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[188.152.100.94]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-483970ce7d2sm48744945e9.0.2026.02.18.06.59.54 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:59:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:59:51 +0100 From: Stefano Radaelli To: Andrew Lunn Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, imx@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Stefano Radaelli , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Frank Li , Sascha Hauer , Pengutronix Kernel Team , Fabio Estevam Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 03/11] arm64: dts: freescale: imx8mm-var-som: Update FEC support with MaxLinear PHY Message-ID: References: <3b984b93a43a07bc9c4f6414a08a3a0f45daaaa8.1771353301.git.stefano.r@variscite.com> <31f30651-7c99-42cb-9e27-e4806529d137@lunn.ch> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Hi Andrew, On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 02:23:40PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 09:59:31AM +0100, Stefano Radaelli wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 09:43:16PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > > > > > And here you loose me. RGMII is between the MAC and the PHY. The PHY > > > is on the SOM, so there is no need for RGMII to leave the SOM. > > > > > > MDIO is can understand going to the carrier, because there can be > > > other devices on the bus, such as an Ethernet switch. > > > > > > You say the LEDs are not on the SOM. So they should not be listed in > > > the .dtsi file for the SOM. It could be the RJ45 is a cheap one, > > > without LEDs. The colours will depend on the RJ45 socket. It could be > > > a single LED is connected to the front panel, which is typical of STB > > > etc. So the LEDs are a board property, not a SOM property. > > > > > > > > > Two LEDs are defined to match the VAR-SOM carrier design: > > > > > > * LED@0: Yellow, netdev trigger. > > > > > > * LED@1: Green, netdev trigger. > > > > > > > > > > Where are the LEDs? You say "carrier design", so are they on the > > > > > carrier? The DT properties should then be in the .dts file for the > > > > > carrier. > > > > > > > > > > > > > The LED signals are driven directly by the PHY and originate on the SOM. > > > > They are exposed on the SOM connector and are typically routed straight > > > > to the RJ45 integrated LEDs on the carrier. > > > > > > The problem here is 'typically', not absolutely required, otherwise > > > the magic smoke will escape making the box useless. > > > > > > > You are right sorry for the confusion: RGMII is internal between the MAC > > and the PHY and does not leave the SOM. What is exposed on the SOM > > connector are the MDI pairs towards the magnetics/RJ45 and the PHY LED > > output signals. > > O.K, that is what i expected. > > > Given that the actual LEDs are implemented on the carrier side (RJ45 > > with integrated LEDs, pull-ups and LED supply), would you prefer that > > the LED description is moved out of the SOM .dtsi and into the carrier > > .dts? > > Yes please. > > > My idea would be to keep the Ethernet controller/PHY node fully > > described in the SOM .dtsi (since the PHY is on-module), and add only > > the LED subnode/definition in the carrier .dts where the LEDs are > > actually present. > > Yes. That is good. > > Thanks > Andrew I will send the v2 with led descriptions in Symphony dts instead of SOM dtsi. Thank you again, Best Regards, Stefano