netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] dt-bindings: dsa: Rewrite Micrel KS8995 in schema

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Message-ID: <175105657688.40268.11899758401266363285.robh@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:36:17 -0500
From: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Lambert <frdrc66@...il.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Imre Kaloz <kaloz@...nwrt.org>,
	Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] dt-bindings: dsa: Rewrite Micrel KS8995
 in schema


On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:51:24 +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> After studying the datasheets for some of the KS8995 variants
> it becomes pretty obvious that this is a straight-forward
> and simple MII DSA switch with one port in (CPU) and four outgoing
> ports, and it even supports custom tags by setting a bit in
> a special register, and elaborate VLAN handling as all DSA
> switches do.
> 
> What is a bit odd with KS8995 is that it uses an extra MII-P5
> port to access one of the PHYs separately, on the side of the
> switch fabric, such as when using a WAN port separately from
> a LAN switch in a home router.
> 
> Rewrite the terse bindings to YAML, and move to the proper
> subdirectory. Include a verbose example to make things clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/micrel,ks8995.yaml | 135 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ks8995.txt      |  20 ---
>  2 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@...nel.org>