Document the new pcs-handle attribute to support connecting to an
external PHY in SGMII or 1000Base-X modes through the internal PCS/PMA
PHY.
Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Greentime Hu <greentime.hu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
index b8e4894bc634..ba720a2ea5fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Required properties:
specified, the TX/RX DMA interrupts should be on that node
instead, and only the Ethernet core interrupt is optionally
specified here.
-- phy-handle : Should point to the external phy device.
+- phy-handle : Should point to the external phy device if exists. Pointing
+ this to the PCS/PMA PHY is deprecated and should be avoided.
See ethernet.txt file in the same directory.
- xlnx,rxmem : Set to allocated memory buffer for Rx/Tx in the hardware
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ Optional properties:
required through the core's MDIO interface (i.e. always,
unless the PHY is accessed through a different bus).
+ - pcs-handle: Phandle to the internal PCS/PMA PHY in SGMII or 1000Base-X
+ modes, where "pcs-handle" should be preferably used to point
+ to the PCS/PMA PHY, and "phy-handle" should point to an
+ external PHY if exists.
+
Example:
axi_ethernet_eth: ethernet@40c00000 {
compatible = "xlnx,axi-ethernet-1.00.a";
--
2.34.1
