[RFC 3/5] dt-bindings: power: Add binding for MediaTek MT7988 topmisc power controller

[AngeloGioacchino Del Regno]

Il 15/04/25 11:52, Frank Wunderlich ha scritto:
> Hi Angelo,
> 
> Am 14. April 2025 12:25:23 MESZ schrieb AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>:
>> Il 13/04/25 10:58, Frank Wunderlich ha scritto:
>>> From: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w at public-files.de>
>>>
>>> Topmisc is a systemcontroller used for xs-phy and ethernet on  mt7988.
>>> Add binding for it.
>>
>> That's the wrong binding... check mfd/syscon.yaml :-)
>>
>> P.S.: Is there any reset controller in topmisc? Any clock?
>>       If yes, syscon.yaml is also wrong, and you need a driver for that.
>>       Remember: If it turns out *later* that this has clk/resets and the
>>       bindings are already set for just a syscon, it's gonna be way harder!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Angelo
> 
> Ok based on the power-domain-cells property i guessed powercontroller is the right place.

power-domain-cells, but without any power domain assignment, so that was wrong :)))

> 
> But based on your suggestion i tried moving compatible to syscon binding and made dtbs_check here.
> 
> I can confirm dropping the unexpected properties reported by syscon binding (power-domain-cells,clock-cells,adress-cells and size-cells) are not needed for function (xsphy and ethernet).
> 
> For verifying that there are really no clocks/resets in topmisc (have not found it in public available register documents) i asked mtk (waiting for answer).
> 
> Also got it working without the syscon compatible by changing ethernet driver too (after this change xsphy was also working).

Perfect, a bit of a cleanup and you're done, then!

Cheers!

> 
> Eth:
> https://github.com/frank-w/BPI-Router-Linux/commit/d866e648717800b6f6395ad36c38f9effcf0498d
> Xsphy:
> <https://github.com/frank-w/BPI-Router-Linux/commit/0121a94df99700487704ca056b210b13db07e90c>
> 
> regards Frank