netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: net: dsa: document internal MDIO bus

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Message-ID: <b3edd0fe-af28-4ae5-a584-7cbaba8b2e06@arinc9.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:38:07 +0300
From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: net: dsa: document internal MDIO bus

On 14.08.2023 16:09, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> Ah okay. I didn't consider the switch architecture where the data interface
>> of the PHY is connected to the switch, and the PHY management interface is
>> connected to the mdio bus that the switch is connected to.
> 
> The generic Linux architecture for PHYs and binding them to a MAC via
> a phandle allows the PHY to be on any MDIO bus anywhere. DSA has some
> additional shortcuts to support 1:1 mapping if the switch has its own
> MDIO bus, without describing it in DT, but this is just in addition to
> the generic code.

Understood.

> 
>> Not json-schema documentation, don't care about:
>> - ar9331.txt
>> - lan9303.txt
>> - lantiq-gswip.txt
>> - marvell.txt
> 
> The marvell switch can have up to 2 MDIO busses. If i remember
> correctly, there is also one switch which has one MDIO bus per port.

I will work on writing a schema for these once I'm done with this.

Arınç