linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] dt-bindings: net: phy: mscc: vsc8531: remove compatible from required properties

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Date:   Mon, 3 Sep 2018 15:33:58 +0200
From:   Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...tlin.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, allan.nielsen@...rochip.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] dt-bindings: net: phy: mscc: vsc8531:
 remove compatible from required properties

Hi Andrew,

On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 03:30:20PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 10:48:52AM +0200, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> > Compatible isn't a required property for PHYs so let's remove it from
> > the binding DT of the VSC8531 PHYs.
> 
> Hi Quentin
> 
> It is actually a optional property. So you could move it into that
> section of the binding documentation. But removing it is also O.K.
> 

It's a property that is already defined in
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt

I don't think it's actually useful to redefine it there (on the same
principle that we don't redefine/re-explain the reg property).

What do we do? Do I put it in optional properties and refer to the
aforementioned doc or do I just remove it as it's done in this patch?

Thanks,
Quentin

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