[PATCH v2] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62p: use eFuse MAC Address for CPSW3G Port 1

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Thu Apr 4 03:31:47 PDT 2024


On 04/04/2024 12:16, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
>>> I was following the convention that other mfd-syscon compatible nodes
>>> seemed to be using:
>>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/41bccc98fb7931d63d03f326a746ac4d429c1dd3/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am65-main.dtsi#L502
>>> The node is:
>>> dss_oldi_io_ctrl: dss-oldi-io-ctrl at 41e0
>>> corresponding to the compatible:
>>> "ti,am654-dss-oldi-io-ctrl"
>>> which was added by commit:
>>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cb523495ee2a5938fbdd30b8a35094d386c55c12
>>
>> So if that one was wrong, then what? I don't know really what type of
>> device is it, but just because one contributor called it that way, does
>> not mean you should keep going. Maybe investigate why that contributor
>> did not decide to follow Devicetree spec recommendation?
> 
> Yes, it doesn't justify the convention. I seem to have picked a wrong
> example when figuring out the convention for naming the node. I plan to
> name it as:
> ethernet-mac-efuse
> while retaining the label "cpsw_mac_efuse" since CPSW is the name of the
> Ethernet Switch on the SoC. Please let me know if it is acceptable. I
> will post the v3 patch based on your feedback.

Label is fine, there is no restriction/guideline on labels, so choose
descriptive or something useful for you. Just the node name. If this is
syscon, then usually system-controller. If this is efuse, then maybe
efuse, even though previously I was looking at this more as a syscon.

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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