Re: [net-next PATCH v4 07/11] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-controller: permit to define multiple PCS

[Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@seco.com>]

On 5/11/25 16:12, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Drop the limitation of a single PCS in pcs-handle property. Multiple PCS
> can be defined for an ethrnet-controller node to support various PHY
> interface mode type.
> 
> It's very common for SoCs to have a 2 or more dedicated PCS for Base-X
> (for example SGMII, 1000base-x, 2500base-x, ...) and Base-R (for example
> USXGMII,10base-r, ...) with the MAC selecting one of the other based on
> the attached PHY.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
> index 7cbf11bbe99c..60605b34d242 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
> @@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ properties:
>  
>    pcs-handle:
>      $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> -    items:
> -      maxItems: 1
>      description:
>        Specifies a reference to a node representing a PCS PHY device on a MDIO
>        bus to link with an external PHY (phy-handle) if exists.

This just specifies the default. Bindings for individual macs can
override this. See fsl,fman-dtsec.yaml for an example.

--Sean