On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 04:34:59PM +0100, Romain Gantois wrote:
> Some MAC drivers (e.g. stmmac) require a continuous receive clock signal to
> be generated by a PCS that is handled by a standalone PCS driver.
>
> Such a PCS driver does not have access to a PHY device, thus cannot check
> the PHY_F_RXC_ALWAYS_ON flag. They cannot check max_requires_rxc in the
> phylink config either, since it is a private member. Therefore, a new flag
> is needed to signal to the PCS that it should keep the RX clock signal up
> at all times.
>
> Suggested-by: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Andrew
