Re: [RFC PATCH] dt-binding: net: sfp binding documentation

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

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 02:12:42PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> wrote:
> > Hi Russell,
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 01:53:17PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> >> On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 01:28:06PM +0300, Baruch Siach wrote:
> >> > Add device-tree binding documentation SFP transceivers. Support for SFP
> >> > transceivers has been recently introduced (drivers/net/phy/sfp.c).
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
> >> > ---
> >> >
> >> > The SFP driver is on net-next.
> >> >
> >> > Not sure about the rate-select-gpio property name. The SFP+ standard
> >> > (not supported yet) uses two signals, RS0 and RS1. RS0 is compatible
> >> > with the SFP rate select signal, while RS1 controls the Tx rate.
> >>
> >> SFP+ is usable with this, but the platforms I have do not wire the
> >> rate select pins on the SFP+ sockets to GPIOs, but hard-wire them.
> >
> > So maybe naming this signal 'rate-select0-gpio' would make it more future
> > (SPF+) proof? Or 'rate-select-rx-gpio'?
> 
> Just extend it by making it an array of 2 gpios.

What do you do if you have only one rate select wired up and it doesn't
correspond with the first?

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