Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 09/10] dt-bindings: net: add generic ethernet-switch-port binding

From: Colin Foster
Date: Wed Jan 04 2023 - 10:17:26 EST


On Tue, Jan 03, 2023 at 07:56:41PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 09:14:00PM -0800, Colin Foster wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-switch-port.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-switch-port.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..126bc0c12cb8
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-switch-port.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/net/ethernet-switch-port.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: Generic Ethernet Switch Port
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > + - Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> > + - Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
> > + - Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>
> > +
> > +description:
> > + Ethernet switch port Description
>
> Still doesn't look too great that the ethernet-switch-port description
> is this thing devoid of meaning. What is said about the dsa-port is what
> the description should be here, and the description of the dsa-port is
> that it's a generic Ethernet switch port plus DSA specific properties.

Apologies - you mentioned this earlier as well. I'm not sure how I
missed it in v5 (and therefore v6)

>
> > +
> > +$ref: ethernet-controller.yaml#
> > +
> > +properties:
> > + reg:
> > + description: Port number
> > +
> > +additionalProperties: true
>
> Also, I see your patches are deferred in patchwork, and while this isn't
> really for me to say, presumably it's because there was no announcement
> so far that net-next reopened.

Based on above, it might be for the better.