SNLA411 October 2022 DP83TC812R-Q1 , DP83TC812S-Q1 , DP83TC813R-Q1 , DP83TC813S-Q1
During Sleep Negotiation, if there is activity (i.e., packet reception) from link-partner, PHY transitions to Sleep Fail state. This transition is implemeted to drop the sleep negotiation as there is activity going on.
This feature is enabled by default and can be disabled by programming 0x018B[11] = 0. When this feature is disabled, MAC must handle the case if activity is observed during sleep negotiation.