[PATCH net-next v2 2/7] dt-bindings: net: macb: use an MDIO node as a container for PHY nodes

Codrin Ciubotariu codrin.ciubotariu at microchip.com
Tue Jul 21 13:13:11 EDT 2020


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>
---

Changes in v2:
 - patch renamed from "macb: bindings doc: use an MDIO node as a
   container for PHY nodes" to "dt-bindings: net: macb: use an MDIO
   node as a container for PHY nodes" 

 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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