> As for the compatible string, the PHY reports it's c45-id okay and
> phylink can find the driver with this id. Therefore I have left the
> compatible string out of the devicetree node of the phy and not
> specified it in the binding (also same as realtek,rtl82xx.yaml).
As you pointed out, the kernel does not require a compatible. So in
your board DT blob, you don't need it.
In the binding document, you can indicate a compatible can optionally
be used, and in the example its a good idea it actually use it, so
that the example gets checked by the tools.
Andrew
