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From: Yixun Lan <dlan@kernel.org>
To: Junhui Liu <junhui.liu@pigmoral.tech>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
	Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>,
	Vivian Wang <wangruikang@iscas.ac.cn>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Guodong Xu <guodong@riscstar.com>, Yangyu Chen <cyy@cyyself.name>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	spacemit@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] riscv: dts: spacemit: k1: Split gmac_clk_ref into independent pinctrl groups
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 04:48:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260526044808-GKA3727415@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260522-bpi-cm6-v1-2-707ef1917a30@pigmoral.tech>

Hi Junhui,

On 18:01 Fri 22 May     , Junhui Liu wrote:
> The gmac_clk_ref signal is optional for the GMAC controller and is not
> strictly required for all hardware designs. In several already
> upstreamed K1 boards, this signal remains unconnected or the
> corresponding resistor is marked as NC.
> 
I've not checked all exist boards which already accepted by mainline,
but just ask, to be sure, none of them actually used clk ref pin?
otherwise we will result with a broken GMAC/Ethernet driver..

> Furthermore, the pins for gmac0_clk_ref (GPIO 45) and gmac1_clk_ref
> (GPIO 46) may be used as GPIOs for other functions even when the
> Ethernet controller is active. Splitting these into independent groups
> avoids pinmux conflicts and allows boards to use the reference clock
> signal only when it is actually needed.
> 

> Fixes: 60775f28cfb7 ("riscv: dts: spacemit: Add Ethernet support for K1")
> Signed-off-by: Junhui Liu <junhui.liu@pigmoral.tech>

-- 
Yixun Lan (dlan)

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-26  4:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-22 10:01 [PATCH 0/3] spacemit: k1: Add support for Banana Pi BPI-CM6 IO board Junhui Liu
2026-05-22 10:01 ` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: riscv: spacemit: Add Banana Pi BPI-CM6 compatible Junhui Liu
2026-05-22 16:11   ` Conor Dooley
2026-05-22 10:01 ` [PATCH 2/3] riscv: dts: spacemit: k1: Split gmac_clk_ref into independent pinctrl groups Junhui Liu
2026-05-26  4:48   ` Yixun Lan [this message]
2026-05-26  9:19     ` Junhui Liu
2026-05-22 10:01 ` [PATCH 3/3] riscv: dts: spacemit: k1: Add Banana Pi BPI-CM6 IO board Junhui Liu
2026-05-22 10:37   ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-23  7:35   ` Michael Opdenacker
2026-05-23 11:34   ` Junhui Liu

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