[PATCH net-next 1/2] dt-bindings: net: econet: add EN751221 ethernet
Caleb James DeLisle
cjd at cjdns.fr
Thu Sep 10 02:06:38 PDT 2026
On 10/09/2026 04:11, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> + gmac1: mac at 1 {
>> + compatible = "econet,eth-mac";
>> + reg = <1>;
>> + status = "disabled";
>> + phy-mode = "rgmii-rxid";
> That is a very unusual phy-mode. Is there a reason this is used in the
> example?
Mac 1 connects to an xPON or xDSL subsystem depending on chip package.
The phy-mode is not used by the driver and when the driver was written 6
months ago this was the best guess about the electrical protocol, left
for documentation purposes.
Your question made me re-investigate this, and I now note that both the
xPON and xDSL "upper halves" as well as the switch on gmac0 are all
on-die, so I think phy-mode = "internal" is more appropriate and I will
re-send as such, and with some light documentation about what this
ethernet connects to - since it's on the die so it'll always be the same.
Thanks,
Caleb
>
> Andrew
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