Hi Fabio,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 2021年7月23日 21:16
> To: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Shawn Guo
> <shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx>; moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM
> ARCHITECTURE <linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Joakim Zhang
> <qiangqing.zhang@xxxxxxx>; Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>; netdev
> <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED
> DEVICE TREE BINDINGS <devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ARM: dts: imx6qdl: Remove unnecessary mdio
> #address-cells/#size-cells
>
> Hi Vladimr,
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 10:08 AM Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Are you actually sure this is the correct fix? If I look at mdio.yaml,
> > I think it is pretty clear that the "ethernet-phy" subnode of the MDIO
> > controller must have an "@[0-9a-f]+$" pattern, and a "reg" property.
> > If it did, then it wouldn't warn about #address-cells.
>
> Thanks for reviewing it.
>
> After double-checking I realize that the correct fix would be to pass the phy
> address, like:
>
> phy: ethernet-phy@1 {
> reg = <1>;
>
> Since the Ethernet PHY address is design dependant, I can not make the fix
> myself.
>
> I will try to ping the board maintainers for passing the correct phy address.
Thanks.
I prepare this patch to fix dtbs_check when convert fec binding into schema.
I realized that we need a "reg" under phy device node, but I also don't know how to add it since
the phy is obviously not on board. And I check the phy code, it supports auto scan for PHYs with empty
"reg" property.
Best Regards,
Joakim Zhang
> Thanks
