Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: net: phy: Support external PHY xtal

[Detlev Casanova]

On Wednesday, May 31, 2023 11:16:46 A.M. EDT Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 11:03:39AM -0400, Detlev Casanova wrote:
> > Ethernet PHYs can have external an clock that needs to be activated before
> > probing the PHY.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Detlev Casanova <detlev.casanova@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml          | 10 ++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml index
> > 4f574532ee13..e83a33c2aa59 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> > 
> > @@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ properties:
> >        the turn around line low at end of the control phase of the
> >        MDIO transaction.
> > 
> > +  clock-names:
> > +    items:
> > +      - const: xtal
> 
> I don't think xtal is the best of names here. It generally is used as
> an abbreviation for crystal. And the commit message is about there not
> being a crystal, but an actual clock.
> 
> How is this clock named on the datasheet?

In the case of the PHY I used (RTL8211F), it is EXT_CLK. But this must be 
generic to any (ethernet) PHY, so using ext_clk to match it would not be
good either.

Now this is about having an external clock, so the ext_clk name makes sense in 
this case.

I'm not pushing one name or another, let's use what you feel is more natural.

Detlev.