linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 12/13] ARM: dts: r9a06g032: describe switch

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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 10:18:05 +0200
From:   Clément Léger <clement.leger@...tlin.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
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        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
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        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 12/13] ARM: dts: r9a06g032: describe switch

Le Thu, 19 May 2022 21:28:12 +0300,
Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> a écrit :

> Does the switch port count depend on anything? If it doesn't, maybe you
> could add the "ethernet-ports" node and all the ports here, with status
> = "disabled", so that board files don't need to spell them out each time?

Port count does not depends on anything, it's always fixed so indeed, it
would be a good idea to provide all the ports as disabled.

> I'm also thinking you could define the fixed-link and phy-mode = "internal"
> property of the CPU port with this occasion. That surely isn't a
> per-board thing.

Totally.

Thanks,

-- 
Clément Léger,
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineer at Bootlin
https://bootlin.com