Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] net: stmmac: register parent MDIO node for sun8i-h3-emac

From: Maxime Ripard
Date: Mon Aug 21 2017 - 09:31:57 EST


Hi Andrew,

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 03:20:15PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > With our hardware, and likely Rockchip's as well, the muxed connections
> > include the MDIO and MII connections
>
> Ah, i did not realise the MII was muxed as well. Then i agree, an MDIO
> mux is wrong.
>
> However, please try to make the binding not look like an mdio mux. We
> don't want people misunderstanding the binding and thinking it is an
> mdio mux.

Do you have any suggestion on what the binding would look like?

All muxes are mostly always represented the same way afaik, or do you
want to simply introduce a new compatible / property?

Thanks!
Maxime

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