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x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-GND-State: clean X-GND-Score: -100 X-GND-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtdefgdeigedtjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfitefpfffkpdcuggftfghnshhusghstghrihgsvgenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujfgurhepfffhvfevuffkjghfohfogggtgfesthhqredtredtjeenucfhrhhomhepmfhorhihucforghinhgtvghnthcuoehkohhrhidrmhgrihhntggvnhhtsegsohhothhlihhnrdgtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpefguddtfeevtddugeevgfevtdfgvdfhtdeuleetffefffffhffgteekvdefudeiieenucffohhmrghinhepsghoohhtlhhinhdrtghomhenucfkphepvdgrtddumegtsgduheemfegvgeemtgehtddtmeekvddttgemiegvtddumeejkegrtgemvdgtugefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehinhgvthepvdgrtddumegtsgduheemfegvgeemtgehtddtmeekvddttgemiegvtddumeejkegrtgemvdgtugefpdhhvghlohepkhhmrghinhgtvghnthdqigfrufdqudefqdejfeeltddpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehkohhrhidrmhgrihhntggvnhhtsegsohhothhlihhnrdgtohhmpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopeefuddprhgtphhtthhopehmrgigihhmvgdrtghhvghvrghllhhivghrsegsohhothhlihhnrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepuggrvhgvmhesuggrvhgvmhhlohhfthdrnhgvthdprhgtp hhtthhopehnvghtuggvvhesvhhgvghrrdhkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehlihhnuhigqdhkvghrnhgvlhesvhhgvghrrdhkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehlihhnuhigqdgrrhhmqdhmshhmsehvghgvrhdrkhgvrhhnvghlrdhorhhgpdhrtghpthhtohepthhhohhmrghsrdhpvghtrgiiiihonhhisegsohhothhlihhnrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtoheprghnughrvgifsehluhhnnhdrtghhpdhrtghpthhtohepkhhusggrsehkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrgh X-GND-Sasl: kory.maincent@bootlin.com X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20250718_103456_813261_B68B9870 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 14.81 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Le Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:30:05 +0200, Maxime Chevallier a =C3=A9crit : > The ability to describe the physical ports of Ethernet devices is useful > to describe multi-port devices, as well as to remove any ambiguity with > regard to the nature of the port. >=20 > Moreover, describing ports allows for a better description of features > that are tied to connectors, such as PoE through the PSE-PD devices. >=20 > Introduce a binding to allow describing the ports, for now with 2 > attributes : >=20 > - The number of lanes, which is a quite generic property that allows > differentating between multiple similar technologies such as BaseT1 > and "regular" BaseT (which usually means BaseT4). >=20 > - The media that can be used on that port, such as BaseT for Twisted > Copper, BaseC for coax copper, BaseS/L for Fiber, BaseK for backplane > ethernet, etc. This allows defining the nature of the port, and > therefore avoids the need for vendor-specific properties such as > "micrel,fiber-mode" or "ti,fiber-mode". >=20 > The port description lives in its own file, as it is intended in the > future to allow describing the ports for phy-less devices. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent Thank you! --=20 K=C3=B6ry Maincent, Bootlin Embedded Linux and kernel engineering https://bootlin.com