Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next+previous 0/9] net: stmmac: qcom-ethqos: further updates

From: Mohd Ayaan Anwar <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:19:45 +0530

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 12:49:08PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> This is part 2 of the qcom-ethqos series, building on the previous
> series which can be found at
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email-masked]
> 
> This part of the series focuses on the generic PHY driver, but these
> changes have dependencies on the ethernet driver, hence why
> it will need to go via net-next. Furthermore, subsequent changes
> depend on these patches.
> 
> The underlying ideas here are:
> 
> - get rid of the driver using phy_set_speed() with SPEED_1000 and
>   SPEED_2500 which makes no sense for an ethernet SerDes due to the
>   PCS 8B10B data encoding, which inflates the data rate at the SerDes
>   compared to the MAC.
> - allow phy_power_on() / phy_set_mode*() to be called in any order.
> 
> I've included the set_clk_tx_rate() patch as that was tested, which
> would make applying this series awkward to apply without it.
> 
> Mohd, please could you test this series - I'm hoping it will pass with
> flying colours as there should be no change to the order in which we
> program the hardware. Thanks.
> 
>  .../ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c    | 52 +++++++-----------
>  drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-sgmii-eth.c          | 62 +++++++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> 

After changing phy_set_mode() to phy_set_mode_ext() in
dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c, no issues found on:

  - QCS9100 Ride R3 (AQR115C PHY, 2500BASE-X) - 2.5G/1G/100M
  - IQ9 EVK (QCA8081 PHY, 2500BASE-X) - 2.5G

Tested-by: Mohd Ayaan Anwar <[email-masked]>

	Ayaan