Re: [RFC PATCH 01/10] dt-bindings: net: ti: Adds device tree binding for DUAL-EMAC mode support on PRU-ICSS2 for AM57xx SOCs

[Basharath Hussain Khaja]

> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 06:56:14PM +0530, Basharath Hussain Khaja wrote:
>> 
>> >> +          ti,no-half-duplex:
>> >> +            type: boolean
>> >> +            description:
>> >> +              Disable half duplex operation on ICSSM MII port.
>> > 
>> > I already asked this in the next patch, but why have this property? Is
>> > it because the hardware is broken? Or is this some sort of policy?
>> > Policy should not be in DT, DT describes the hardware, not the policy
>> > of how you use the hardware.
>> > 
>> 
>> This series of patches enables support for full-duplex only. Support for
>> half-duplex will be added in subsequent revisions. We will clean it up in
>> the next version.
> 
> So you don't need this property. All you need to do is remove the 1/2
> duplex link modes using phy_remove_link_mode() and user space will not
> get the option to enable them, not will auto-neg advertise them.

Sure. We will remove this property and make necessary changes at all places in the next version.  

Thanks & Best Regards,
Basharath