Re: [PATCH net-next v5 2/9] dt-bindings: net: Add Lynx PCS binding

[Rob Herring]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:03:14 -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> This binding is fairly bare-bones for now, since the Lynx driver doesn't
> parse any properties (or match based on the compatible). We just need it
> in order to prevent the PCS nodes from having phy devices attached to
> them. This is not really a problem, but it is a bit inefficient.
> 
> This binding is really for three separate PCSs (SGMII, QSGMII, and XFI).
> However, the driver treats all of them the same. This works because the
> SGMII and XFI devices typically use the same address, and the SerDes
> driver (or RCW) muxes between them. The QSGMII PCSs have the same
> register layout as the SGMII PCSs. To do things properly, we'd probably
> do something like
> 
> 	ethernet-pcs@0 {
> 		#pcs-cells = <1>;
> 		compatible = "fsl,lynx-pcs";
> 		reg = <0>, <1>, <2>, <3>;
> 	};
> 
> but that would add complexity, and we can describe the hardware just
> fine using separate PCSs for now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v5:
> - New
> 
>  .../bindings/net/pcs/fsl,lynx-pcs.yaml        | 40 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/pcs/fsl,lynx-pcs.yaml
> 

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>