Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] net: phy: add PHY-autonomous EEE provider support

Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 00:08:52 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 03:54:02PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
> Some PHYs implement a vendor-specific autonomous EEE mode. Once EEE is
> negotiated, the PHY can generate transmit Low Power Idle (LPI) without
> MAC assistance. Linux must select exactly one LPI provider: enabling both
> the MAC and PHY paths conflicts, while enabling neither makes a successful
> ethtool request ineffective.

Thanks for splitting these out.

For the moment, i suggest you drop them. Lets get very basic support
in first, then we can think about EEE and all the nice to have
features.

	Andrew