From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@gmail.com>
Cc: "Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
"Srinivas Kandagatla" <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>,
"Florian Fainelli" <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
"Hauke Mehrtens" <hauke@hauke-m.de>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Rafał Miłecki" <rafal@milecki.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: nvmem: brcm,nvram: add #nvmem-cell-cells for MACs
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:01:28 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230420160128.GA2945386-robh@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230406110804.12024-1-zajec5@gmail.com>
On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 01:08:02PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
>
> Broadcom's NVRAM contains MACs for Ethernet interfaces. Those MACs are
> usually base addresses that are also used for calculating other MACs.
>
> For example if a router vendor decided to use gmac0 it most likely
> programmed NVRAM of each unit with a proper "et0macaddr" value. That is
> a base.
>
> Ethernet interface is usually connected to switch port. Switch usually
> includes few LAN ports and a WAN port. MAC of WAN port gets calculated
> as relative address to the interface one. Offset varies depending on
> device model.
>
> Wireless MACs may also need to be calculated using relevant offsets.
>
> To support all those scenarios let MAC NVMEM cells be referenced with an
> index specifying MAC offset.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/nvmem/brcm,nvram.yaml | 12 ++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/brcm,nvram.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/brcm,nvram.yaml
> index 36def7128fca..a921e05cc544 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/brcm,nvram.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/brcm,nvram.yaml
> @@ -36,14 +36,26 @@ properties:
> et0macaddr:
> type: object
> description: First Ethernet interface's MAC address
> + properties:
> + "#nvmem-cell-cells":
> + description: The first argument is a MAC address offset.
> + const: 1
Not a new issue, but these nodes are missing 'additionalProperties:
false'. Can you add that. With that,
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-20 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-06 11:08 [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: nvmem: brcm,nvram: add #nvmem-cell-cells for MACs Rafał Miłecki
2023-04-06 11:08 ` [PATCH 2/3] nvmem: brcm_nvram: add .read_post_process() " Rafał Miłecki
2023-04-06 11:08 ` [PATCH 3/3] ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Specify WAN port MAC address for Luxul XWR-3150 Rafał Miłecki
2023-04-20 16:01 ` Rob Herring [this message]
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