[net-next PATCH RFC v3 1/8] dt-bindings: net: document ethernet PHY package nodes

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Sun Jan 7 10:44:36 PST 2024


> Honestly I would postpone untile we have a clear idea of what is
> actually part of the PHY and what can be handled externally... Example
> setting the clock in gcc, writing a specific driver...

That is really core of the problem here. We have no reliable
description of the hardware. The datasheet often starts with a block
diagram of the PHY package. Sometimes there is a product brief with
the same diagram. We need that published. I'm not asking for the full
data sheet, just the introductory text which gives a high level
overview of what the hardware actually is. Then we can sketch out a
high level Linux architecture for the PHY package.

     Andrew



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