The current bcm63xx_enet driver doesn't asign the internal phy IRQ. As a result of this it works in polling mode.
Fix it using the phy_device structure to assign the platform IRQ. Tested under a BCM6348 board. Kernel dmesg before the patch: Broadcom BCM63XX (1) bcm63xx_enet-0:01: attached PHY driver [Broadcom BCM63XX (1)] (mii_bus:phy_addr=bcm63xx_enet-0:01, irq=POLL) After the patch: Broadcom BCM63XX (1) bcm63xx_enet-0:01: attached PHY driver [Broadcom BCM63XX (1)] (mii_bus:phy_addr=bcm63xx_enet-0:01, irq=17) Pluging and uplugging the ethernet cable now generates interrupts and the PHY goes up and down as expected. Signed-off-by: Daniel González Cabanelas <dgcb...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c index fd876721316..0dad527abb9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c @@ -1819,7 +1819,14 @@ static int bcm_enet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) bus->phy_mask = ~(1 << priv->phy_id); if (priv->has_phy_interrupt) + phydev = mdiobus_get_phy(bus, priv->phy_id); + if (!phydev) { + dev_err(&dev->dev, "no PHY found\n"); + goto out_unregister_mdio; + } + bus->irq[priv->phy_id] = priv->phy_interrupt; + phydev->irq = priv->phy_interrupt; ret = mdiobus_register(bus); if (ret) { -- 2.30.1