[RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-phy: add needs-host-firmware

[Aleksei Sviridkin]

A PHY can be one that the host has to load firmware into before it can
be driven at all. A controller that connects to such a PHY at setup
finds nothing usable and drops the port for the whole uptime, even
though the PHY works seconds later.

The flag declares that. A consumer that sees it keeps the port and
connects the PHY once its driver binds. It describes the PHY, so it
sits on the PHY node and needs no prefix naming one.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Aleksei Sviridkin <f@xxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
index c3ebb3af8b52..e217101fd54a 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ properties:
       used. The absence of this property indicates the muxers
       should be configured so that the external PHY is used.
 
+  needs-host-firmware:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
+    description:
+      This PHY runs firmware that the host must load before it can be
+      driven, and is not usable for as long as that has not happened. A
+      controller referencing it keeps the port and connects the PHY once
+      its driver binds, instead of failing at setup.
+
   resets:
     maxItems: 1
 
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