On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:55:52 +0100, Miquel Raynal wrote: > This reverts commit 40acc05271abc2852c32622edbebd75698736b9b. > > marvell,prestera.txt is an old file describing the old Alleycat3 > standalone switches. The commit mentioned above actually hacked these > bindings to add support for a device tree property for a more modern > version of the IP connected over PCI, using only the generic compatible > in order to retrieve the device node from the prestera driver to read > one static property. > > The problematic property discussed here is "base-mac-provider". The > original intent was to point to a nvmem device which could produce the > relevant nvmem-cell. This property has never been acked by DT > maintainers and fails all the layering that has been brought with the nvmem > bindings by pointing at a nvmem producer, bypassing the existing nvmem > bindings, rather than a nvmem cell directly. Furthermore, the property > cannot even be used upstream because it expected the ONIE tlv driver to > produce a specific cell, driver which used nacked bindings and thus was > never merged, replaced by a more integrated concept: the nvmem-layout. > > So let's forget about this temporary addition, safely avoiding the need > for any backward compatibility handling. A new (yaml) binding file will > be brought with the prestera bindings, and there we will actually > include a description of the modern IP over PCI, including the right way > to point to a nvmem cell. > > Cc: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Taras Chornyi <tchornyi@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > .../bindings/net/marvell,prestera.txt | 34 ------------------- > 1 file changed, 34 deletions(-) > Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
