Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: Add the ethernet and ethernet PHY to the cygnus core DT.

From: Jon Mason
Date: Tue Apr 25 2017 - 11:43:37 EST


On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Sergei Shtylyov
<sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On 04/25/2017 06:15 PM, Jon Mason wrote:
>
>>>> Cygnus has a single amac controller connected to the B53 switch with 2
>>>> PHYs. On the BCM911360_EP platform, those two PHYs are connected to
>>>> the external ethernet jacks.
>
>
> [...]
>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi | 60
>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm911360_entphn.dts | 8 +++++
>>>> 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi
>>>> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi
>>>> index 009f1346b817..318899df9972 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi
>
> [...]
>>>>
>>>> @@ -295,6 +345,16 @@
>>>> status = "disabled";
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> + eth0: enet@18042000 {
>>>> + compatible = "brcm,amac";
>>>> + reg = <0x18042000 0x1000>,
>>>> + <0x18110000 0x1000>;
>>>> + reg-names = "amac_base", "idm_base";
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think "_base" suffixes are necessary here.
>>
>>
>> 100% necessary, per the driver. See
>> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c
>
>
> I'd recommend to fix the driver/bindings then...

They're already in use in other device trees. So, we'd need to
support backward compatibility on them, thus removing any real benefit
to changing them.


>
> MBR, Sergei
>