Re: [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: allow dwmac-sun8i to use other devices' exported regmap

From: Icenowy Zheng
Date: Mon Apr 16 2018 - 19:18:13 EST




ä 2018å4æ17æ GMT+08:00 äå2:47:45, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> åå:
>On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:16:37PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>> On some Allwinner SoCs the EMAC clock register needed by dwmac-sun8i
>is
>> in another device's memory space. In this situation dwmac-sun8i can
>use
>> a regmap exported by the other device with only the EMAC clock
>register.
>
>If this is a clock, then why not use the clock binding?

EMAC clock register is only the datasheet name. It contains
MII mode selection and delay chain configuration.

>
>>
>> Document this situation in the dwmac-sun8i device tree binding
>> documentation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dwmac-sun8i.txt | 5 +++--
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dwmac-sun8i.txt
>b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dwmac-sun8i.txt
>> index 3d6d5fa0c4d5..0c5f63a80617 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dwmac-sun8i.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dwmac-sun8i.txt
>> @@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ Required properties:
>> - phy-handle: See ethernet.txt
>> - #address-cells: shall be 1
>> - #size-cells: shall be 0
>> -- syscon: A phandle to the syscon of the SoC with one of the
>following
>> - compatible string:
>> +- syscon: A phandle to a device which exports the EMAC clock
>register as a
>> + regmap or to the syscon of the SoC with one of the following
>compatible
>> + string:
>> - allwinner,sun8i-h3-system-controller
>> - allwinner,sun8i-v3s-system-controller
>> - allwinner,sun50i-a64-system-controller
>> --
>> 2.15.1
>>
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