Re: [PATCH v5 10/10] arm: dts: genmai: Add ethernet pin group

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Apr 28 2017 - 04:51:15 EST


On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Jacopo Mondi
<jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add pin configuration subnode for ETHER ethernet controller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx>
(...)
> + pins_bidir {
> + pinmux = <RZA1_PINMUX(3, 3, 2)>;/* P3_3 = ET_MDIO */
> + bi-directional;
> + };

So I'm against merging this until someone explains what "bi-directional"
actually means, electrically speaking. What happens physically on this pin?

I think this just means open drain.

It is dangerous to merge things we don't understand.

Surely someone inside Renesas can answer this question.

Yours,
Linus Walleij