Re: [RFC PATCH v3 net-next 02/10] dt-bindings: net: dsa: hellcreek: add missing CPU port phy-mode/fixed-link to example

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On Sat Aug 06 2022, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Looking at hellcreek_phylink_get_caps(), I see that depending on whether
> is_100_mbits is set, speeds of 1G or of 100M will be advertised. The
> de1soc_r1_pdata sets is_100_mbits to true.
>
> The PHY modes declared in the capabilities are MII, RGMII and GMII. GMII
> doesn't support 100Mbps, and as for RGMII, it would be a bit implausible
> to me to support this PHY mode but limit it to only 25 MHz. So I've
> settled on MII as a phy-mode in the example, and a fixed-link of
> 100Mbps.
>
> As a side note, there exists such a thing as "rev-mii", because the MII
> protocol is asymmetric, and "mii" is the designation for the MAC side
> (expected to be connected to a PHY), and "rev-mii" is the designation
> for the PHY side (expected to be connected to a MAC). I wonder whether
> "mii" or "rev-mii" should actually be used here, since this is a CPU
> port and presumably connected to another MAC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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