Re: [PATCH] net/macb: add support for resetting PHY using GPIO

[Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:21:30AM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 10:40:22AM +0100, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> > So I see 2 options:
> > 
> > - leaving the phy-reset-gpios property in the ethernet node. Thanks to
> >   this we can use the gpiod functions, and it is still possible to use
> >   manage the power management.
> > 
> > - using a reset-gpios property inside the phy node. But then the only
> >   solution to get a reference on it, will be to use
> >   of_get_named_gpio. All the gpiod functions need a reference to the
> >   device that we won't have at this point. Also we will only be able to
> >   power up the reset, but we won't have any reference to it latter.
> 
> Have you seen fwnode_get_named_gpiod()? This seems to be the right
> function for the job.

Except:

1. You don't have a dev->fwnode pointer setup.
2. Using &dev->of_node->fwnode is really going underneath the covers.

I've pointed this problem out several times with the fwnode code, which
seems to be a half-baked and incomplete design when it comes to DT.

I'd suggest using of_get_named_gpio_flags() et.al. and converting the
resulting gpio number to a gpio descriptor - or trying to push DT and
fwnode people to initialise dev->fwnode so that a proper transition to
fwnode for DT can be made.

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