[PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: phy: Document MT8196 MediaTek PCI-Express Gen4 S-PHY

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- [Low] Typo in the device tree binding description listing an invalid PCIe link rate (6.0 GT/s instead of 8.0 GT/s).
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--- Patch [1]: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: phy: Document MT8196 MediaTek PCI-Express Gen4 S-PHY ---
commit 44ee552d23d168aeb37986df1a94ba1101ff1252
Author: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>

dt-bindings: phy: Document MT8196 MediaTek PCI-Express Gen4 S-PHY

This commit adds device tree bindings for the MT8196 MediaTek PCI-Express
Gen4 S-PHY. It documents the capabilities, register spaces, and required
properties for this PHY.

> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/mediatek,mt8196-pcie-sphy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/mediatek,mt8196-pcie-sphy.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..c24871f7e0e5a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/mediatek,mt8196-pcie-sphy.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@

[ ... ]

> +description:
> +  The MediaTek PCI-Express Gen4 S-PHY is capable of data serialization
> +  and de-serialization with 8, 10, 128 or 130 bits (16GT/s) encoding
> +  and decoding, has analog buffers, elastic buffers and mechanisms for
> +  receiver detection.
> +  This PHY supports link rates of 2.5, 5.0, 6.0 and 16.0 GT/s per-lane
                                              ^^^

[Severity: Low]
This isn't a bug, but is 6.0 GT/s a typo for 8.0 GT/s here? 

Standard PCIe link rates are typically 2.5, 5.0, 8.0 (Gen3), and 16.0 GT/s,
while 6.0 GT/s is a rate usually associated with SATA rather than PCIe.

> +  in both Root Complex (RC) and End Point (EP) modes, depending on the
> +  chosen port.

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