linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 00/17] net: Add support for Power over Ethernet (PoE)

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:31:05 -0500
From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, 
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, 
	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, 
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, 
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Dent Project <dentproject@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 00/17] net: Add support for Power over
 Ethernet (PoE)

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 9:43 AM Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com> wrote:
>
> This patch series aims at adding support for PoE (Power over Ethernet),
> based on the already existing support for PoDL (Power over Data Line)
> implementation. In addition, it adds support for two specific PoE
> controller, the Microchip PD692x0 and the TI TPS23881.
>
> This patch series is sponsored by Dent Project
> <dentproject@...uxfoundation.org>.

Sorry, couldnt resist because it sounded like a commercial;-> And
likely i am out of touch. I am all for giving credit but does it have
to be explicitly called out as "this patch is sponsored by X"?

cheers,
jamal


> In detail:
> - Patch 1 to 13 prepare net to support PoE devices.
> - Patch 14 and 15 add PD692x0 PoE PSE controller driver and its binding.
> - Patch 16 and 17 add TI TPS23881 PSE controller driver and its binding.
>
> Changes in v5:
> - Fix bindings nit.
> - Add supported-polarity parameter to bindings.
> - Fix yamllint binding errors.
> - Remove the nested lock brought by the use of regulator framework.
> - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240215-feature_poe-v4-0-35bb4c23266c@bootlin.com
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Replaced sponsored-by tag by a simple sentence.
> - Fix pse_pi node bindings.
> - Add pse pi documentation written by Oleksij.
> - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240208-feature_poe-v3-0-531d2674469e@bootlin.com
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Add patches to add Oleksij and myself to PSE MAINTAINERS.
> - Add patches to add pse devlink.
> - Add TI TPS23881 PSE controller driver with its binding.
> - Replace pse_get_types helper by pse_has_podl and pse_has_c33
> - Changed the PSE core bindings.
> - Add a setup_pi_matrix callback.
> - Register regulator for each PSE PI (Power Interface).
> - Changed the PD692x0 bindings.
> - Updated PD692x0 drivers to new bindings and PSE PI description.
> - Updated PD692x0 drivers according to the reviews and made fixes.
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201-feature_poe-v2-0-56d8cac607fa@bootlin.com
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Extract "firmware_loader: Expand Firmware upload error codes patches" to
>   send it alone and get it merge in an immutable branch.
> - Add "c33" prefix for PoE variables and enums.
> - Enhance few comments.
> - Add PSE Documentation.
> - Make several changes in pd692x0 driver, mainly for readibility.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231116-feature_poe-v1-0-be48044bf249@bootlin.com
>
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
> ---
> Kory Maincent (17):
>       MAINTAINERS: net: Add Oleksij to pse-pd maintainers
>       of: property: Add fw_devlink support for pse parent
>       net: pse-pd: Rectify and adapt the naming of admin_cotrol member of struct pse_control_config
>       ethtool: Expand Ethernet Power Equipment with c33 (PoE) alongside PoDL
>       net: pse-pd: Introduce PSE types enumeration
>       net: ethtool: pse-pd: Expand pse commands with the PSE PoE interface
>       netlink: specs: Modify pse attribute prefix
>       netlink: specs: Expand the pse netlink command with PoE interface
>       MAINTAINERS: Add myself to pse networking maintainer
>       net: pse-pd: Add support for PSE PIs
>       dt-bindings: net: pse-pd: Add another way of describing several PSE PIs
>       net: pse-pd: Add support for setup_pi_matrix callback
>       net: pse-pd: Use regulator framework within PSE framework
>       dt-bindings: net: pse-pd: Add bindings for PD692x0 PSE controller
>       net: pse-pd: Add PD692x0 PSE controller driver
>       dt-bindings: net: pse-pd: Add bindings for TPS23881 PSE controller
>       net: pse-pd: Add TI TPS23881 PSE controller driver
>
>  .../bindings/net/pse-pd/microchip,pd692x0.yaml     |  158 +++
>  .../bindings/net/pse-pd/pse-controller.yaml        |  100 +-
>  .../bindings/net/pse-pd/ti,tps23881.yaml           |   93 ++
>  Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml           |   33 +-
>  Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst       |   20 +
>  Documentation/networking/index.rst                 |    1 +
>  Documentation/networking/pse-pd/index.rst          |   10 +
>  Documentation/networking/pse-pd/introduction.rst   |   73 ++
>  Documentation/networking/pse-pd/pse-pi.rst         |  302 +++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                        |    8 +
>  drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c                     |   29 +-
>  drivers/net/pse-pd/Kconfig                         |   20 +
>  drivers/net/pse-pd/Makefile                        |    2 +
>  drivers/net/pse-pd/pd692x0.c                       | 1223 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c                      |  429 ++++++-
>  drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_regulator.c                 |   49 +-
>  drivers/net/pse-pd/tps23881.c                      |  818 +++++++++++++
>  drivers/of/property.c                              |    2 +
>  include/linux/pse-pd/pse.h                         |   86 +-
>  include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h                       |   55 +
>  include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h               |    3 +
>  net/ethtool/pse-pd.c                               |   60 +-
>  22 files changed, 3451 insertions(+), 123 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: f308eae1e1cdacca3cef65c7f4f691dfcb0c8976
> change-id: 20231024-feature_poe-139490e73403
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Köry Maincent, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
>
>