SNLA411 October 2022 DP83TC812R-Q1 , DP83TC812S-Q1 , DP83TC813R-Q1 , DP83TC813S-Q1
When a PHY receives LPS symbols from its link partner, it transitions from Normal state (linked-up state) to Sleep ACK state.
During this transition, a timer of 8 ms (sleep_ack_timer) is initialized and an interrupt is raised to indicate the MAC that the link partner is requesting sleep. The interrupt (LPS_int) is enabled by default (reg<0x0018>[0]=1).
The MAC can choose to abort the sleep by
The PHY transitions back to Normal state if the MAC aborts the sleep. In case, the MAC chooses not to abort sleep before sleep_ack_timer lapses, the PHY transitions to Sleep Request state.