Re: [PATCH v2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix external smi for mv88e6176

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Jun 16 2025 - 17:19:12 EST


> Is there any addition to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/marvell,mv88e6xxx.yaml
> that we could make in order to clarify which switch families have a
> combined internal+external MDIO bus and which ones have them separate?
> As you're saying, this is an area where mistakes happen relatively
> frequently.

It should be possible to add a constraint. Only compatible
"marvell,mv88e6190" can use "mdio-external"

Andrew