Re: [PATCH v2 19/19] ARM64: dts: r8a77965: Add EtherAVB device node

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Simon,

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 09:53:58PM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
>> On 02/21/2018 09:23 PM, Simon Horman wrote:
>>
>> > ...
>> >
>> >>>>>>>> +                    clocks = <&cpg CPG_MOD 812>;
>> >>>>>>>> +                    power-domains = <&sysc 32>;
>> >>>>>>>> +                    resets = <&cpg 812>;
>> >>>>>>>> +                    phy-mode = "rgmii-txid";
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>    Why not just "rgmii"? TX delay is a board specific detail, no?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I admit I took this one straight from r8a7796 dtsi.
>> >>>>>> Would you like to me resend and change this?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>    Yes, unless Simon would fix it while merging...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Can I confirm the desired change is s/rgmii-txid/rgmii/ ?
>> >>>
>> >>>    Yes.
>> >>
>> >>    Apparently that means that this prop should be overridden in the board file
>> >> (which may not be an easy task given the board is Salvator-XS again).
>> >>
>> >> [...]
>> >
>> > Can we override it in r8a77965-salvator-x.dts or r8a77965-salvator-xs.dts?
>>
>>    In salvator-common.dtsi most probably -- it has the PHY data for Ether AVB.
>>
>> > I feel that I'm missing an important point here.
>>
>>    Well, r8a779{5|6}.dtsi also have phy-mode = "rgmii-txid" (which was
>>    unjustified in my current understanding). Thus such board override
>>    wouldn't hurt them. But we lack a patch modifying salvator-common.dtsi
>>    in htis series, so I'm now thinking a respin of this series is needed
>>    anyway... sorry for being unclear. :-)
>
> While I've applied other patches in this series I have
> not applied this one - mainly to allow this discussion to conclude.
>
> Is an appropriate solution to do the following?
>
> 1) Atomically update
>    a) r8a779{5|6}.dtsi to use "rgmii" and
>    b) salvator-common.dtsi to use "rgmii-txid"
> 2) Update this patch to use "rgmii"

No need for atomics.
It can all be done by patches touching single files only:
  1) Add "rgmii-txid" to board .dts(i) files,
  2) Change s/rgmii-txid/rgmii/ in SoC .dtsi files.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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