Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] dt-bindings: net: Add network-class.yaml schema

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Mar 25 2025 - 09:33:28 EST


On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2025-03-24 at 18:41 +0100, David Heidelberg via B4 Relay wrote:
> > The Devicetree Specification, Release v0.3 specifies in section 4.3.1
> > a "Network Class Binding". This covers MAC address and maximal frame
> > size properties. "local-mac-address" and "mac-address" with a fixed
> > "address-size" of 48 bits are already in the ethernet-controller.yaml
> > schema so move those over.
> >
> > Keep "address-size" fixed to 48 bits as it's unclear if network protocols
> > using 64-bit mac addresses like ZigBee, 6LoWPAN and others are relevant for
> > this binding. This allows mac address array size validation for ethernet
> > and wireless lan devices.
> >
> > "max-frame-size" in the Devicetree Specification is written to cover the
> > whole layer 2 ethernet frame but actual use for this property is the
> > payload size. Keep the description from ethernet-controller.yaml which
> > specifies the property as MTU.
> >
>
> I have no idea what tree this should go through, and you CC'ed enough
> people that I can't figure it out either ... I'll assume not wifi but DT
> for now?

Can you take it via wifi as the main target here is wifi bindings.

Rob