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Message-ID: <f44af428-acd9-daef-3609-4d6ea24cd436@ti.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:35:26 -0600
From: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC: <davem@...emloft.net>, <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
<hkallweit1@...il.com>, <robh@...nel.org>,
<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] net: phy: dp83td510: Add support for the
DP83TD510 Ethernet PHY
Andrew
On 11/3/20 11:18 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 11:07:00AM -0600, Dan Murphy wrote:
>> Andrew
>>
>> On 10/30/20 3:15 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>>> +static int dp83td510_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
>>>> +{
>>>> + struct dp83td510_private *dp83td510 = phydev->priv;
>>>> + int mst_slave_cfg;
>>>> + int ret = 0;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (phy_interface_is_rgmii(phydev)) {
>>>> + if (dp83td510->rgmii_delay) {
>>>> + ret = phy_set_bits_mmd(phydev, DP83TD510_DEVADDR,
>>>> + DP83TD510_MAC_CFG_1, dp83td510->rgmii_delay);
>>>> + if (ret)
>>>> + return ret;
>>>> + }
>>>> + }
>>> Hi Dan
>>>
>>> I'm getting a bit paranoid about RGMII delays...
>> Not sure what this means.
> See the discussion and breakage around the realtek PHY. It wrongly
> implemented RGMII delays. When it was fixed, lots of board broke
> because the bug in the PHY driver hid bugs in the DT.
>
I will have to go find that thread. Do you have a link?
>>> Please don't use device_property_read_foo API, we don't want to give
>>> the impression it is O.K. to stuff DT properties in ACPI
>>> tables. Please use of_ API calls.
>> Hmm. Is this a new stance in DT handling for the networking tree?
>>
>> If it is should I go back and rework some of my other drivers that use
>> device_property APIs
> There is a slowly growing understanding what ACPI support in this area
> means. It seems to mean that the firmware should actually do all the
> setup, and the kernel should not touch the hardware configuration. But
> some developers are ignoring this, and just stuffing DT properties
> into ACPI tables and letting the kernel configure the hardware, if it
> happens to use the device_property_read API. So i want to make it
> clear that these properties are for device tree, and if you want to
> use ACPI, you should do things the ACPI way.
>
> For new code, i will be pushing for OF only calls. Older code is a bit
> more tricky. There might be boards out there using ACPI, but doing it
> wrongly, and stuffing OF properties into ACPI tables. We should try to
> avoid breaking them.
Got it. I will move back to of_* calls
Dan
> Andrew
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