netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: ethernet: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Disable delayline if it is invalid

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Date:   Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:52:26 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>
Cc:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        David Wu <david.wu@...k-chips.com>, kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: ethernet: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Disable delayline
 if it is invalid

> > So it seems to me you are changing the documented default. You cannot
> > do that, this is ABI.
> 
> Right. I suppose we either need a disable value or an extra property. I
> can add support for supplying (-1) from DT. Does that sounds ok to
> everyone?

I'm missing the big picture.

Does the hardware you are adding not support delays? If so, rather
than using the defaults, don't do anything. And if a value is
supplied, -EINVAL?

	  Andrew