Hi Rafael, Thanks for the review. I'll work on all the comments. On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 08:22:21PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 4:43 PM Calvin Johnson > <calvin.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Introduce ACPI mechanism to get PHYs registered on a MDIO bus and > > provide them to be connected to MAC. > > > > Describe properties "phy-handle" and "phy-mode". > > > > Signed-off-by: Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > > > Changes in v4: > > - More cleanup > > This looks much better that the previous versions IMV, some nits below. > > > Changes in v3: None > > Changes in v2: > > - Updated with more description in document > > > > Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/phy.rst | 129 ++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 129 insertions(+) > > create mode 100644 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/phy.rst > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/phy.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/phy.rst > > new file mode 100644 > > index 000000000000..76fca994bc99 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/phy.rst > > @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ > > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > + > > +========================= > > +MDIO bus and PHYs in ACPI > > +========================= > > + > > +The PHYs on an MDIO bus [1] are probed and registered using > > +fwnode_mdiobus_register_phy(). > > Empty line here, please. > > > +Later, for connecting these PHYs to MAC, the PHYs registered on the > > +MDIO bus have to be referenced. > > + > > +The UUID given below should be used as mentioned in the "Device Properties > > +UUID For _DSD" [2] document. > > + - UUID: daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301 > > I would drop the above paragraph. > > > + > > +This document introduces two _DSD properties that are to be used > > +for PHYs on the MDIO bus.[3] > > I'd say "for connecting PHYs on the MDIO bus [3] to the MAC layer." > above and add the following here: > > "These properties are defined in accordance with the "Device > Properties UUID For _DSD" [2] document and the > daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301 UUID must be used in the Device > Data Descriptors containing them." > > > + > > +phy-handle > > +---------- > > +For each MAC node, a device property "phy-handle" is used to reference > > +the PHY that is registered on an MDIO bus. This is mandatory for > > +network interfaces that have PHYs connected to MAC via MDIO bus. > > + > > +During the MDIO bus driver initialization, PHYs on this bus are probed > > +using the _ADR object as shown below and are registered on the MDIO bus. > > Do you want to mention the "reg" property here? I think it would be > useful to do that. No. I think we should adhere to _ADR in MDIO case. The "reg" property for ACPI may be useful for other use cases that Andy is aware of. Regards Calvin
