netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] dt-bindings: net: Add documentation for optional regulators

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Date:   Thu, 19 May 2022 12:31:36 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe@...libre.com>, andrew@...n.ch,
        calvin.johnson@....nxp.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        jernej.skrabec@...il.com, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
        kuba@...nel.org, lgirdwood@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        pabeni@...hat.com, robh+dt@...nel.org, samuel@...lland.org,
        wens@...e.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] dt-bindings: net: Add documentation for optional
 regulators

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:55:28AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 18/05/2022 22:09, Corentin Labbe wrote:

> > +  regulators:
> > +    description:
> > +       List of phandle to regulators needed for the PHY

> I don't understand that... is your PHY defining the regulators or using
> supplies? If it needs a regulator (as a supply), you need to document
> supplies, using existing bindings.

They're trying to have a generic driver which works with any random PHY
so the binding has no idea what supplies it might need.

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