[PATCH net v2] net: phy: realtek: restore RTL8211F RGMII delays on resume
From: Karl Mehltretter
Date: Thu Oct 15 2026 - 00:50:41 EST
RTL8211F and RTL8211F-VD both use rtl8211f_config_rgmii_delay() during
initialization and share rtl821x_resume(). The RTL8211F-VD loses its
RGMII TX and RX delay enable bits across a software power-down, but the
shared resume path only clears BMCR_PDOWN and waits for the receive clock
to stabilize.
On a BeagleV Ahead configured for rgmii-id, carrier and the negotiated
speed return after an interface close/open, but the receive path does not
work. At 100 Mbit/s no frames were received. At 1000 Mbit/s all 11
observed frames had CRC errors.
Reapply the RGMII delay configuration after the existing resume delay.
Tested on a BeagleV Ahead with an RTL8211F-VD at 100 and 1000 Mbit/s,
including close/open without a link partner.
Fixes: bb726b753f75 ("net: phy: realtek: add support for RTL8211F(D)(I)-VD-CG")
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Move the shared RTL8211F/RTL8211F-VD resume-path explanation earlier.
- Add Andrew's Reviewed-by.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261014033659.95196-1-kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx/
Hardware test results on BeagleV Ahead (RTL8211F-VD, rgmii-id):
baseline patched
100 Mbit/s close/open RX silent pass
1000 Mbit/s close/open 11/11 CRC errors pass
no-link close/open, reconnect 15/15 CRC errors pass
The patched kernel also passed bidirectional 1 MiB SHA-256 transfers at
100 and 1000 Mbit/s and eight consecutive 1000 Mbit/s close/open cycles,
all without RX CRC errors. An s2idle suspend/resume test passed on both
kernels and did not reproduce the bug.
Testing on an RTL8211F (non-VD) would be welcome.
Built with ARCH=riscv CROSS_COMPILE=riscv64-linux-gnu- LLVM=1.
drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
index 177b62a7b2d16..c867e5213216b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ static int rtl821x_resume(struct phy_device *phydev)
msleep(20);
- return 0;
+ return rtl8211f_config_rgmii_delay(phydev);
}
static int rtl8211f_resume(struct phy_device *phydev)
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)