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Message-ID: <CAC3K-4q2uPyypz9rA5binx6iOEsMF6tWeRmLbrDAug8cpoWgrg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:43:07 -0400
From:   Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
To:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:     Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        Jon Mason <jonmason@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: Add the ethernet and ethernet PHY to the
 cygnus core DT.

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Sergei Shtylyov
<sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On 04/25/2017 06:15 PM, Jon Mason wrote:
>
>>>> Cygnus has a single amac controller connected to the B53 switch with 2
>>>> PHYs.  On the BCM911360_EP platform, those two PHYs are connected to
>>>> the external ethernet jacks.
>
>
> [...]
>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
>>>> ---
>>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi      | 60
>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm911360_entphn.dts |  8 +++++
>>>>  2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi
>>>> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi
>>>> index 009f1346b817..318899df9972 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-cygnus.dtsi
>
> [...]
>>>>
>>>> @@ -295,6 +345,16 @@
>>>>                         status = "disabled";
>>>>                 };
>>>>
>>>> +               eth0: enet@...42000 {
>>>> +                       compatible = "brcm,amac";
>>>> +                       reg = <0x18042000 0x1000>,
>>>> +                             <0x18110000 0x1000>;
>>>> +                       reg-names = "amac_base", "idm_base";
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    I don't think "_base" suffixes are necessary here.
>>
>>
>> 100% necessary, per the driver.  See
>> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac-platform.c
>
>
>    I'd recommend to fix the driver/bindings then...

They're already in use in other device trees.  So, we'd need to
support backward compatibility on them, thus removing any real benefit
to changing them.


>
> MBR, Sergei
>