On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 11:26 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:27 PM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > + intel,npe: > > > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32 > > > + minimum: 0 > > > + maximum: 3 > > > + description: phandle to the NPE this ethernet instance is using > > > > Not a phandle now. > > > > > + and the instance to use in the second cell > > > > Maybe 'reg' works here? You can only have 1 thing you address though if > > you use reg here. > > Good idea, I'll try that. > > > How are other NPE instances used? Are you going to need to have a > > reference to them? > > They are used by phandle from the combined ethernet and phy > instances. So 'intel,npe' property? Then we should probably just keep that. For sure, we don't want a given property to have 2 different types. (Some day I intend to check for that.) > They are accelerators with firmware which have direct > access to the ethernet and phy port, and one of the NPE:s can > additionally contain a crypto engine.
