linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/9] dt-bindings: net: dsa: convert ksz bindings document to yaml

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Message-ID: <63bc70fe-30b3-43f1-a54c-b8c82bbdc048@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:17:26 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt.kanzenbach@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Christian Eggers <ceggers@...i.de>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Helmut Grohne <helmut.grohne@...enta.de>,
        Paul Barker <pbarker@...sulko.com>,
        Codrin Ciubotariu <codrin.ciubotariu@...rochip.com>,
        George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>,
        Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/9] dt-bindings: net: dsa: convert ksz
 bindings document to yaml

On 10/22/20 5:37 AM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 12:54:52PM +0200, Kurt Kanzenbach wrote:
>> On Wed Oct 21 2020, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> On 10/21/2020 5:16 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 08:52:01AM +0200, Kurt Kanzenbach wrote:
>>>>> On Mon Oct 19 2020, Christian Eggers wrote:
>>>>> The node names should be switch. See dsa.yaml.
>>>>>
>>>>>> +            compatible = "microchip,ksz9477";
>>>>>> +            reg = <0>;
>>>>>> +            reset-gpios = <&gpio5 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +            spi-max-frequency = <44000000>;
>>>>>> +            spi-cpha;
>>>>>> +            spi-cpol;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +            ports {
>>>>>
>>>>> ethernet-ports are preferred.
>>>>
>>>> This is backwards to me, instead of an 'ethernet-switch' with 'ports',
>>>> we have a 'switch' with 'ethernet-ports'. Whatever.
>>>
>>> The rationale AFAIR was that dual Ethernet port controllers like TI's 
>>> CPSW needed to describe each port as a pseudo Ethernet MAC and using 
>>> 'ethernet-ports' as a contained allowed to disambiguate with the 'ports' 
>>> container used in display subsystem descriptions.
>>
>> Yes, that was the outcome of previous discussions.
> 
> And why would that disambiguation be necessary in the first place? My
> understanding is that the whole node path provides the necessary
> namespacing to avoid the confusion. For example, the 'reg' property
> means 100 things to 100 buses, and no one has an issue with that. I am
> not expecting an Ethernet switch to have an HDMI port, I might be wrong
> though.

The disambiguation is more of a hint given to DT analysis tools to
validate a given node with little to no knowledge of the containing
node. I don't really have a dog in the fight here.
-- 
Florian