Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] Documentation: DT: net: Add Xilinx gmiitorgmii converter device tree binding documentation

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Aug 04 2016 - 14:25:25 EST


On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 05:43:08PM +0530, Kedareswara rao Appana wrote:
> Device-tree binding documentation for xilinx gmiitorgmii converter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kedareswara rao Appana <appanad@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes for v3:
> --> None.
> Changes for v2:
> --> New patch.
>
> .../devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..79fa504
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
> +XILINX GMIITORGMII Converter Driver Device Tree Bindings
> +--------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +The Gigabit Media Independent Interface (GMII) to Reduced Gigabit Media
> +Independent Interface (RGMII) core provides the RGMII between RGMII-compliant
> +Ethernet physical media devices (PHY) and the Gigabit Ethernet controller.
> +This core can be used in all three modes of operation(10/100/1000 Mb/s).
> +The Management Data Input/Output (MDIO) interface is used to configure the
> +Speed of operation. This core can switch dynamically between the three
> +Different speed modes by configuring the conveter register through mdio write.
> +
> +The MDIO is a bus to which the PHY devices are connected. For each
> +device that exists on this bus, a child node should be created. See
> +the definition of the PHY node in booting-without-of.txt for an example
> +of how to define a PHY.
> +
> +Required properties:
> + - compatible : Should be "xilinx,gmiitorgmii"

Perhaps xilinx,gmii-to-rgmii.

This needs some sort of version information in the compatible string.

> + - reg : The ID number for the phy, usually a small integer
> +
> +Example:
> + mdio {
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> + ethernet-phy@0 {
> + ......
> + };
> + gmii_to_rgmii: gmii_to_rgmii@8 {

Don't use underscores in node names.

> + compatible = "xilinx,gmiitorgmii";
> + reg = <8>;
> + };
> + };
> --
> 2.1.2
>