[PATCH net-next 2/7] macb: bindings doc: use an MDIO node as a container for PHY nodes
Codrin.Ciubotariu at microchip.com
Codrin.Ciubotariu at microchip.com
Tue Jul 21 09:44:23 EDT 2020
On 21.07.2020 16:29, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> The proper subject prefix is dt-bindings: net: macb:
Will fix in v2. Thanks!
>
> On 21/07/2020 13:02:29+0300, Codrin Ciubotariu wrote:
>> The MACB driver embeds an MDIO bus controller and for this reason there
>> was no need for an MDIO sub-node present to contain the PHY nodes. Adding
>> MDIO devies directly under an Ethernet node is deprecated, so an MDIO node
>> is included to contain of the PHY nodes (and other MDIO devices' nodes).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Codrin Ciubotariu <codrin.ciubotariu at microchip.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt | 15 ++++++++++++---
>> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
>> index 0b61a90f1592..88d5199c2279 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
>> @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Required properties:
>> The MAC address will be determined using the optional properties
>> defined in ethernet.txt.
>>
>> +Optional subnodes:
>> +- mdio : specifies the MDIO bus in the MACB, used as a container for PHY nodes or other
>> + nodes of devices present on the MDIO bus. Please see ethernet-phy.yaml in the same
>> + directory for more details.
>> +
>> Optional properties for PHY child node:
>> - reset-gpios : Should specify the gpio for phy reset
>> - magic-packet : If present, indicates that the hardware supports waking
>> @@ -48,8 +53,12 @@ Examples:
>> local-mac-address = [3a 0e 03 04 05 06];
>> clock-names = "pclk", "hclk", "tx_clk";
>> clocks = <&clkc 30>, <&clkc 30>, <&clkc 13>;
>> - ethernet-phy at 1 {
>> - reg = <0x1>;
>> - reset-gpios = <&pioE 6 1>;
>> + mdio {
>> + #address-cells = <1>;
>> + #size-cells = <0>;
>> + ethernet-phy at 1 {
>> + reg = <0x1>;
>> + reset-gpios = <&pioE 6 1>;
>> + };
>> };
>> };
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>
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> Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
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