Re: [net-next PATCH v2 11/15] dt-bindings: net: dsa: qca8k: Document qca,sgmii-enable-pll

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sat Oct 09 2021 - 13:14:08 EST


On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 02:22:21AM +0200, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> Document qca,sgmii-enable-pll binding used in the CPU nodes to
> enable SGMII PLL on MAC config.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
> index 208ee5bc1bbb..b9cccb657373 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/qca8k.txt
> @@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ A CPU port node has the following optional node:
> managed entity. See
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fixed-link.txt
> for details.
> +- qca,sgmii-enable-pll : For SGMII CPU port, explicitly enable PLL, TX and RX
> + chain along with Signal Detection.
> + This should NOT be enabled for qca8327.

So how about -EINVAL for qca8327, and document it is not valid then.

> + This can be required for qca8337 switch with revision 2.

Maybe add a warning if enabled with revision < 2? I would not make it
an error, because there could be devices manufactured with a mixture
or v1 and v2 silicon. Do you have any idea how wide spread v1 is?

> + With CPU port set to sgmii and qca8337 it is advised
> + to set this unless a communication problem is observed.

Andrew