linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v3 1/8] dt-bindings: phy: mediatek,xfi-pextp: add new bindings

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Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 01:16:51 +0000
From: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
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	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
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	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v3 1/8] dt-bindings: phy:
 mediatek,xfi-pextp: add new bindings

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 02:20:45PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Because it is only present in one of the two SerDes channels.
> > Channel 0 needs the work-around, Channel 1 doesn't.
> 
> Does the channel know its own number?

As far as I know we can't infer the channel number by any of the
registers default values.

We could infer it from the base address, and that would kinda defy the
purpose of having Device Tree to begin with in my feeling at least,
but it would be possible, of course.