Re: [net-next: PATCH 0/8] Armada 7k/8k PP2 ACPI support
From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Jan 03 2018 - 07:47:41 EST
> I already agreed with 'reg' being awkward in the later emails.
> Wouldn't _ADR be more appropriate to specify PHY address on MDIO bus?
Also, how do you specify which MDIO bus the PHY is on. To fully
specify a PHY, you need both bits of information.
In DT, the phy-handle phandle can point to any PHY anywhere in the
system. This is particularly important when a Ethernet device has two
MDIO busses.
Andrew