> > If you want to describe the MDIO controller, then you embed a mdio > > subnode into your Ethernet MAC node: > > > > emac0: ethernet@feb20000 { > > mdio { > > #address-cells = <1>; > > #size-cells = <0>; > > > > phy0: ethernet-phy@0 { > > reg = <0>; > > }; > > }; > > }; > > > > And then each Ethernet MAC controller refers to their appropriate PHY > > device tree node using a phy-handle property to point to either their > > own MDIO controller, or another MAC's MDIO controller. > Sorry, I do not understand how phy-handle point to MDIO controller, > because phy-handle is defined to point to a phy. The MAC driver does not care what MDIO controller a PHY is on. All you need to do to register the PHY is: phy_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "phy-handle", 0); phy_interface = of_get_phy_mode(np); phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, phy_node, &handle_link_change, 0, phy_interface); Andrew