Re: [PATCH net-next v3 3/4] net: phy: allow a phy to opt-out of interrupt handling

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 01:30:12PM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
> Until now, it is not possible for a PHY driver to disable interrupts
> during runtime. If a driver offers the .config_intr() as well as the
> .handle_interrupt() ops, it is eligible for interrupt handling.
> Introduce a new flag for the dev_flags property of struct phy_device, which
> can be set by PHY driver to skip interrupt setup and fall back to polling
> mode.
> 
> At the moment, this is used for the MaxLinear PHY which has broken
> interrupt handling and there is a need to disable interrupts in some
> cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew