netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/9] dt-bindings: net: oa-tc6: add PHY register access capability

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Message-ID: <3b5d5f22-acb5-4a16-ba8e-b55358f6a09e@microchip.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 04:22:47 +0000
From: <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>
To: <andrew@...n.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/9] dt-bindings: net: oa-tc6: add PHY
 register access capability

Hi Andrew,

On 24/10/23 6:51 am, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 09:16:46PM +0530, Parthiban Veerasooran wrote:
>> Direct PHY Register Access Capability indicates if PHY registers are
>> directly accessible within the SPI register memory space. Indirect PHY
>> Register Access Capability indicates if PHY registers are indirectly
>> accessible through the MDIO/MDC registers MDIOACCn.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Parthiban Veerasooran <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>
> 
> It is more normal to put all the bindings into one patch.
> 
> Again, this seems like configuration, not a description of the
> hardware. Its also not clear to my why you would want to configure it.
Yes, will remove this option from DT binding and will read the 
capability register (STDCAP) for the support.

Best Regards,
Parthiban V
> 
>          Andrew