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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:59:43 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@...gutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] dt-bindings: net: snps,dwmac: add phy-supply
support
On 17/07/2023 18:57, Marco Felsch wrote:
> On 23-07-17, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 17/07/2023 18:43, Marco Felsch wrote:
>>> Document the common phy-supply property to be able to specify a phy
>>> regulator.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@...gutronix.de>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml | 3 +++
>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml
>>> index 363b3e3ea3a60..f66d1839cf561 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml
>>> @@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ properties:
>>> can be passive (no SW requirement), and requires that the MAC operate
>>> in a different mode than the PHY in order to function.
>>>
>>> + phy-supply:
>>> + description: PHY regulator
>>> +
>>
>> Isn't this property of the PHY? Why would the Ethernet controller play
>> with a supply of a phy?
>
> Because this is the current state. Please check the all other MACs
> handling the phy-supply (if supported). Some of them handling it under
> the mdio-node (not the phy-node) but most bindings do specify this on
> MAC level (e.g. FEC, DWMAC (suni, rk)).
>
> I agree that the phy sould handle this but this would be a lot more
> effort and since the dwmac-sun8i/rk bindings do support this on MAC
> level I would keep it that way.
Indeed phy bindings do not allow a supply.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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