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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Documentation: devicetree: Add PHY no lane swap binding
On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 04:47:47PM +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> Add the documentation to avoid PHY lane swapping. This is a boolean
> entry to notify the phy device drivers that the TX/RX lanes NO need

that the TX/RX lanes should not be swapped.

> to be swapped.
> The use case for this binding mostly happens after wrong HW
> configuration of PHY IC during bootstrap.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
> index fb5056b..5e25bc9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
> @@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Optional Properties:
> - enet-phy-lane-swap: If set, indicates the PHY will swap the TX/RX lanes to
> compensate for the board being designed with the lanes swapped.
>
> +- enet-phy-lane-no-swap: If set, indicates that PHY will disable swap of the
> + TX/RX lanes. This binding allows the PHY to work correcly after e.g. wrong
> + bootstrap configuration caused by issues in PCB layout design.
> +

We are leaving it undefined what it means if neither
enet-phy-lane-no-swap nor enet-phy-lane-swap properties are present.
Do we want to define this? That the swap should be left untouched by
the driver?

Andrew

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