netdev - Re: [net-next 1/5] net: mdio: fwnode: add fwnode_mdiobus

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Date:   Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:38:24 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Clément Léger <clement.leger@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Allan Nielsen <allan.nielsen@...rochip.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next 1/5] net: mdio: fwnode: add fwnode_mdiobus_register()

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 06:22:30PM +0100, Clément Léger wrote:
> In order to support software node description transparently, add fwnode
> support with fwnode_mdiobus_register(). This function behaves exactly
> like of_mdiobus_register() function but using the fwnode node agnostic
> API. This support might also be used to merge ACPI mdiobus support
> which is quite similar to the fwnode one.
> 
> Some part such as the whitelist matching are kept exclusively for OF
> nodes since it uses an of_device_id struct and seems tightly coupled
> with OF. Other parts are generic and will allow to move the existing
> OF support on top of this fwnode version.

Does fwnode have any documentation? How does a developer know what
properties can be passed? Should you be adding a

Documentation/fwnode/bindings/net/mdio.yaml ?

	Andrew