Re: [RFC PATCH 1/8] dt-bindings: net: Add TSN Endpoint Ethernet MAC support

From: Andrew Lunn

Date: Fri Feb 20 2026 - 08:39:42 EST


> > > + // Endpoint Node
> > > + ep_mac: ep-mac@16000 {
> > > + reg = <0x16000 0xa000>;
> > > + };
> >
> > Except the Endpoint MAC does not have MDIO? Or does it have an MDIO bus,
> > and you have simply not listed it?
> The endpoint MAC does not connect to an external PHY and therefore does not expose an MDIO bus.
> It is an internal endpoint, so no MDIO node is required.

It does not really matter if it is required. Does it physically exist?
Can MDC and MDIO be routed to pins? Could i hang an external switch
off it?

DT describes hardware. If the hardware exists, describe it.

Andrew