The call to phylink_speed_down() looks odd on the face of it. Add a comment to explain why this call is there. Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) --- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c index f44f8b1b0efa..0da5c29b8cb0 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c @@ -4138,8 +4138,13 @@ static int stmmac_release(struct net_device *dev) struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); u32 chan; + /* If the PHY or MAC has WoL enabled, then the PHY will not be + * suspended when phylink_stop() is called below. Set the PHY + * to its slowest speed to save power. + */ if (device_may_wakeup(priv->device)) phylink_speed_down(priv->phylink, false); + /* Stop and disconnect the PHY */ phylink_stop(priv->phylink); phylink_disconnect_phy(priv->phylink); -- 2.30.2