Re: [net-next PATCH v4 07/15] net: mdiobus: Introduce fwnode_mdiobus_register_phy()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Feb 05 2021 - 14:01:36 EST


On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 8:41 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 8:25 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 7:25 PM Calvin Johnson
> > <calvin.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 09:12:52PM +0530, Calvin Johnson wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > + rc = fwnode_property_match_string(child, "compatible", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45");
> > > With ACPI, I'm facing some problem with fwnode_property_match_string(). It is
> > > unable to detect the compatible string and returns -EPROTO.
> > >
> > > ACPI node for PHY4 is as below:
> > >
> > > Device(PHY4) {
> > > Name (_ADR, 0x4)
> > > Name(_CRS, ResourceTemplate() {
> > > Interrupt(ResourceConsumer, Level, ActiveHigh, Shared)
> > > {
> > > AQR_PHY4_IT
> > > }
> > > }) // end of _CRS for PHY4
> > > Name (_DSD, Package () {
> > > ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
> > > Package () {
>
> > > Package () {"compatible", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45"}
>
> I guess converting this to
> Package () {"compatible", Package() {"ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45"}}
> will solve it.

For the record, it doesn't mean there is no bug in the code. DT treats
a single string as an array, but ACPI doesn't.
And this is specific to _match_string() because it has two passes. And
the first one fails.
While reading a single string as an array of 1 element will work I believe.

> > > }
>
> > > })
> > > } // end of PHY4
> > >
> > > What is see is that in acpi_data_get_property(),
> > > propvalue->type = 0x2(ACPI_TYPE_STRING) and type = 0x4(ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE).
> > >
> > > Any help please?
> > >
> > > fwnode_property_match_string() works fine for DT.
> >
> > Can you show the DT node which works and also input for the
> > )match_string() (i.o.w what exactly you are trying to match with)?


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko