Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 02/15] dt-bindings: net: move ptp-timer property to ethernet-controller.yaml

[Rob Herring (Arm)]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:36:07 +0800, Wei Fang wrote:
> For some Ethernet controllers, the PTP timer function is not integrated.
> Instead, the PTP timer is a separate device and provides PTP Hardware
> Clock (PHC) to the Ethernet controller to use, such as NXP FMan MAC,
> ENETC, etc. Therefore, a property is needed to indicate this hardware
> relationship between the Ethernet controller and the PTP timer.
> 
> Since this use case is also very common, it is better to add a generic
> property to ethernet-controller.yaml. According to the existing binding
> docs, there are two good candidates, one is the "ptp-timer" defined in
> fsl,fman-dtsec.yaml, and the other is the "ptimer-handle" defined in
> fsl,fman.yaml. From the perspective of the name, the former is more
> straightforward, so move the "ptp-timer" from fsl,fman-dtsec.yaml to
> ethernet-controller.yaml.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> v3 changes:
> New patch, add a generic property instead of adding a property to
> fsl,enetc.yaml
> v4 changes:
> 1. Change the title
> 2. Remove "ptp-timer" from fsl,fman-dtsec.yaml
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml         | 5 +++++
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl,fman-dtsec.yaml    | 4 ----
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>