[PATCH v4 2/8] dt-bindings: phy: Add Lynx 10G phy binding

Sean Anderson sean.anderson at seco.com
Fri Aug 5 08:20:07 PDT 2022



On 8/5/22 10:09 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Aug 2022 18:05:56 -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
>> This adds a binding for the SerDes module found on QorIQ processors.
>> Each phy is a subnode of the top-level device, possibly supporting
>> multiple lanes and protocols. This "thick" #phy-cells is used due to
>> allow for better organization of parameters. Note that the particular
>> parameters necessary to select a protocol-controller/lane combination
>> vary across different SoCs, and even within different SerDes on the same
>> SoC.
>> 
>> The driver is designed to be able to completely reconfigure lanes at
>> runtime. Generally, the phy consumer can select the appropriate
>> protocol using set_mode.
>> 
>> There are two PLLs, each of which can be used as the master clock for
>> each lane. Each PLL has its own reference. For the moment they are
>> required, because it simplifies the driver implementation. Absent
>> reference clocks can be modeled by a fixed-clock with a rate of 0.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson at seco.com>
>> ---
>> 
>> Changes in v4:
>> - Use subnodes to describe lane configuration, instead of describing
>>   PCCRs. This is the same style used by phy-cadence-sierra et al.
>> 
>> Changes in v3:
>> - Manually expand yaml references
>> - Add mode configuration to device tree
>> 
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Rename to fsl,lynx-10g.yaml
>> - Refer to the device in the documentation, rather than the binding
>> - Move compatible first
>> - Document phy cells in the description
>> - Allow a value of 1 for phy-cells. This allows for compatibility with
>>   the similar (but according to Ioana Ciornei different enough) lynx-28g
>>   binding.
>> - Remove minItems
>> - Use list for clock-names
>> - Fix example binding having too many cells in regs
>> - Add #clock-cells. This will allow using assigned-clocks* to configure
>>   the PLLs.
>> - Document the structure of the compatible strings
>> 
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.yaml | 236 ++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 236 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.yaml
>> 
> 
> My bot found errors running 'make DT_CHECKER_FLAGS=-m dt_binding_check'
> on your patch (DT_CHECKER_FLAGS is new in v5.13):
> 
> yamllint warnings/errors:
> 
> dtschema/dtc warnings/errors:
> Error: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.example.dts:51.27-28 syntax error
> FATAL ERROR: Unable to parse input tree
> make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.lib:383: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/fsl,lynx-10g.example.dtb] Error 1
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make: *** [Makefile:1404: dt_binding_check] Error 2
> 

This error occurs because the previous patch has not been applied.

--Sean



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