Re: [PATCH V2 4/5] dt-bindings: phy: Modify Broadcom NS USB 3.0 PHY binding to use MDIO

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Jun 14 2017 - 11:26:43 EST


On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 10:04:27PM +0200, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> From: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks to work done by Broadcom explaining their USB 3.0 PHY details we
> know it's attached to the MDIO bus. Use this knowledge to update the
> binding: make it a subnode to the MDIO bus and rework way of specifying
> required registers. This will describe hardware more precisely and will
> allow to support (describe) more devices attached to the MDIO.
>
> While compatibility strings remain the same there isn't a direct
> conflict (compatibility breakage) for the binding. Originally it wasn't
> supposed to be used for MDIO subnode so this change should be safe
> unless some operating system was probing MDIO subnodes as standalone
> devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V2: Extend commit message to better describe reason and includ info on
> (non-)breakage.
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/phy/bcm-ns-usb3-phy.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>