Re: [RFC net-next PATCH 01/16] dt-bindings: net: Add pcs property

From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Tue Oct 05 2021 - 05:39:45 EST


On Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 03:15:12PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> Add a property for associating PCS devices with ethernet controllers.
> Because PCS has no generic analogue like PHY, I have left off the
> -handle suffix.

For PHYs, we used to have phy and phy-device as property names, but the
modern name is "phy-handle". I think we should do the same here, so I
would suggest using "pcs-handle".

We actually already have LX2160A platforms using "pcs-handle", (see
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl,qoriq-mc-dpmac.yaml) so we're
in danger of ending up with multiple property names describing the same
thing.

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