[net-next RFC PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: net: dsa: Add Airoha AN8855 Gigabit Switch documentation

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Wed Oct 23 10:08:57 PDT 2024


> +  airoha,base_smi_address:
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +    description:
> +      Configure and change the base switch PHY address to a new address on
> +      the bus.
> +      On reset, the switch PHY address is ALWAYS 1.
> +    default: 1
> +    maximum: 31

Given that this is a 5 port switch, what happens if i pick a value
greater than 31 - 5 ?

Do you have a real use case for this? A board which requires the PHYs
get shifted from the default of 1? Vendors have all sorts of bells and
whistles which we never use. If its not needed, i would not add it,
until it is actually needed, if ever.

> +  mdio:
> +    $ref: /schemas/net/mdio.yaml#
> +    unevaluatedProperties: false
> +    description:
> +      Define the relative address of the internal PHY for each port.
> +
> +      Each reg for the PHY is relative to the switch base PHY address.

Which is not the usual meaning of reg. 

> +            mdio {
> +                #address-cells = <1>;
> +                #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> +                internal_phy0: phy at 0 {
> +                    reg = <0>;

So given that airoha,base_smi_address defaults to 1, this is actually
address 1 on the MDIO bus?

	Andrew



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