Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: net: rockchip-dwmac: Require rockchip,grf and rockchip,php-grf

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Thu Mar 06 2025 - 17:32:46 EST


On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 09:09:45PM +0000, Jonas Karlman wrote:
> All Rockchip GMAC variants require writing to GRF to configure e.g.
> interface mode and MAC rx/tx delay.
>
> Change binding to require rockchip,grf and rockchip,php-grf to reflect
> that GRF (and PHP-GRF for RK3576/RK3588) control part of GMAC.

It is pretty unusual to change the binding such that something
optional becomes mandatory. I would expect a bit more of a comment
explaining why this does not cause backwards compatibility
issues. Have all the .dtsi files always had these properties?

Andrew

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