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Date:	Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:45:45 -0800
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
Cc:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>,
	"linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org" <linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
	Marc Gauthier <marc@...ence.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: ethoc: document OF bindings

2014-01-27 Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>:
> Hi Rob,
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com> wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/opencores-ethoc.txt    | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/opencores-ethoc.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/opencores-ethoc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/opencores-ethoc.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..f7c6c94
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/opencores-ethoc.txt
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
>>> +* OpenCores MAC 10/100 Mbps
>>> +
>>> +Required properties:
>>> +- compatible: Should be "opencores,ethoc".
>>
>> There are not different versions of IP or is the version probeable?
>
> AFAIK there's single version of this 10/100 MAC.
> It doesn't have any identification registers.

Since this is an IP block that people can modify due to its open
source nature, it would have been good to define a revision register
or such which would allow software to gate specific code based on that
revision.
>
>>> +- reg: Address and length of the register set for the device and of its
>>> +  descriptor memory.
>>> +- interrupts: Should contain ethoc interrupt.
>>> +
>>> +Optional properties:
>>> +- local-mac-address: 6 bytes, mac address
>>
>> There's a patch in progress to move all the standard network
>> properties to a common location, so you can remove this.
>
> Will do.
>
>>> +- clock-frequency: basic MAC frequency.
>>> +- mii-mgmt-clock-frequency: frequency of MII management bus. Together
>>> +  with clock-frequency determines the value programmed into the CLKDIV
>>> +  field of MIIMODER register.
>>> +
>>> +Examples:
>>> +
>>> +       enet0: ethoc@...30000 {
>>> +               compatible = "opencores,ethoc";
>>> +               reg = <0xfd030000 0x4000 0xfd800000 0x4000>;
>>> +               interrupts = <1>;
>>> +               local-mac-address = [00 50 c2 13 6f 00];
>>> +               clock-frequency = <50000000>;
>>> +               mii-mgmt-clock-frequency = <5000000>;

5Mhz management clock? Can't you make it work with the standard 2.5Mhz
management clock? Is not there a risk not to be able to "talk" to some
PHY chips out there which do not support > 2.5Mhz management clock?

Since this is an ethoc specific property, should it be prefixed with "ethoc,"?
-- 
Florian
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