always well known, no detailed documentation was available.
For this series the MDIO bus was inspected with a logic analyzer for
a better understanding how polling and kernel access interact on the
bus. All this will be explained now in the driver comments.
This patch series adds support for the RTL83xx devices. For this
- Enhance device tree binding.
- Add special handling for limitations enforced by hardware polling.
These already have minor side effects on RTL93xx devices but are even
more critical for the RTL83xx hardware.
- Add RTL83xx coding.
Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <redacted>
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v8 -> v9:
- Align polling documentation with sample. Instead of "read" it
must be "write". (Sashiko)
- If otto_emdio_init_polling() fails do not leave otto_emdio_probe()
but jump to error label for cleanup. (Sashiko)
- Bind cleanup action to the bus and not the controller. This was
done wrong in v7. (Sashiko)
- Clear Realtek C22 PHY tracking page during detach. This ensures
that next PHY attachment does not work on wrong initial page.
(Sashiko)
- Explain that polling registers have different names for the
devices to avoid AI confusion. (Sashiko)
- Improve notify_phy_attach() and notify_phy_detach() documentation
to better reflect under what conditions these callbacks run.
(Sashiko)
- The v8 lifetime increase rework changed an error message without
explanation. Undo that change. (Sashiko)
- Improve page tracking commit message. Explain that bus scan runs
before Realtek PHY check and thus a delayed error handling is
accepted for now. (Sashiko)
- Explain that the driver implements c45 access for RTL838x and
RTL839x for completeness. (Sashiko)
- Replace kzalloc() by kzalloc_obj due to checkpatch. (Markus)
- Use define for page register 31. (Sashiko)
- Avoid duplicate pointer walk in otto_emdio_notify_phy_attach().
(Sashiko)
- Drop unneded parenthesis for phy vendor check inside
otto_emdio_notify_phy_attach(). (Sashiko)
v8: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260727191559.19617-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de/ (local)
v8 Sashiko review: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260727191559.19617-1-markus.stockhausen%40gmx.de
v7 -> v8:
- Add patch 4 to increase lifetime of controller->priv structure so
it is available until the last bus is unregistered. This avoids
a use-after-free if controller is unbound via sysfs. (Sashiko)
v7: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260726071751.1359156-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de/ (local)
v7 Sashiko review: https://sashiko.dev/#/message/20260726071751.1359156-1-markus.stockhausen%40gmx.de
v6 -> v7:
- Drop phy_poll bitmap. It was used to detect asymmetrical attach()
and detach() callbacks. With v6 callback refactoring this is
now obsolete. (Sashiko)
- Relocate notify_detach() callback directly behind phy_suspend()
for better symmetry. To avoid further AI review complaints about
missing LIFO compliance explain that phy_detach() even without
the patch is not compliant. (Sashiko)
v6: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260724055611.1008577-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de/ (local)
v6 Sashiko review: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260724055611.1008577-1-markus.stockhausen%40gmx.de
v5 -> v6:
- Adapt polling documentation with new findings after questions
about consistency of 100MBit downspeed detection. (Andrew)
- Add a clearer explanation to the page tracking commit and why
it was chosen over a polling enabling/disabling solution. (Andrew)
- Make bus notification symmetrical and respect LIFO order. For this
add a __phy_detach() helper that avoids code duplication in the
phy_attach_direct() error paths. Drop the mdio_bus_notified
status bit. (Andrew, Sashiko)
- Adapt notify_phy_attach()/notify_phy_detach() documentation to
reflect above changes.
- Drop lockdep_assert_held check from otto_emdio_set_port_polling()
and remove lock handling during polling initialization. At that
point in time the driver has exclusive access. (Andrew)
- Drop polling check in otto_emdio_notify_phy_attach(). Notification
is symmetrical now so there is no chance of double invocation.
(Andrew)
- Add Reviewed-by to "Increase MDIO timeout" patch (Andrew)
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260722062356.12291-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de/ (local)
v5 Sashiko review: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260722062356.12291-1-markus.stockhausen%40gmx.de
v4 -> v5:
- Design bus notification symmetric so that notify_phy_detach
is only invoked when notify_phy_attach succeeded. (Jakub)
- Improve documentation of notification callbacks. (Jakub)
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260709064157.2865063-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de/ (local)
v4 Sashiko review: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260709064157.2865063-1-markus.stockhausen%40gmx.de
v3 -> v4:
- Add Acked-by for dt-bindings commit (Conor)
- Test phy_poll bitfield under lock to avoid race. (Sashiko)
- Fix whitespace in commit "configure hardware polling" (Markus)
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260705163532.2853959-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de/ (local)
v3 Sashiko review: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260705163532.2853959-1-markus.stockhausen%40gmx.de
v2 -> v3:
- Enhance documentation and make clear that the driver and not the
kernel must handle the bus mess. (Andrew)
- Block non-Realtek PHYs on C22 buses to avoid issues with driver
internal register 31 handling. (Andrew, Chris)
- Drop C45 over C22 patch. This would need a bus lock/unlock design.
For all known hardware designs it is not needed. (Andrew)
- Drop tune_polling() and init_polling() from private structure.
It is not used in this series and only produces review bot
questions. (Sashiko)
- Sort patches for better logical consistency. (Markus)
- Add device tree patch that was missed in v2. (Markus)
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260629152336.2239826-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de/ (local)
v2 Sashiko review: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260629152336.2239826-1-markus.stockhausen%40gmx.de
v1 -> v2:
- The polling activation logic was refactored. V1 simply activated
polling after bus probing. Now a dedicated phydev/bus callback
takes care of this and also handles deferred PHY probing. (Sashiko)
- Run MMD prefix helper before register 31 (aka Realtek page register)
handling. (Jakub's bot)
- Always run MMD postfix - even if the c22 register access fails. This
ensures that the MMD state machine stays consistent. Adapt the error
handling inside the postfix function to not overwrite the real MDIO
return code (Sashiko, Jakub's bot)
- Drop unused RTL8390_PHY_CTRL_PARK_PAGE define. Like on RTL931x this
field must not be set and thus can be ignored. (Sashiko)
- Change title in device tree documentation. Because of this do NOT
add the Reviewed-by of Krzysztof. (Jakub's bot)
- Fix wrong use of RTL839x in commit message of patch "c45 over c22
mitigation". RTL930x was wrongly named RTL839x in the list of good
devices. (Markus)
- Fix typos (e.g. c22 over c45) in polling documentation (Jakub's bot)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260613112946.1071411-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de/ (local)
v1 Sashiko review: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260613112946.1071411-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Daniel Golle (1):
net: phy: add (*notify_phy_attach/detach)() hooks to struct mii_bus
Markus Stockhausen (8):
dt-bindings: net: realtek,rtl9301-mdio: Add RTL83xx series
net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Add polling documentation
net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: extend controller structure lifetime
net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Configure hardware polling during probing
net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Add page tracking
net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Increase MDIO timeout
net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Add support for RTL838x
net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Add support for RTL839x
.../bindings/net/realtek,rtl9301-mdio.yaml | 14 +-
drivers/net/mdio/mdio-realtek-rtl9300.c | 445 +++++++++++++++++-
drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 180 +++----
include/linux/phy.h | 18 +
4 files changed, 553 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-)
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