[PATCH net-next v7 5/5] ARM: dts: qcom: ipq4019: Add description for the IPQESS Ethernet controller

[Robert Marko]

On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 5:45 PM Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 05:42:30PM +0100, Robert Marko wrote:
> > > +                       phy-mode = "internal";
> > > +                       status = "disabled";
> >
> > The fixed-link should be defined here AFAIK, otherwise it will fail probing with
> > just internal PHY mode.
>
> It wouldn't fail to probe because it has status = "disabled" by default,
> and who enables that would also provide the fixed-link presumably.
> But if the speed of the pseudo-MAC that goes to the switch is not board
> specific, indeed the fixed-link belongs to the SoC dtsi.

Yes, its directly connected to the switch CPU port and its a part of the SoC,
so it should be defined in the SoC DTSI as it cannot really be changed on
boards.

Regards,
Robert
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