Hi, >>> >> >> +- clocks : Reference to the clock entry. >>> >> >> +- phys : PHY reference with parameter 0. >>> >> > >>> >> > The specific value of the phy-specifier shouldn't matter to this >>> >> > binding. What should matter is what it logically corresponds to. >>> >> >>> >> I not quite following this. Are you suggest that I drop the value 0. >>> >> In the binding, one needs to specify the mode of operation - 0 is for >>> >> SATA. Can you explain more? >>> > >>> > The SATA device should not care what the argument for the PHY >>> > device is. You could connect the same device to another PHY >>> > that has a different set of arguments, which is the whole point >>> > of abstracting it. >>> > >>> >>> I understand what you wrote here. We should not have an argument from >>> the host controller. Then my question is how should the PHY node >>> indicates that it needs to be configured itself as an SATA PHY? >> >> The "phys" property should specify whatever the configuration of >> the phy device is supposed to be. It's just not the business of >> the sata driver or the sata binding to know what that configuration >> is. >> > > Here is what I have and I am trying to piece this together: > > phy1 { > #phy-cells = <0>; /* No parameter as suggest by Mark */ > }; > > sata1 { > ::: > phys = <&phy1>; > }; > > What I don't get is how does one specify the mode > (SATA/USB/SGMII/etc)? As another parameter in the phy1 node? > May be I misread what Mark mentioned. The binding documentation should not specify the requirement of 0. And the binding of the dts should be as is: phy1 { #phy-cells = <1>; }; sata1 { ::: phys = <&phy1 0>; where 0 indicates the mode of operation? }; -Loc -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html