Re: [PATCH v3] DT: net: document Ethernet bindings in one place

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On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Sergei Shtylyov
<sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ net-next/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> +The following properties are common to the Ethernet controllers:
> +
> +- local-mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was
> +  assigned to the network device;
> +- mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was last used by
> +  the boot program; should be used in cases where the MAC address assigned to
> +  the device by the boot program is different from the "local-mac-address"
> +  property;
> +- max-speed: number, specifies maximum speed in Mbit/s supported by the device;
> +- max-frame-size: number, maximum transfer unit (IEEE defined MTU), rather than
> +  the maximum frame size (there's contradiction in ePAPR).
> +- phy-mode: string, operation mode of the PHY interface; supported values are
> +  "mii", "gmii", "sgmii", "tbi", "rev-mii", "rmii", "rgmii", "rgmii-id",
> +  "rgmii-rxid", "rgmii-txid", "rtbi", "smii", "xgmii"; not recommended for new
> +  bindings;
> +- phy-connection-type: the same as "phy-mode" property but described in ePAPR;
> +- phy-handle: phandle, specifies a reference to a node representing a PHY
> +  device; this property is described in ePAPR and so preferred;
> +- phy: the same as "phy-handle" property, not recommended for new bindings.

I think it would be more clear to move the not recommended ones to a new
paragraph, with a preamble stating they're not recommended for new bindings.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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