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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 17:33:36 +0000
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc: "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 <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
Robert Marko <robimarko@...il.com>,
Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next RFC PATCH v5 4/4] dt-bindings: Document bindings for
Marvell Aquantia PHY
On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 05:54:33PM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Document bindings for Marvell Aquantia PHY.
>
> The Marvell Aquantia PHY require a firmware to work correctly and there
> at least 3 way to load this firmware.
>
> Describe all the different way and document the binding "firmware-name"
> to load the PHY firmware from userspace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes v5:
> - Drop extra entry not related to HW description
> Changes v3:
> - Make DT description more OS agnostic
> - Use custom select to fix dtbs checks
> Changes v2:
> - Add DT patch
>
> .../bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml | 123 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 123 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..7106c5bdf73c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Marvell Aquantia Ethernet PHY
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> +
> +description: |
> + Marvell Aquantia Ethernet PHY require a firmware to be loaded to actually
> + work.
> +
> + This can be done and is implemented by OEM in 3 different way:
> + - Attached SPI flash directly to the PHY with the firmware. The PHY
> + will self load the firmware in the presence of this configuration.
> + - Dedicated partition on system NAND with firmware in it. NVMEM
> + subsystem will be used and the declared NVMEM cell will load
> + the firmware to the PHY using the PHY mailbox interface.
I'd probably phrase this one as something more like "Read from a
dedicated partition on system NAND declared in an NVMEM cell, and loaded
to the PHY using its mailbox interface." or something like that - mostly
to get rid of the linux specific "NVMEM subsystem" from the description.
Otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
Cheers,
Conor.
> + - Manually provided firmware loaded from a file in the filesystem.
> +
> +allOf:
> + - $ref: ethernet-phy.yaml#
> +
> +select:
> + properties:
> + compatible:
> + contains:
> + enum:
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b445
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b460
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b4a2
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b4d0
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b4e0
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b5c2
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b4b0
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b662
> + - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b712
> + - ethernet-phy-id31c3.1c12
> + required:
> + - compatible
> +
> +properties:
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + firmware-name:
> + description: specify the name of PHY firmware to load
> +
> + nvmem-cells:
> + description: phandle to the firmware nvmem cell
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + nvmem-cell-names:
> + const: firmware
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - reg
> +
> +unevaluatedProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + mdio {
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> + ethernet-phy@0 {
> + /* Only needed to make DT lint tools work. Do not copy/paste
> + * into real DTS files.
> + */
> + compatible = "ethernet-phy-id31c3.1c12",
> + "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45";
> +
> + reg = <0>;
> + firmware-name = "AQR-G4_v5.4.C-AQR_CIG_WF-1945_0x8_ID44776_VER1630.cld";
> + };
> +
> + ethernet-phy@1 {
> + /* Only needed to make DT lint tools work. Do not copy/paste
> + * into real DTS files.
> + */
> + compatible = "ethernet-phy-id31c3.1c12",
> + "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45";
> +
> + reg = <0>;
> + nvmem-cells = <&aqr_fw>;
> + nvmem-cell-names = "firmware";
> + };
> + };
> +
> + flash {
> + compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> + partitions {
> + compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> + /* ... */
> +
> + partition@...000 {
> + compatible = "nvmem-cells";
> + label = "0:ethphyfw";
> + reg = <0x650000 0x80000>;
> + read-only;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> + aqr_fw: aqr_fw@0 {
> + reg = <0x0 0x5f42a>;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + /* ... */
> +
> + };
> + };
> --
> 2.40.1
>
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