Re: [PATCH] ARM: mach-imx6q: add ksz9131rn_phy_fixup

[Philippe Schenker]

On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 14:38 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > It probably does not even need that. Just
> > > 
> > > phy-mode = <rgmii-txid>
> > 
> > Looks to me like this isn't supported by the Micrel PHY driver or am
> > I missing something?
> 
> Ah, you are correct. It just has:
> 
>         if (of_node) {
>                 ksz9021_load_values_from_of(phydev, of_node,
>                                     MII_KSZPHY_CLK_CONTROL_PAD_SKEW,
>                                     "txen-skew-ps", "txc-skew-ps",
>                                     "rxdv-skew-ps", "rxc-skew-ps");
>                 ksz9021_load_values_from_of(phydev, of_node,
>                                     MII_KSZPHY_RX_DATA_PAD_SKEW,
>                                     "rxd0-skew-ps", "rxd1-skew-ps",
>                                     "rxd2-skew-ps", "rxd3-skew-ps");
>                 ksz9021_load_values_from_of(phydev, of_node,
>                                     MII_KSZPHY_TX_DATA_PAD_SKEW,
>                                     "txd0-skew-ps", "txd1-skew-ps",
>                                     "txd2-skew-ps", "txd3-skew-ps");
>         }
> 
> and no support for phydev->interface.
> 
> At minimum, you should use these DT properties, not a platform fixup.

As I said, I still think it is a good idea to have similar solutions at
the same place, especially for a successor PHY.

I also see the downsides so I'll go with your proposed solution.

Thanks everyone for the discussion!

Philippe
> 
> If you want to, you can add support for rgmii-id, etc. There are five
> modes you need to support:
> 
>         PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA,
>         PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII,
>         PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID,
>         PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID,
>         PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID,
> 
> NA means "don't touch". Leave the RGMII delays alone, as configured by
> hardware default, strapping, bootloader, etc.
> 
> 	 Andrew