Re: [PATCH 2/3] ARM: sun8i: sunxi-h3-h5: add phy-is-integrated property to internal PHY

[Corentin Labbe]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 04:22:11PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Corentin Labbe
> <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 04:11:13PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Corentin Labbe
> >> <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 10:42:51AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Corentin Labbe
> >> >> <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> > This patch add the new phy-is-integrated property to the internal PHY
> >> >> > node.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> > ---
> >> >> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/sunxi-h3-h5.dtsi | 1 +
> >> >> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sunxi-h3-h5.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sunxi-h3-h5.dtsi
> >> >> > index 4b599b5d26f6..54fc24e4c569 100644
> >> >> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sunxi-h3-h5.dtsi
> >> >> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sunxi-h3-h5.dtsi
> >> >> > @@ -425,6 +425,7 @@
> >> >> >                                         reg = <1>;
> >> >> >                                         clocks = <&ccu CLK_BUS_EPHY>;
> >> >> >                                         resets = <&ccu RST_BUS_EPHY>;
> >> >> > +                                       phy-is-integrated;
> >> >>
> >> >> You also need to "delete" this property at the board level for
> >> >> any board that has the external PHY at address <1>. Otherwise
> >> >> they will stop working. This is due to the internal and external
> >> >> PHYs having the same path and node name in the device tree, so
> >> >> they are effectively the same node.
> >> >>
> >> >> ChenYu
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > They have not the same name, ext_rgmii_phy vs int_mii_phy.
> >>
> >> That is just the label. The label plays no part in device tree merging. The path
> >>
> >>     /soc/ethernet@1c30000/mdio/ethernet-phy@1
> >>
> >> is the same. You can look under
> >>
> >>     /proc/device-tree/soc/ethernet@1c30000/mdio
> >>
> >> on the OrangePI Plus 2E or any other H3 board that uses an
> >> external PHY at address 1.
> >>
> >> ChenYu
> >
> > Since we get the phy node by phy-handle and not by path, I think all should be good.
> 
> You are not getting me. The fact that the two seemingly separate
> nodes are merged together means, whatever properties you put in
> the internal PHY node, also affect the external PHY node. Once
> compiled, they are the SAME node.

So why not changing the internal node name from ethernet-phy to integrated-phy ?