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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst3
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/phylink.c3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/phylink.h2
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst
index a5e00a159d21..d753a309f9d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ this documentation.
phylink_mac_change(priv->phylink, link_is_up);
where ``link_is_up`` is true if the link is currently up or false
- otherwise.
+ otherwise. If a MAC is unable to provide these interrupts, then
+ it should set ``priv->phylink_config.pcs_poll = true;`` in step 9.
11. Verify that the driver does not call::
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 734df5d8054a..230e965a1728 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,8 @@ void phylink_start(struct phylink *pl)
if (irq <= 0)
mod_timer(&pl->link_poll, jiffies + HZ);
}
- if (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED && pl->get_fixed_state)
+ if ((pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED && pl->get_fixed_state) ||
+ pl->config->pcs_poll)
mod_timer(&pl->link_poll, jiffies + HZ);
if (pl->phydev)
phy_start(pl->phydev);
diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h
index fed5488e3c75..523209e70947 100644
--- a/include/linux/phylink.h
+++ b/include/linux/phylink.h
@@ -63,10 +63,12 @@ enum phylink_op_type {
* struct phylink_config - PHYLINK configuration structure
* @dev: a pointer to a struct device associated with the MAC
* @type: operation type of PHYLINK instance
+ * @pcs_poll: MAC PCS cannot provide link change interrupt
*/
struct phylink_config {
struct device *dev;
enum phylink_op_type type;
+ bool pcs_poll;
};
/**