Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/7] dt-bindings: net: phy: add PoDL PSE property

[Rob Herring]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 02:01:04PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Add property to reference node representing a PoDL Power Sourcing Equipment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> index ed1415a4381f2..49c74e177c788 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> @@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ properties:
>        Mark the corresponding energy efficient ethernet mode as
>        broken and request the ethernet to stop advertising it.
>  
> +  ieee802.3-podl-pse:
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> +    description:
> +      Specifies a reference to a node representing a Power over Data Lines
> +      Power Sourcing Equipment.

Ah, here is the consumer.

Why do you anything more than just a -supply property here for the 
PoE/PoDL supply? The only reason I see is you happen to want a separate 
driver for this and a separate node happens to be a convenient way to 
instantiate drivers in Linux. Convince me otherwise.

Rob