[PATCH net-next v2] net: phy: mediatek-ge-soc: support PHY LEDs

[Daniel Golle]

Hi Andrew,

thank you for reviewing my patch!

On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 07:03:21PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> Hi Daniel
> 
> > This requires syscon phandle 'mediatek,pio' present in parenting MDIO bus
> > which should point to the syscon holding the boottrap register.
> 
> If i'm reading the code correct, if this property is missing, the PHY
> will fail to probe? Since this was never a mandatory property, it
> looks like this will break old DT blobs?

As the for-upstream-Linux dtsi for the MediaTek MT7988 SoC is still in
the making there aren't any existing DT blobs we'd want to be compatible
with at this point.

> 
> If there are LED properties, then it should be mandatory, otherwise it
> should be optional. That way you keep backwards compatibility with old
> blobs.

Do you still want me to check for the presence of any led properties
before looking for the syscon phandle?
As in: would you like to have it that way anyway even if compatibility
is not an issue?


Cheers


Daniel