Re: [PATCH v9 net-next 02/11] dt-bindings: net: add mdio property

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On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 02:25:31PM +0530, Prasanna Vengateshan wrote:
> mdio bus is applicable to any switch hence it is added as per the below request,
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1300f84832ef1c43ecb9edb311fb817e3aab5420.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Quoting that thread:

> Yes indeed, since this is a common property of all DSA switches, it can
> be defined or not depending on whether the switch does have an internal
> MDIO bus controller or not.

Whether or not a switch has an MDIO controller or not is a property of 
that switch and therefore 'mdio' needs to be documented in those switch 
bindings.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Prasanna Vengateshan <prasanna.vengateshan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.yaml | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.yaml
> index b9d48e357e77..0f8426e219eb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.yaml
> @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ properties:
>        switch 1. <1 0> is cluster 1, switch 0. A switch not part of any cluster
>        (single device hanging off a CPU port) must not specify this property
>      $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
> +  
> +  mdio:
> +    $ref: /schemas/net/mdio.yaml#
> +    unevaluatedProperties: false


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