On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 07:45:34PM +0200, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> The Ethernet PHY documentation
> (Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt) states that:
> If the PHY reports an incorrect ID (or none at all) then the
> "compatible" list may contain an entry with the correct PHY ID in the
> form: "ethernet-phy-idAAAA.BBBB"
>
> An older version of the documentation suggested that the compatible
> string can be used when the PHY ID is known.
>
> Remove the ethernet-phy-id compatible string and add a comment with the
> PHY ID instead.
> This is a no-op on boards which are shipped with the PHY that was
> listed (= all known cases). However, if a board manufacturer decides to
> ship a different PHY we will now load and use the correct driver because
> we ask the PHY to identify itself.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Andrew
