Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] dt-bindings: net: add DT bindings for Socionext UniPhier AVE

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Fri Sep 08 2017 - 14:54:44 EST


On 09/08/2017 06:02 AM, Kunihiko Hayashi wrote:
> DT bindings for the AVE ethernet controller found on Socionext's
> UniPhier platforms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.txt | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..57ae96d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
> +* Socionext AVE ethernet controller
> +
> +This describes the devicetree bindings for AVE ethernet controller
> +implemented on Socionext UniPhier SoCs.
> +
> +Required properties:
> + - compatible: Should be "socionext,uniphier-ave4"
> + - reg: Address where registers are mapped and size of region.
> + - interrupts: IRQ common for mac and phy interrupts.
> + - phy-mode: See ethernet.txt in the same directory.
> + - #address-cells: Must be <1>.
> + - #size-cells: Must be <0>.
> + - Node, with 'reg' property, for each PHY on the MDIO bus.
> +
> +Optional properties:
> + - socionext,desc-bits: 32/64 descriptor size. Default 32.

32 bits, this has an unit. Why is this configurable through Device Tree
and if this is describing the HW, as it should, why is not that inferred
from the compatible string?

> + - local-mac-address: See ethernet.txt in the same directory.
> + - pinctrl-names: List of assigned state names, see pinctrl
> + binding documentation.
> + - pinctrl-0: List of phandles to configure the GPIO pin used
> + as interrupt line, see also generic and your platform
> + specific pinctrl binding documentation.
> + - socionext,internal-phy-interrupt: Boolean to denote if the
> + PHY interrupt is internally handled by the MAC.

Interesting, why do you need to declare this as opposed to also
determining this entirely from the compatible string of the Ethernet MAC?

> +
> +
> +Example:
> +
> + eth: ethernet@65000000 {
> + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ave4";
> + reg = <0x65000000 0x8500>;
> + interrupts = <0 66 4>;
> + pinctrl-names = "default";
> + pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_ether_rgmii>;
> + phy-mode = "rgmii";
> + socionext,desc-bits = <64>;
> + local-mac-address = [00 00 00 00 00 00];
> +
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;

There is no phy-handle property, yet there clearly seems to be one
attached, and I think Andrew now also responded to that in the driver
patch, this needs fixing.

> + ethphy: ethphy@1 {
> + reg = <1>;
> + };
> + };
>


--
Florian