netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] RFC: net: dsa: Add bindings for Realtek SMI DSAs

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:36:54 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Antti Seppälä <a.seppala@...il.com>,
        Roman Yeryomin <roman@...em.lv>,
        Colin Leitner <colin.leitner@...glemail.com>,
        Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] RFC: net: dsa: Add bindings for Realtek SMI DSAs

> While Andrew's suggestion to use of_mdiobus_register() even for the
> built-in DSA created slave_mii_bus makes sense, I would rather recommend
> you instantiate your own bus (ala mv88e6xxx), such that your DT will
> likely look like:

Hi Florian

I could still look like this, if the built in slave_mii_bus looked for
the mdio node.

Something like:

diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa2.c b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
index 44e3fb7dec8c..6b64c09413bf 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa2.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ static void dsa_port_teardown(struct dsa_port *dp)
 
 static int dsa_switch_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 {
+       struct device_node *node;
        int err;
 
        /* Initialize ds->phys_mii_mask before registering the slave MDIO bus
@@ -347,7 +348,11 @@ static int dsa_switch_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 
                dsa_slave_mii_bus_init(ds);
 
-               err = mdiobus_register(ds->slave_mii_bus);
+               if (ds->dev->of_node &&
+                   node = of_get_child_by_name(pdev->dev.of_node, "mdio"))
+                       err = of_mdiobus_register(ds->slave_mii_bus, node);
+               else
+                       err = mdiobus_register(ds->slave_mii_bus);
                if (err < 0)
                        return err;
        }

	Andrew