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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V1 3/4] net: stmmac: Reconfigure the PHY WOL
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On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 03:58:17PM +0000, Voon, Weifeng wrote:
> > > No, the interrupt will not be discarded. If the PHY is in interrupt
> > > mode, the interrupt handler will triggers and ISR will clear the WOL
> > status bit.
> > > The condition here is when the PHY is in polling mode, the PHY driver
> > > does not have any other mechanism to clear the WOL interrupt status bit.
> > > Hence, we need to go through the PHY set_wol() again.
> > 
> > I would say you have a broken setup. If you are explicitly using the
> > interrupt as a wakeup source, you need to be servicing the interrupt. You
> > cannot use polled mode.
>  
> Sorry for the confusion. But I would like to clarify the I should use the
> term of "WOL event status" rather than "WOL interrupt status". 
> For interrupt mode, clearing the "WOL interrupt status" register will auto
> clear the "WOL event status".
> For polling mode, the phy driver can manually clear the "WOL event status" by
> setting 1 to "Clear WOL Status" bit.  

If WOL raises an interrupt signal from the PHY, but the PHY interrupt
signal is not wired, how does the wakeup happen? What is the PHY
interrupt wired to?

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