Hi,
The proper subject prefix is dt-bindings: net: macb:
On 21/07/2020 13:02:29+0300, Codrin Ciubotariu wrote:
> The MACB driver embeds an MDIO bus controller and for this reason there
> was no need for an MDIO sub-node present to contain the PHY nodes. Adding
> MDIO devies directly under an Ethernet node is deprecated, so an MDIO node
> is included to contain of the PHY nodes (and other MDIO devices' nodes).
>
> Signed-off-by: Codrin Ciubotariu <codrin.ciubotariu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt | 15 ++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
> index 0b61a90f1592..88d5199c2279 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
> @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Required properties:
> The MAC address will be determined using the optional properties
> defined in ethernet.txt.
>
> +Optional subnodes:
> +- mdio : specifies the MDIO bus in the MACB, used as a container for PHY nodes or other
> + nodes of devices present on the MDIO bus. Please see ethernet-phy.yaml in the same
> + directory for more details.
> +
> Optional properties for PHY child node:
> - reset-gpios : Should specify the gpio for phy reset
> - magic-packet : If present, indicates that the hardware supports waking
> @@ -48,8 +53,12 @@ Examples:
> local-mac-address = [3a 0e 03 04 05 06];
> clock-names = "pclk", "hclk", "tx_clk";
> clocks = <&clkc 30>, <&clkc 30>, <&clkc 13>;
> - ethernet-phy@1 {
> - reg = <0x1>;
> - reset-gpios = <&pioE 6 1>;
> + mdio {
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> + ethernet-phy@1 {
> + reg = <0x1>;
> + reset-gpios = <&pioE 6 1>;
> + };
> };
> };
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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