Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] net: stmmac: dwmac-nuvoton: Add dwmac glue for Nuvoton MA35 family

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 05:12:24PM +0800, Joey Lu wrote:
> Dear Andrew,
> 
> You're correct. In the stmmac_hw_init function within stmmac_main.c, whether
> pmt is true is determined by checking the pmt_remote_wake_up bit in the
> hardware feature register. However, our hardware configuration only supports
> magic packet and not remote wakeup, so it must be overwritten in the glue
> driver.

Please add a comment explaining this. 


I'm not sure why the original code doesn't include magic packet as part
> of pmt.
> 
> source code:
> 
>         stmmac_hw_init() @net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> 
>         priv->plat->enh_desc = priv->dma_cap.enh_desc;
>         priv->plat->pmt = priv->dma_cap.pmt_remote_wake_up &&
>                 !(priv->plat->flags & STMMAC_FLAG_USE_PHY_WOL);
>         priv->hw->pmt = priv->plat->pmt;
> 
> Or modify the condition as follows:
> 
>         priv->plat->pmt = (priv->dma_cap.pmt_remote_wake_up || priv->
> dma_cap.pmt_magic_frame) &&
>                 !(priv->plat->flags & STMMAC_FLAG_USE_PHY_WOL);

Are there other glue drivers which would benefit from this? It is hard
for me to say if you hardware is odd, or if this should be a generic
feature which other glue drivers would use.

	Andrew