Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] arm64: dts: mt8195: Add Ethernet controller

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Dec 28 2022 - 11:17:33 EST


> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8195-demo.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8195-demo.dts
> @@ -258,6 +258,66 @@ &mt6359_vsram_others_ldo_reg {
> };
>
> +&eth {
> + phy-mode ="rgmii-id";
> + phy-handle = <&ethernet_phy0>;
> + snps,reset-gpio = <&pio 93 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + snps,reset-delays-us = <0 10000 10000>;
> + pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
> + pinctrl-0 = <&eth_default_pins>;
> + pinctrl-1 = <&eth_sleep_pins>;
> + status = "okay";
> +
> + mdio {
> + compatible = "snps,dwmac-mdio";
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;

The mdio bus master is a property of the SoC, not the board. So i
would expect it be in the .dtsi file.

> + ethernet_phy0: ethernet-phy@1 {
> + compatible = "ethernet-phy-id001c.c916";
> + reg = <0x1>;
> + };

Is the PHY integrated into the SoC, or on the board?

You also don't need the compatible, if the PHY correctly implements
the ID registers.

Andrew