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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2a 1/2] dt: Document a compatible entry for MDIO ethernet Phys
On 19/03/14 23:15, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> This describes a compatible entry of the form:
> ethernet-phy-idAAAA,BBBB
> Which is modelled after the PCI structured compatible entry
> (pciVVVV,DDDD.SSSS.ssss.RR)
>
> If present the OF core will be able to use this information to
> directly create the correct phy without auto probing the bus.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> - Resend for net-next
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
> index 58307d0..5b8c589 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
> @@ -21,10 +21,18 @@ Optional Properties:
> elements.
> - max-speed: Maximum PHY supported speed (10, 100, 1000...)
>
> + If the phy's identifier is known then the list may contain an entry
> + of the form: "ethernet-phy-idAAAA.BBBB" where
> + AAAA - The value of the 16 bit Phy Identifier 1 register as
> + 4 hex digits. This is the chip vendor OUI bits 3:18
> + BBBB - The value of the 16 bit Phy Identifier 2 register as
> + 4 hex digits. This is the chip vendor OUI bits 19:24,
> + followed by 10 bits of a vendor specific ID.
> +

How about having "ethernet-phy" and adding a single property in the
PHY node saying phy-id = <AAAABBBB>, which would be much easier to
parse.

> Example:
>
> ethernet-phy@0 {
> - compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22";
> + compatible = "ethernet-phy-id0141.0e90", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22";
> interrupt-parent = <40000>;
> interrupts = <35 1>;
> reg = <0>;
>


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