netdev - [PATCH net 1/3] dt-bindings: net: add fsl,erratum-a011043

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Message-Id: <1579699229-5948-2-git-send-email-madalin.bucur@oss.nxp.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:20:27 +0200
From:   Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....nxp.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....nxp.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/3] dt-bindings: net: add fsl,erratum-a011043

Add an entry for erratum A011043: the MDIO_CFG[MDIO_RD_ER]
bit may be falsely set when reading internal PCS registers.
MDIO reads to internal PCS registers may result in having
the MDIO_CFG[MDIO_RD_ER] bit set, even when there is no
error and read data (MDIO_DATA[MDIO_DATA]) is correct.
Software may get false read error when reading internal
PCS registers through MDIO. As a workaround, all internal
MDIO accesses should ignore the MDIO_CFG[MDIO_RD_ER] bit.

Signed-off-by: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....nxp.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fman.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fman.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fman.txt
index 299c0dcd67db..250f8d8cdce4 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fman.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fman.txt
@@ -403,6 +403,19 @@ PROPERTIES
 		The settings and programming routines for internal/external
 		MDIO are different. Must be included for internal MDIO.
 
+- fsl,erratum-a011043
+		Usage: optional
+		Value type: <boolean>
+		Definition: Indicates the presence of the A011043 erratum
+		describing that the MDIO_CFG[MDIO_RD_ER] bit may be falsely
+		set when reading internal PCS registers. MDIO reads to
+		internal PCS registers may result in having the
+		MDIO_CFG[MDIO_RD_ER] bit set, even when there is no error and
+		read data (MDIO_DATA[MDIO_DATA]) is correct.
+		Software may get false read error when reading internal
+		PCS registers through MDIO. As a workaround, all internal
+		MDIO accesses should ignore the MDIO_CFG[MDIO_RD_ER] bit.
+
 For internal PHY device on internal mdio bus, a PHY node should be created.
 See the definition of the PHY node in booting-without-of.txt for an
 example of how to define a PHY (Internal PHY has no interrupt line).
-- 
2.1.0