Re: [RFC] net: qcom/emac: mdiobus-dev fwnode should point to emac-adev

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 09:40:45AM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> On 01/25/2018 08:15 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >If i'm reading your patch correctly, you are looking for the MDIO
> >reset in the MAC node. This is wrong. It is an MDIO property, so
> >should be in the MDIO device. Once we have figured out how to
> >represent MDIO busses in ACPI, the reset will be in the MDIO node.
> 
> Just FYI, the MDIO controller in the EMAC is integrated, so I can't see us
> creating a separate Device Tree or ACPI node/property for it. Granted, the
> code in emac-phy.c:emac_phy_config() that registers the MDIO bus is
> convoluted, so maybe there's an opportunity to replace some/all of that code
> with some generic API.  Maybe we need something like acpi_mdiobus_register()
> like we have of_mdiobus_register().

Hi Timur

I expect we will implement something like acpi_mdiobus_register(), and
it will take a pointer to an ACPI node. And maybe on top of
of_mdiobus_register() and of_mdiobus_register() we will add a
device_mdiobus_register().

What i'm trying to avoid is drivers ending up with different ACPI
bindings. If you don't want to add an ACPI node/property then no
problems, just don't expect to be able to use any of the optional
features of the MDIO core, like the GPIOs for reset.

	  Andrew