netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 01/16] dt-bindings: net: update Marvell PPv2 binding for PPv2.2 support

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Date:   Thu, 2 Feb 2017 17:44:57 +0100
From:   Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Yehuda Yitschak <yehuday@...vell.com>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
        Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Hanna Hawa <hannah@...vell.com>,
        Nadav Haklai <nadavh@...vell.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Stefan Chulski <stefanc@...vell.com>,
        Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 01/16] dt-bindings: net: update Marvell PPv2
 binding for PPv2.2 support

Hello,

On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 09:32:28 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 05:46:17PM +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > @@ -31,7 +43,7 @@ Optional properties (port):
> >    then fixed link is assumed, and the 'fixed-link' property is
> >    mandatory.  
> 
> Not directly related to this patch, but this context is wrong.  The
> PP2 driver _requires_ a PHY.  It doesn't support fixed-link in its
> current form.  I think the DT binding describes an expectation of
> a future driver.
> 
> The side effect is that if trying to use a fixed-link on any port,
> the ethernet driver fails to probe.

Correct. I will send a patch to adjust the Device Tree binding
documentation accordingly. Thanks for noticing this mistake!

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com