linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH devicetree 1/2] MIPS: mscc: ocelot: disable all switch ports by default

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Date:   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 10:41:51 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH devicetree 1/2] MIPS: mscc: ocelot: disable all switch
 ports by default

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 08:04:15PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> The ocelot switch driver used to ignore ports which do not have a
> phy-handle property and not probe those, but this is not quite ok since
> it is valid to not have a phy-handle property if there is a fixed-link.
> 
> It seems that checking for a phy-handle was a proxy for the proper check
> which is for the status, but that doesn't make a lot of sense, since the
> ocelot driver already iterates using for_each_available_child_of_node
> which skips the disabled ports, so I have no idea.
> 
> Anyway, a widespread pattern in device trees is for a SoC dtsi to
> disable by default all hardware, and let board dts files enable what is
> used. So let's do that and enable only the ports with a phy-handle in
> the pcb120 and pcb123 device tree files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> ---
>  arch/mips/boot/dts/mscc/ocelot.dtsi       | 11 +++++++++++
>  arch/mips/boot/dts/mscc/ocelot_pcb120.dts |  8 ++++++++
>  arch/mips/boot/dts/mscc/ocelot_pcb123.dts |  4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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