On 01/21/2014 12:20 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
This patch is an attempt to gather the Ethernet related bindings in one file, like it's done in the MMC and some other subsystems. It should save the trouble of documenting several properties over and over in each binding document.
I have used the Embedded Power Architecture(TM) Platform Requirements (ePAPR) standard as a base for the properties description, also documenting some ad-hoc properties that have been introduced over time despite having direct analogs in ePAPR.
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--- The patch is against DaveM's 'net-next.git' repo and the DaVinci EMAC bindings fix I've posted yesterday:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/311854/
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Index: net-next/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt =================================================================== --- /dev/null +++ net-next/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +The following properties are common to the Ethernet controllers: + +- local-mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was + assigned to the network device; +- mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was last used by + the boot program; should be used in cases where the MAC address assigned to + the device by the boot program is different from the "local-mac-address" + property; +- max-speed: number, specifies maximum speed in Mbit/s supported by the device; +- phy-mode: string, operation mode of the PHY interface; supported values are + "mii", "gmii", "sgmii", "tbi", "rev-mii", "rmii", "rgmii", "rgmii-id", + "rgmii-rxid", "rgmii-txid", "rtbi", "smii", "xgmii";
Mark this as deprecated
That's kind of wishful thinking at this point, as that's what the majority of drivers use. I'm unsure of the reasons why that was done, probably people just didn't read the proper specs...
Or the spec was defined after those bindings.
No, that's not likely as "phy-connection-type" prop seems very old, most probably predating ePAPR. ePAPR exists since 2008, kernel support for "phy-mode" prop dates back only to 2011.
Deprecating does not matter for existing bindings. It's only defining new ones that are affected. I was more concerned with giving people guidance on which one to use for new bindings.
If "phy-connection-type" is to be used, it makes sense to modify of_get_phy_mode() to also look for that prop, right?
in favor of phy-connection-type
That one is only used by the oldish PowerPC 'gianfar' driver.
so it's use does not spread.
I'm afraid that's too late, it has spread very far, so that of_get_phy_mode() handles that property, not "phy-connection-type".
Uggg, I guess this is a case of a defacto standard then if the kernel doesn't even support it.
What's your guess on what to do on these 2 props then? Still deprecate "phy-mode"?
+- phy-connection-type: the same as "phy-mode" property (but described in ePAPR); +- phy-handle: phandle, specifies a reference to a node representing a PHY + device (this property is described in ePAPR); +- phy: the same as "phy-handle" property (but actually ad-hoc one).
Mark this as deprecated in favor of phy-handle.
Here situation is more optimistic. Quite many drivers still use "phy-handle", though some use even more exotic props I didn't document here.
Perhaps flagging as "Not recommended for new bindings" would be nicer wording...
Perhaps.
Rob
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