Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] dt-bindings: net: pcs: renesas,rzn1-miic: Add renesas,miic-phylink-active-low property

[Lad, Prabhakar]

Hi Wolfram,

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM Wolfram Sang
<wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Prabhakar,
>
> > Add the boolean DT property `renesas,miic-phylink-active-low` to the RZN1
>
> Hmm, we already have "renesas,ether-link-active-low" in
> renesas,ether.yaml and renesas,etheravb.yaml. Can't we reuse that?
>
On the RZ/N1x we have the below architecture

                                                      +----> Ethernet Switch
                                                      |           |
                                                      |           v
    MII Converter ----------------------+      GMAC (Synopsys IP)
                                                      |
                                                      +----> EtherCAT
Slave Controller
                                                      |
                                                      +----> SERCOS
Controller

Each of these IPs has its own link status pin as an input to the SoC:

SWITCH_MII_LINK: Switch PHY link status input
S3_MII_LINKP: SERCOS III link status from PHY
CAT_MII_LINK: EtherCAT link status from PHY

The property "renesas,ether-link-active-low" is specific to the AVB
IP. The MII converter enables connections between these IPs, and the
register for controlling the link status signal is part of the MII
converter block, so this property needs to be part of the MII
converter.

If I have misunderstood you, did you mean to rename the property to
"renesas,ether-link-active-low"?

Cheers,
Prabhakar