generic phy framework · Supported

Maintainers

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

• WARM2d [PATCH 00/13] treewide: replace linux/gpio.h
  2026-06-29 14:24 · 2 replies in 7d · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v11 0/7] net: stmmac: qcom-ethqos: add support for SCMI power domains
  2026-06-29 11:29 · 2 replies in 7d · Bartosz Golaszewski <hidden>

Recent patches

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

• WARM2d Re: [PATCH 00/13] treewide: replace linux/gpio.h
  2026-06-29 · "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
• WARM2d [PATCH 09/13] phy: replace linux/gpio.h inclusions
  2026-06-29 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v11 2/7] phy: qcom: add the SGMII SerDes PHY driver for SCMI systems
  2026-06-29 · Bartosz Golaszewski <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v11 1/7] dt-bindings: phy: document the serdes PHY on sa8255p
  2026-06-29 · Bartosz Golaszewski <hidden>
• COLD49d [PATCH phy-next 5/5] phy: lynx-28g: add support for 25GBASER
  2026-05-11 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• COLD49d [PATCH phy-next 4/5] phy: lynx-28g: probe on per-SoC and per-instance compatible strings
  2026-05-11 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• COLD49d [PATCH phy-next 3/5] phy: lynx-28g: require an OF node to probe
  2026-05-11 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• COLD49d [PATCH phy-next 2/5] dt-bindings: phy: lynx-28g: add constraint on LX2162A lane indices
  2026-05-11 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• COLD49d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH phy-next 1/5] dt-bindings: phy: lynx-28g: add compatible strings per SerDes and instantiation
  2026-05-11 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• COLD45d [PATCH v1 6/6] phy: tegra: Add support for Nvidia Tegra XMM6260 PHY
  2026-05-11 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COLD45d [PATCH v1 5/6] dt-bindings: phy: tegra: Document Nvidia Tegra XMM6260 PHY
  2026-05-11 · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
• COLD29d 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>
• COLD29d 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>
• COLD29d [PATCH v8 phy-next 28/31] phy: include PHY provider header (1/2)
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• COLD29d [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>
• COLD29d [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>
• COLD29d 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>
• COLD29d [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>
• COLD29d [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>
• COLD29d [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>
• COLD29d 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>
• COLD29d [PATCH v8 phy-next 06/31] phy: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing
  2026-05-05 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• COLD59d 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>
• COLD59d 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>
• COLD59d [PATCH v7 phy-next 24/27] phy: include PHY provider header (1/2)
  2026-04-30 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• COLD59d [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>
• COLD59d 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>
• COLD59d [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>
• COLD59d 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>
• COLD59d [PATCH v7 phy-next 05/27] phy: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing
  2026-04-30 · 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.

• STALE162d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH net-next 03/14] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: add .set_mode() and .validate() methods
  2026-01-19 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE125d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 4/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: remove .set_speed() implementation
  2026-02-25 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE125d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 5/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: use PHY interface mode for SerDes settings
  2026-02-25 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE125d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 6/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: remove qcom_dwmac_sgmii_phy_interface()
  2026-02-25 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE125d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 7/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: relax order of .power_on() vs .set_mode*()
  2026-02-25 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH RESEND net-next 4/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: remove .set_speed() implementation
  2026-02-26 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH RESEND net-next 5/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: use PHY interface mode for SerDes settings
  2026-02-26 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH RESEND net-next 6/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: remove qcom_dwmac_sgmii_phy_interface()
  2026-02-26 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH RESEND net-next 7/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: relax order of .power_on() vs .set_mode*()
  2026-02-26 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE115d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH RESEND2 net-next 4/8] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: remove .set_speed() implementation
  2026-02-26 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden> · 1 Tested-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.

• STALE177d [PATCH v2 net-next 05/10] phy: add phy_get_rx_polarity() and phy_get_tx_polarity()
  2026-01-03 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE150d [PATCH phy 1/8] phy: lynx-28g: skip CDR lock workaround for lanes disabled in the device tree
  2026-01-14 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE150d [PATCH phy 3/8] dt-bindings: phy: lynx-28g: add constraint on LX2162A lane indices
  2026-01-14 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE150d [PATCH phy 4/8] phy: lynx-28g: probe on per-SoC and per-instance compatible strings
  2026-01-14 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE150d [PATCH phy 5/8] phy: lynx-28g: add support for 25GBASER
  2026-01-14 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE150d [PATCH phy 7/8] phy: lynx-28g: truly power the lanes up or down
  2026-01-14 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE150d [PATCH phy 8/8] phy: lynx-28g: implement phy_exit() operation
  2026-01-14 · Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
• STALE130d [PATCH RFC net-next+ 5/9] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: remove .set_speed() implementation
  2026-02-19 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden>
• STALE130d [PATCH RFC net-next+ 6/9] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: use PHY interface mode for SerDes settings
  2026-02-19 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden>
• STALE130d [PATCH RFC net-next+ 7/9] phy: qcom-sgmii-eth: remove qcom_dwmac_sgmii_phy_interface()
  2026-02-19 · Russell King (Oracle) <hidden>