netdev - [PATCH v5 net 3/4] dt-bindings: net: add pcs-handle attribute

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Message-Id: <20220323180022.864567-4-andy.chiu@sifive.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 02:00:21 +0800
From:   Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@...ive.com>
To:     radhey.shyam.pandey@...inx.com, robert.hancock@...ian.com,
        michal.simek@...inx.com
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, linux@...linux.org.uk, andrew@...n.ch,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        robh@...nel.org, Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@...ive.com>,
        Greentime Hu <greentime.hu@...ive.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 net 3/4] dt-bindings: net: add pcs-handle attribute

Document the new pcs-handle attribute to support connecting to an
external PHY. For Xilinx's AXI Ethernet, this is used when the core
operates in SGMII or 1000Base-X modes and links through the internal
PCS/PMA PHY.

Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@...ive.com>
Reviewed-by: Greentime Hu <greentime.hu@...ive.com>
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml      | 6 ++++++
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt  | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
index 34c5463abcec..978772c04e1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ properties:
   phy-mode:
     $ref: "#/properties/phy-connection-type"
 
+  pcs-handle:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
+    description:
+      Specifies a reference to a node representing a PCS PHY device on a MDIO
+      bus to link with an external PHY (phy-handle) if exists.
+
   phy-handle:
     $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
     description:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
index b8e4894bc634..ba720a2ea5fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Required properties:
 		  specified, the TX/RX DMA interrupts should be on that node
 		  instead, and only the Ethernet core interrupt is optionally
 		  specified here.
-- phy-handle	: Should point to the external phy device.
+- phy-handle	: Should point to the external phy device if exists. Pointing
+		  this to the PCS/PMA PHY is deprecated and should be avoided.
 		  See ethernet.txt file in the same directory.
 - xlnx,rxmem	: Set to allocated memory buffer for Rx/Tx in the hardware
 
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ Optional properties:
 		  required through the core's MDIO interface (i.e. always,
 		  unless the PHY is accessed through a different bus).
 
+ - pcs-handle: 	  Phandle to the internal PCS/PMA PHY in SGMII or 1000Base-X
+		  modes, where "pcs-handle" should be preferably used to point
+		  to the PCS/PMA PHY, and "phy-handle" should point to an
+		  external PHY if exists.
+
 Example:
 	axi_ethernet_eth: ethernet@...00000 {
 		compatible = "xlnx,axi-ethernet-1.00.a";
-- 
2.34.1