linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] phy: Add max_bitrate attribute & phy_get_max

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Date:   Sat, 3 Nov 2018 10:36:25 +0100
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     Faiz Abbas <faiz_abbas@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     wg@...ndegger.com, robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        kishon@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] phy: Add max_bitrate attribute &
 phy_get_max_bitrate()

On 11/02/2018 08:26 PM, Faiz Abbas wrote:
> In some subsystems (eg. CAN) the physical layer capabilities are
> the limiting factor in the datarate of the device. Typically, the
> physical layer transceiver does not provide a way to discover this
> limitation at runtime. Thus this information needs to be represented as
> a phy attribute which is read from the device tree.
> 
> Therefore, add an optional max_bitrate attribute to the generic phy
> sybsystem. Also add the complementary API which enables the consumer
> to get max_bitrate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Faiz Abbas <faiz_abbas@...com>

NACK - We already have such a functionality in the CAN subsystem.
Please have a look at the patches:

e759c626d826 can: m_can: Support higher speed CAN-FD bitrates
b54f9eea7667 dt-bindings: can: m_can: Document new can transceiver binding
2290aefa2e90 can: dev: Add support for limiting configured bitrate
54a7fbcc17bc dt-bindings: can: can-transceiver: Document new binding

regards,
Marc

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