On 23/02/2024 14:28, Yang Xiwen via B4 Relay wrote: > From: Yang Xiwen <forbidden405@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Register the sub MDIO bus if it is found. Also implement the internal > PHY reset procedure as needed. > > Note it's unable to put the MDIO bus node outside of MAC controller > (i.e. at the same level in the parent bus node). Because we need to > control all clocks and resets in FEMAC driver due to the phy reset > procedure. So the clocks can't be assigned to MDIO bus device, which is > an essential resource for the MDIO bus to work. > > No backward compatibility is maintained since the only existing > user(Hi3516DV300) has not received any updates from HiSilicon for about > 8 years already. And till today, no mainline dts for this SoC is found. > It seems unlikely that there are still existing mainline Hi3516DV300 > users. The effort to maintain the old binding seems gain a little. > > Signed-off-by: Yang Xiwen <forbidden405@xxxxxxxxxxx> NAK, implement comments from v4. Best regards, Krzysztof
