[PATCH] dt-bindings: phy: mediatek: tphy: add a property for power-domains

Macpaul Lin macpaul.lin at mediatek.com
Thu Oct 10 23:56:15 PDT 2024



On 10/9/24 00:31, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 12:03:37PM +0800, Macpaul Lin wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 9/27/24 00:25, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 06:18:04PM +0800, Macpaul Lin wrote:
>>>> Some platforms requires a dependency for power-domains.
>>>
>>> Some, so not all? Why isn't this restricted on a per compatible basis?
>>
>> After discussion with Chunfeng and double check tphy design in detail.
>> Chunfeng commented that tphy dose not need to add mtcmos.
>> It is not necessary to add it, if the power of the phy is turned off,
>> it will affect other functions.
>>
>>  From the current USB hardware design perspective, even if mtcmos
>> is added to the phy, it is always on.
> 
> Firstly, I have no idea what "mtcmos" means, sorry. I am a dt-bindings
> guy, not someone familiar with mediatek hardware.
> Secondly, it sounds like this /does/ have a power domain, so it should
> be in the binding. That it is turned on by something else and must
> remain on doesn't mean it shouldn't be documented here. What if those
> things try to turn it off while the tphy is using it?

After discussion in MediaTek internal. Chunfeng agreed to
add 'power-domains' property to DT schema. The v2 patch will
also adding the reminder in the description for developers.

>>
>>>> So we add property 'power-domains' and set 'maxItems: 1' in the
>>>> DT Schema.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin at mediatek.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/mediatek,tphy.yaml | 3 +++
>>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/mediatek,tphy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/mediatek,tphy.yaml
>>>> index 423b7c4e62f2..c77fe43c224a 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/mediatek,tphy.yaml
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/mediatek,tphy.yaml
>>>> @@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ properties:
>>>>        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
>>>>        default: 28
>>>> +  power-domains:
>>>> +    maxItems: 1
>>>> +
>>>>    # Required child node:
>>>>    patternProperties:
>>>>      "^(usb|pcie|sata)-phy@[0-9a-f]+$":
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.45.2
>>>>
>>

[snip]

V2 of this patch has been send.

Thanks
Macpaul Lin.



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