Re: [PATCH 10/21] net: phy: add X-Powers AC200 EPHY control driver

On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > +static int
> > +ac200_ephy_ctl_set_led_outputs(struct acx00_ephy_control *control,
> > +                            unsigned long outputs)
> > +{
> > +}
>
> > +static int
> > +ac200_ephy_ctl_set_led_polarity(struct acx00_ephy_control *control,
> > +                             bool active_low)
> > +{
> > +}
>
> I've not looked into the details, but these look like pinmux. Does
> this I2C device have a GPIO controller? Can these pins be used for
> other things than LEDs? Maybe you should be implementing a GPIO and
> pinmux driver. The Ethernet PHY driver can then just select the
> correct pinmux configuration.

These do not appear to be GPIO or muxable pins. The AC200
documentation describes them as three dedicated EPHY LED
outputs: link/activity, speed, and duplex. The bits in SYS_EPHY_CTL1
enable those output pads, while EPHY_CTL provides their shared
polarity setting. I have not found any documented GPIO data
registers or alternative functions for these pins.

Therefore, implementing a GPIO controller would expose capabilities
the hardware does not have, and a pinmux driver would only provide
a single fixed function. The callbacks exist because the LED function
belongs to the PHY, while the pad-enable and polarity registers are
reached through the AC200 I2C regmap rather than the PHY’s MDIO
registers.

>
> > +static int ac200_ephy_ctl_power_off_locked(struct ac200_ephy_ctl *priv)
> > +{
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int ac200_ephy_ctl_power_off(struct acx00_ephy_control *control)
> > +{
>
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int ac200_ephy_ctl_power_on(struct acx00_ephy_control *control,
> > +                                unsigned int phy_addr)
> > +{
> > +}
>
> These look like a regulator? The phylib core has support for
> regulators.

The external supplies are already represented as regulators. These callbacks
do more than enable a supply: they sequence the package clock, reset and
shutdown controls, then program the PHY address, calibration and interface
state required before the normal Clause 22 endpoint becomes usable.

> Maybe take a step back and look at the overall architecture, and how
> Linux can represent these blocks.
>
>         Andrew