[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: axienet: use device_property and fwnode APIs for probe-time config
From: Sagi Maimon
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 03:43:49 EST
axienet_probe() reads its configuration exclusively through the of_*
API, so the driver can only be instantiated from a device tree node.
The ADVA TimeCard X2 is a PCIe timing card, driven by ptp_ocp, whose
FPGA contains an AXI Ethernet MAC with an AXI DMA engine. ptp_ocp is
going to register the MAC as a child platform device described by a
software node, so that this driver runs it rather than a copy in
ptp_ocp. That needs the probe-time configuration to be readable from a
software node.
Convert only the lookups such a caller needs: "xlnx,rxmem", which probe
requires; "phy-mode"; the MAC address; and the PHY connection, which is
where phylink finds a "fixed-link" child. On a device tree this is a
no-op: device_property_read_u32() dispatches to the of_* implementation
when dev->fwnode is an OF node, phylink_of_phy_connect() is a wrapper
around phylink_fwnode_phy_connect(), and device_get_phy_mode() and
device_get_mac_address() are thin fwnode wrappers around the same
lookups. device_get_mac_address() also keeps the "mac-address" nvmem
cell fallback that of_get_mac_address() has.
Note that device_get_phy_mode() returns the mode as a positive value
rather than through an out parameter, so the error test changes from
"if (ret)" to "if (ret < 0)".
Everything else stays on the OF API. "xlnx,txcsum", "xlnx,rxcsum" and
"xlnx,switch-x-sgmii" are optional, and "xlnx,phy-type" is deprecated in
favour of "phy-mode". Without an OF node each of those lookups finds
nothing, exactly as for a device tree node that leaves them out: no
checksum offload, no runtime SGMII/1000BASE-X switching and a
fall-through to "phy-mode". The "dmas" test likewise selects the
built-in AXI DMA engine. The "axistream-connected", "pcs-handle" and
"phy-handle" phandle lookups stay too: a caller without an OF node takes
neither branch, getting its DMA registers from its own platform
resources, and it cannot use the SGMII and 1000BASE-X modes, which need
a PCS.
No functional change intended.
Tested on the X2 with a local ptp_ocp change, with CONFIG_OF disabled
and enabled: the interface probes with its configuration read from the
software node and passes traffic. No device tree board was available,
so the claim that this is a no-op for device tree users rests on the
dispatch described above.
Assisted-by: LLM sparse
Signed-off-by: Sagi Maimon <maimon.sagi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 782f903d318f..0f2170af9b10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/of_irq.h>
#include <linux/of_address.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/math64.h>
#include <linux/phy.h>
@@ -1671,7 +1672,7 @@ static int axienet_open(struct net_device *ndev)
ret = axienet_device_reset(ndev);
axienet_unlock_mii(lp);
- ret = phylink_of_phy_connect(lp->phylink, lp->dev->of_node, 0);
+ ret = phylink_fwnode_phy_connect(lp->phylink, dev_fwnode(lp->dev), 0);
if (ret) {
dev_err(lp->dev, "phylink_of_phy_connect() failed: %d\n", ret);
return ret;
@@ -2898,7 +2899,7 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
* Here we check for memory allocated for Rx/Tx in the hardware from
* the device-tree and accordingly set flags.
*/
- ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "xlnx,rxmem", &lp->rxmem);
+ ret = device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "xlnx,rxmem", &lp->rxmem);
if (ret)
return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
"failed to read xlnx,rxmem property\n");
@@ -2930,9 +2931,10 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return -EINVAL;
}
} else {
- ret = of_get_phy_mode(pdev->dev.of_node, &lp->phy_mode);
- if (ret)
+ ret = device_get_phy_mode(&pdev->dev);
+ if (ret < 0)
return ret;
+ lp->phy_mode = ret;
}
if (lp->switch_x_sgmii && lp->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII &&
lp->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX) {
@@ -3060,7 +3062,7 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Ethernet core IRQ not defined\n");
/* Retrieve the MAC address */
- ret = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, mac_addr);
+ ret = device_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, mac_addr);
if (!ret) {
axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
} else {
--
2.47.0