Re: [PATCH 2/6] Documentation: DT binding doc for iProc Shared MDIO Controller.

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Apr 25 2016 - 11:33:50 EST


> +Example:
> +iproc_mdio: iproc_mdio@663f0000 {
> + compatible = "brcm,iproc-shared-mdio";
> + reg = <0x6602023c 0x14>;
> + reg-names = "mdio";
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> + sata-master@6 {
> + compatible = "brcm,iproc-ns2-sata-phy";
> + reg = <0x6>;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> + brcm,phy-internal;
> +
> + sata_phy0: sata-phy@1 {
> + reg = <0x1>;
> + #phy-cells = <0>;
> + };
> +
> + sata_phy1: sata-phy@2 {
> + reg = <0x2>;
> + #phy-cells = <0>;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + eth-master@0 {
> + compatible = "brcm,iproc-mdio-master-eth";
> + reg = <0x0>;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> + gphy0: eth-phy@10 {
> + reg = <0x10>;
> + phy-mode = "mii";
> + };
> + };
> +};

So looking at this, you have an MDIO bus, an MDIO mux on top of that,
and then some MDIO devices on the muxed busses. You don't need a whole
new framework for this. You need a new mdio-mux driver, but the
existing MDIO framework should do what you need.

Andrew