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* [PATCH 0/4] ethtool: implement Energy Detect Powerdown support via phy-tunable
@ 2019-09-03 16:06 Alexandru Ardelean
  2019-09-03 16:06 ` [PATCH 1/4] " Alexandru Ardelean
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From: Alexandru Ardelean @ 2019-09-03 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev, linux-kernel
  Cc: andrew, f.fainelli, hkallweit1, davem, Alexandru Ardelean

This patch series is actually 2 series in 1.

First 2 patches implement the kernel support for controlling Energy Detect
Powerdown support via phy-tunable, and the next 2 patches implement the
ethtool user-space control.
Hopefully, this combination of 2 series is an acceptable approach; if not,
I am fine to re-update it based on feedback.

The `phy_tunable_id` has been named `ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD` since it looks like
this feature is common across other PHYs (like EEE), and defining
`ETHTOOL_PHY_ENERGY_DETECT_POWER_DOWN` seems too long.
    
The way EDPD works, is that the RX block is put to a lower power mode,
except for link-pulse detection circuits. The TX block is also put to low
power mode, but the PHY wakes-up periodically to send link pulses, to avoid
lock-ups in case the other side is also in EDPD mode.
    
Currently, there are 2 PHY drivers that look like they could use this new
PHY tunable feature: the `adin` && `micrel` PHYs.

This series updates only the `adin` PHY driver to support this new feature,
as this chip has been tested. A change for `micrel` can be proposed after a
discussion of the PHY-tunable API is resolved.

-- 
2.20.1


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2019-09-03 16:06 ` [PATCH 1/4] " Alexandru Ardelean
2019-09-03 16:06 ` [PATCH 2/4] net: phy: adin: implement Energy Detect Powerdown mode " Alexandru Ardelean
2019-09-03 16:06 ` [PATCH 3/4] [ethtool] ethtool: sync ethtool-copy.h: adds support for EDPD (3rd Sep 2019) Alexandru Ardelean
2019-09-03 16:06 ` [PATCH 4/4] [ethtool] ethtool: implement support for Energy Detect Power Down Alexandru Ardelean
2019-09-03 17:50 ` [PATCH 0/4] ethtool: implement Energy Detect Powerdown support via phy-tunable John W. Linville
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