[PATCH net-next 09/13] dt-bindings: net: airoha: Add airoha,npu phandle property

[Lorenzo Bianconi]

> On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 07:21:28PM +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > Introduce the airoha,npu property for the npu syscon node available on
> > EN7581 SoC. The airoha Network Processor Unit (NPU) is used to offload
> > network traffic forwarded between Packet Switch Engine (PSE) ports.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo at kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/airoha,en7581-eth.yaml | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/airoha,en7581-eth.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/airoha,en7581-eth.yaml
> > index c578637c5826db4bf470a4d01ac6f3133976ae1a..6388afff64e990a20230b0c4e58534aa61f984da 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/airoha,en7581-eth.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/airoha,en7581-eth.yaml
> > @@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ properties:
> >    "#size-cells":
> >      const: 0
> >  
> > +  airoha,npu:
> > +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> > +    description:
> > +      Phandle to the syscon node used to configure the NPU module
> > +      used for traffic offloading.
> 
> Why do you need a phandle for this, instead of a lookup by compatible?
> Do you have multiple instances of this ethernet controller on the
> device, that each need to look up a different npu?

actually not, but looking up via the compatible string has been naked by
Krzysztof on a different series [0].

Regards,
Lorenzo

[0] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pci/patch/20250115-en7581-pcie-pbus-csr-v1-2-40d8fcb9360f@kernel.org/

> 
> > +
> >  patternProperties:
> >    "^ethernet@[1-4]$":
> >      type: object
> > @@ -132,6 +138,8 @@ examples:
> >                       <GIC_SPI 49 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
> >                       <GIC_SPI 64 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> >  
> > +        airoha,npu = <&npu>;
> > +
> >          #address-cells = <1>;
> >          #size-cells = <0>;
> >  
> > 
> > -- 
> > 2.48.1
> > 


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