Hi Ard,

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> > > > You can also use '' as the phy-mode, which results in
> > > > PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA, which effectively means, don't touch the PHY
> > > > mode, something else has already set it up. This might actually be the
> > > > correct way to go for ACPI. In the DT world, we tend to assume the
> > > > bootloader has done the absolute minimum and Linux should configure
> > > > everything. The ACPI takes the opposite view, the firmware will do the
> > > > basic hardware configuration, and Linux should not touch it, or ask
> > > > ACPI to modify it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Indeed, the firmware should have set this up.
> >
> > Would EDK2 take care of the RGMII Rx/Tx delays even when configured to
> > use a DT instead of ACPI?
> >
>
> Yes. The network driver has no awareness whatsoever which h/w
> description is being provided to the OS.
>
>
> > > This would mean we could > do this in the driver: it currently uses
> > >
> > > priv->phy_interface = device_get_phy_mode(&pdev->dev);
> > >
> > > Can we just assign that to PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA instead?
> >
>
> I have tried this, and it seems to fix the issue. I will send out a
> patch against the netsec driver.

Great thanks!

Cheers
/Ilias

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