linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] dt-bindings: net: Add bindings for Realtek PHYs

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Message-ID: <20190708200136.GM250418@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 Jul 2019 13:01:36 -0700
From:   Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] dt-bindings: net: Add bindings for Realtek PHYs

On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 09:46:15PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 12:24:53PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > Add the 'realtek,eee-led-mode-disable' property to disable EEE
> > LED mode on Realtek PHYs that support it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
> > ---
> > TODO: adapt PHY core to deal with optional compatible strings
> 
> Yes. Does this even work at the moment? I would expect
> of_mdiobus_child_is_phy() to return false, indicating the device is
> not actually a PHY.

Indeed, it currently doesn't work atm. I found that removing the check
for dev->of_node in of_mdiobus_link_mdiodev() helps, but I imagine
doing (only) this might have undesired side-effects.