On 08.08.2019 21:37, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 09:05:54PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote: >> This adds support for the integrated 2.5Gbps PHY in Realtek RTL8125. >> Advertisement of 2.5Gbps mode is done via a vendor-specific register. >> Same applies to reading NBase-T link partner advertisement. >> Unfortunately this 2.5Gbps PHY shares the PHY ID with the integrated >> 1Gbps PHY's in other Realtek network chips and so far no method is >> known to differentiate them. > > That is not nice. > Indeed.
> Do you have any contacts in Realtek who can provide us with > information? Maybe there is another undocumented vendor specific > register? > I have a contact in Realtek who provided the information about the vendor-specific registers used in the patch. I also asked for a method to auto-detect 2.5Gbps support but have no feedback so far. What may contribute to the problem is that also the integrated 1Gbps PHY's (all with the same PHY ID) differ significantly from each other, depending on the network chip version. > Andrew > Heiner
