Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: phy: imx8mq-usb: add phy tuning properties

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Apr 12 2023 - 09:39:27 EST


On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 04:22:37PM +0200, Johannes Zink wrote:
> Hi Krzystof,
>
> thank you for your explanations. As I'm still quite new to writing
> bindings, I still have some questions:
>
> On Fri, 2023-04-07 at 11:03 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > On 05/04/2023 14:14, Johannes Zink wrote:
> > > Hi Krysztof,
> > >
> > > thanks for your review, please find my questions below.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2023-04-05 at 13:51 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > > [snip]
> > > > >        A phandle to the regulator for USB VBUS.
> > > > >  
> > > > > +  fsl,phy-tx-vref-tune:
> > > > > +    description:
> > > > > +      HS DC Voltage level adjustment
> > > >
> > > > "Level" in what units?
> > > >
> > >
> > > The datasheet just shows percent, ranging from -6 to +24%, in 2%
> > > increments. What unit would you suggest?
> >
> > percent
> > https://github.com/devicetree-org/dt-schema/blob/main/dtschema/schemas/property-units.yaml
>
> I am still a bit confused how to use this properly. How can I restrict
> the values to multiples of 2 in order to avoid illegal values?
>
> At the moment the only thing I could come up with is something like
>
> fsl,phy-tx-vref-tune-percent:
> description: |
> Adjusts the high-speed DC level voltage
> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/int32

Note that with standard unit suffixes, you don't need a type.

> minimum: -6
> maximum: 24
> default: 0
>
> Does something like this work? I am not quite sure if I am on the right
> track here, especially as this requires a signed int, of which I have
> not seen many examples so far.

We'd have to change the type for -percent to signed. That's possible,
but for vendor specific properties there's not much advantage to use
standard units instead of just using the register values directly.

Rob