Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] MIPS: mscc: Add switch to ocelot

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On 03/23/2018 02:33 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 10:22:30PM +0100, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
>> On 23/03/2018 at 14:17:48 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> On 03/23/2018 01:11 PM, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
>>>> +
>>>> +			phy0: ethernet-phy@0 {
>>>> +				reg = <0>;
>>>> +			};
>>>> +			phy1: ethernet-phy@1 {
>>>> +				reg = <1>;
>>>> +			};
>>>> +			phy2: ethernet-phy@2 {
>>>> +				reg = <2>;
>>>> +			};
>>>> +			phy3: ethernet-phy@3 {
>>>> +				reg = <3>;
>>>> +			};
>>>
>>> These PHYs should be defined at the board DTS level.
>>
>> Those are internal PHYs, present on the SoC, I doubt anyone will have
>> anything different while using the same SoC.
> 
> With DSA, there is no need to list internal PHYs.
> 
> That is the trade off of having a standalone MDIO bus driver.  Maybe
> add a phandle to the internal MDIO bus? The switch driver could then
> follow the phandle, and direct connect the internal PHYs?

This is more or less what patch 7 does, right?
-- 
Florian


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