Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: wireless: brcm,bcm4329-fmac: add nvmem-consumer reference

[Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:53:11 -0700, Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com> wrote:
> The brcm,bcm4329-fmac binding has unevaluatedProperties set to false
> but does not allow nvmem-cells or nvmem-cell-names, which are used by
> DTS files (e.g. bcm4709-linksys-ea9200.dts) to supply MAC addresses.
>
> The driver already supports nvmem-based MAC address retrieval via
> of_get_mac_address(), so add the nvmem-consumer schema reference to
> document and allow these properties.
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/brcm,bcm4329-fmac.yaml | 1 +

The problem is real but I think the fix belongs in network-class.yaml rather
than the brcmfmac binding specifically. ethernet-controller.yaml already
defines nvmem-cells and nvmem-cell-names for wired NICs, but the wireless
binding hierarchy (wireless-controller.yaml -> network-class.yaml) is missing
them. Fixing it in network-class.yaml would cover all network nodes at once
instead of requiring each wireless driver to add the same reference
individually.

Regards,
Arend