[PATCH 1/6] dt-bindings: phy: ti: phy-gmii-sel: Add bindings for J721e

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 20/09/2022 06:56, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
>>> Thank you for reviewing the patch. Based on the discussion for the
>>> previous series at [1], I had planned to reuse the same property
>>> "ti,qsgmii-main-ports" for TI's J721e device too. The reason for this is
>>> that the property represents the same feature on both devices which is
>>> that of the QSGMII main port. The only difference between the two of
>>> them is that J7200's CPSW5G has 4 external ports while J721e's CPSW9G
>>> has 8 external ports. Thus, J7200 can have at most one QSGMII main port
>>> while J721e can have up to two. Adding a new property which describes
>>> the same feature appears to be redundant to me. Please let me know.
>>>
>>
>> The trouble is that you wrote the description like it were two different
>> properties (for xx this is one element, for yy this is something else).
>> You need to describe the property in unified way.
> 
> Thank you for reviewing the patch. I plan to update the description to
> the following:
> "Required only for QSGMII mode. Array to select the port/s for QSGMII
> main mode. The size of the array corresponds to the number of QSGMII
> interfaces and thus, the number of distinct QSGMII main ports, supported
> by the device. If the device supports two QSGMII interfaces but only one
> QSGMII interface is desired, repeat the QSGMII main port value
> corresponding to the QSGMII interface in the array."
> 
> I intend to describe the property in detail to help users understand the
> property and its usage better. In the process, I might have
> unintentionally made it appear as two different properties in the
> previous description. I hope the new description shows that the property
> describes the same feature across devices while making its usage clear
> to the users at the same time. Please let me know if this is fine.

Sounds good to me.

Best regards,
Krzysztof