netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 6/7] net: hisilicon: add support for hisi

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Message-ID: <86daa184-425f-4050-9241-4c278f2f9b78@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:56:15 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: forbidden405@...look.com, Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
 Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.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 <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>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 6/7] net: hisilicon: add support for
 hisi_femac core on Hi3798MV200

On 23/02/2024 14:28, Yang Xiwen via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Yang Xiwen <forbidden405@...look.com>
> 
> Register the sub MDIO bus if it is found. Also implement the internal
> PHY reset procedure as needed.
> 
> Note it's unable to put the MDIO bus node outside of MAC controller
> (i.e. at the same level in the parent bus node). Because we need to
> control all clocks and resets in FEMAC driver due to the phy reset
> procedure. So the clocks can't be assigned to MDIO bus device, which is
> an essential resource for the MDIO bus to work.
> 
> No backward compatibility is maintained since the only existing
> user(Hi3516DV300) has not received any updates from HiSilicon for about
> 8 years already. And till today, no mainline dts for this SoC is found.
> It seems unlikely that there are still existing mainline Hi3516DV300
> users. The effort to maintain the old binding seems gain a little.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yang Xiwen <forbidden405@...look.com>

NAK, implement comments from v4.

Best regards,
Krzysztof