netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/9] net: mdio: ipq4019: Enable the clocks for ipq5332 platform

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Message-ID: <187a148d-39af-4000-825d-63ca3e3a23b1@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:04:37 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Jie Luo <quic_luoj@...cinc.com>
Cc: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>, agross@...nel.org,
	andersson@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
	krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, conor+dt@...nel.org,
	hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
	robert.marko@...tura.hr, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, quic_srichara@...cinc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] net: mdio: ipq4019: Enable the clocks for ipq5332
 platform

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 06:28:54PM +0800, Jie Luo wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/20/2023 10:22 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > On 15.11.2023 04:25, Luo Jie wrote:
> > > For the platform ipq5332, the related GCC clocks need to be enabled
> > > to make the GPIO reset of the MDIO slave devices taking effect.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Luo Jie <quic_luoj@...cinc.com>
> > [...]
> > 
> > >   static int ipq4019_mdio_wait_busy(struct mii_bus *bus)
> > > @@ -212,6 +231,38 @@ static int ipq_mdio_reset(struct mii_bus *bus)
> > >   	u32 val;
> > >   	int ret;
> > > +	/* For the platform ipq5332, there are two uniphy available to connect the
> > > +	 * ethernet devices, the uniphy gcc clock should be enabled for resetting
> > > +	 * the connected device such as qca8386 switch or qca8081 PHY effectively.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (of_device_is_compatible(bus->parent->of_node, "qcom,ipq5332-mdio")) {
> > Would that not also be taken care of in the phy driver?
> > 
> > Konrad
> 
> Hi Konrad,
> These clocks are the SOC clocks that is not related to the PHY type.
> no matter what kind of PHY is connected, we also need to configure
> these clocks.

Hi Jie

You can avoid lots of these questions by making your commit message
better. Assume the reader does not know the clock tree for this
device. With a bit of experience, you can guess what reviewers are
going to ask, and answer those questions in the commit message.

      Andrew