Re: fwnode_for_each_child_node() and OF backend discrepancy

[Horatiu Vultur]

The 06/28/2022 23:07, Michael Walle wrote:
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> Am 2022-06-28 22:52, schrieb Horatiu Vultur:
> > The 06/28/2022 22:28, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
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> > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 5:17 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> > > <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On 28/06/2022 17:09, Michael Walle wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Sorry for joint this late.
> > 
> > > 
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > > > Mh. Assume a SoC with an integrated ethernet switch. Some ports
> > > > > are externally connected, some don't. I'd think they should be disabled,
> > > > > no? Until now, all bindings I know, treat them as disabled. But OTOH
> > > > > you still need to do some configurations on them, like disable port
> > > > > forwarding, disable them or whatever. So the hardware is present, but
> > > > > it is not connected to anything.
> > > >
> > > > I see your point and the meaning is okay... except that drivers don't
> > > > touch disabled nodes. If a device (with some address space) is disabled,
> > > > you do not write there "please be power off". Here the case is a bit
> > > > different, because I think ports do not have their own address space.
> > > > Yet it contradicts the logic - something is disabled in DT and you
> > > > expect to perform actual operations on it.
> > > 
> > > You beat me up to this comment, I also see a contradiction of what
> > > "disabled" means in your, Michael, case and what it should be.
> > > 
> > > If you need to perform an operation on some piece of HW, it has not to
> > > be disabled.
> > > 
> > > Or, you may deduce them by knowing how many ports in hardware (this is
> > > usually done not by counting the nodes, but by a property) and do
> > > whatever you want on ones, you have  not listed (by port_num) in the
> > > array of parsed children.
> > 
> > It is not possible to have a defined for the MAX number of ports that
> > supported by lan966x. Which is 8. And assigned that define to
> > num_phys_ports instead of counting the entries in DT?
> 
> You mean also for the lan9662? I'm pretty sure that doesn't
> work. Have a look where num_phys_ports is used. One random
> example:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c#L874
> 
> So if your switch only has 4 ports, then I'd guess you'll
> access a non-existing register.

Underneath lan662 and lan668 is the same chip. The HW people disable
some ports/features on each platform but from what I know you will still
be able to access the registers.

> 
> -michael

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/Horatiu