Re: [PATCH RFC v2 3/5] net: stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: use picoseconds for the RGMII RX delay

[Martin Blumenstingl]

Hi Florian,

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 7:36 PM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 11/15/20 10:52 AM, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> > Amlogic Meson G12A, G12B and SM1 SoCs have a more advanced RGMII RX
> > delay register which allows picoseconds precision. Parse the new
> > "amlogic,rgmii-rx-delay-ps" property or fall back to the old
> > "amlogic,rx-delay-ns".
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
first of all: thanks for reviewing this (and the rest of the series)!

> Maybe also issue a warning when the 'amlogic,rx-delay-ns' property is
> found in addition to the 'amlogic,rgmii-rx-delay-ps'? Up to you how to
> manage existing DTBs being deployed.
none of the upstream DTBs uses amlogic,rx-delay-ns - and I am also not
aware of anything being in use "downstream".
I will add a sentence to the commit description when I re-send this
without RFC, something along those lines: "No upstream DTB uses the
old amlogic,rx-delay-ns (yet). Only include minimalistic logic to fall
back to the old property, without any special validation (for example:
old and new property are given at the same time)"

What do you think?


Best regards,
Martin