netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/7] dt-bindings: net: stmmac: Add the bindings documentation for delays

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Date:   Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:34:57 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...aro.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] dt-bindings: net: stmmac: Add the bindings
 documentation for delays

On 1/11/19 7:01 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 02:47:25PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
>> Some controllers require that phy delay should be disabled. So add
> 
> If the MAC requires it, then the compatible string should imply this. If 
> it depends on the PHY, then okay.
> 
>> optional properties rx-disable-delay and tx-disable-delay for it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
>> index cb694062afff..ec18897e22c8 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
>> @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Optional properties:
>>  	- snps,mb: mixed-burst
>>  	- snps,rb: rebuild INCRx Burst
>>  - mdio: with compatible = "snps,dwmac-mdio", create and register mdio bus.
>> +- rx-delay-disable: bool, when present disable the rx delay
>> +- tx-delay-disable: bool, when present disable the tx delay
> 
> Needs a vendor prefix.

Indeed, and it would actually be nicer to allow specifying delays
directly in ps units, see:

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dwmac-sun8i.txt
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-dwmac.txt

for examples.
-- 
Florian