Re: [net-next 1/2] dt-bindings: net: renesas,etheravb: Add optional MDIO bus node

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On 10/03/2024 14:46, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> Thanks for your comments.
> 
> On 2024-03-10 09:44:45 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 09/03/2024 16:53, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
>>> The Renesas Ethernet AVB bindings do not allow the MDIO bus to be
>>> described. This has not been needed as only a single PHY is
>>> supported and no MDIO bus properties have been needed.
>>>
>>> Add an optional mdio node to the binding which allows the MDIO bus to be
>>> described and allow bus properties to be set.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>
>> I believe this is v2. Mark your patchsets clearly (git format-patch -v2
>> or use b4) and provide changelog under --- or in the cover letter.
>>
>>
>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml | 4 ++++
>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml
>>> index de7ba7f345a9..5345ad8e1be4 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml
>>> @@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ properties:
>>>      description: Number of size cells on the MDIO bus.
>>>      const: 0
>>>  
>>> +  mdio:
>>> +    $ref: /schemas/net/mdio.yaml#
>>> +    unevaluatedProperties: false
>>> +
>>
>> Please fixup the phy pattern, so it will be obvious it is for
>> ethernet-phy and probably deprecate it. The phy goes to mdio bus, right?
> 
> Yes the PHY goes on the MDIO bus and the pattern is only needed for 
> backward compatibility.
> 
> The pattern was specific to ethernet-phy in the past, but Rob removed it 
> in commit ac8fe40c3628 ("dt-bindings: net: renesas: Drop ethernet-phy 
> node schema"). Have something changed and I should revert that as part 
> of this patch?

Ah, indeed. Let it stay as is. I thought there would be conflict with
mdio, but pattern still looks for unit address, so it's fine to have
both: existing @[0-9a-f] and mdio.

> 
> I agree it should be listed as deprecated, would this diff work for you?
> 
> +# In older bindings there where no mdio child-node to describe the MDIO bus
> +# and the PHY. To not fail older bindings accept any node with an address. New
> +# users should describe the PHY inside the mdio child-node.
>  patternProperties:
>    "@[0-9a-f]$":
>      type: object
> +    deprecated: true

Looks fine.

> 
> Depending on if Rob's patch should be reverted in whole or in part I 
> could also try to revert the pattern to "^ethernet-phy@[0-9a-f]$" if you 
> wish. Please let me know what looks best to you.
> 

Best regards,
Krzysztof





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