Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 06/13] dt-bindings: net: ti: add new cpsw switch driver bindings

[Grygorii Strashko]

On 11/11/2019 19:26, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx> [191109 15:17]:
> > +    mac_sw: switch@0 {
> > +        compatible = "ti,dra7-cpsw-switch","ti,cpsw-switch";
> > +        reg = <0x0 0x4000>;
> > +        ranges = <0 0 0x4000>;
> > +        clocks = <&gmac_main_clk>;
> > +        clock-names = "fck";
> > +        #address-cells = <1>;
> > +        #size-cells = <1>;
> > +        syscon = <&scm_conf>;
> > +        inctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
> > +
> > +        interrupts = <GIC_SPI 334 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
> > +                     <GIC_SPI 335 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
> > +                     <GIC_SPI 336 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
> > +                     <GIC_SPI 337 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> > +        interrupt-names = "rx_thresh", "rx", "tx", "misc";
>
> I think with the ti-sysc managing the interconnect target module as the
> parent of this, you should be able add all the modules as direct children
> of ti-sysc with minor fixups. This would simplify things, and makes it
> easier to update the driver later on when the child modules get
> changed/updated/moved around.
>
> The child modules just need to call PM runtime to have access to their
> registers, and whatever cpsw control module part could be a separate
> driver providing Linux standard services for example for clock gating :)
>
> > +        davinci_mdio_sw: mdio@1000 {
> > +                compatible = "ti,cpsw-mdio","ti,davinci_mdio";
> > +                reg = <0x1000 0x100>;
> > +                clocks = <&gmac_clkctrl DRA7_GMAC_GMAC_CLKCTRL 0>;
> > +                clock-names = "fck";
> > +                #address-cells = <1>;
> > +                #size-cells = <0>;
> > +                bus_freq = <1000000>;
> > +
> > +                ethphy0_sw: ethernet-phy@0 {
> > +                        reg = <0>;
> > +                };
> > +
> > +                ethphy1_sw: ethernet-phy@1 {
> > +                        reg = <41>;
> > +                };
> > +        };
>
> And in this case, mdio above would just move up one level.
>
> This goes back to my earlier comments saying the cpsw is really just
> a private interconnect with a collection of various mostly independent
> modules. Sounds like you're heading that way already though at the
> driver level :)

No, sorry I do not agree. The MDIO is inseparable part of CPSW and it's enabled when CPSW is enabled
(on interconnect level), more over I want to get rid of platform device in MDIO for most of the cases
as it only introduces boot/probing complexity.

The same is valid for CPTS.

--
Best regards,
grygorii