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Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:42:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43923bf9-6202-4147-8eac-5bd7bb653fd4@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:47:18 -0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: ethernet: eswin: add clock sampling control To: Krzysztof Kozlowski , Andrew Lunn , =?UTF-8?B?5p2O5b+X?= Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com, rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ningyu@eswincomputing.com, linmin@eswincomputing.com, pinkesh.vaghela@einfochips.com, weishangjuan@eswincomputing.com References: <20260109080601.1262-1-lizhi2@eswincomputing.com> <20260109080859.1285-1-lizhi2@eswincomputing.com> <00b7b42f-2f9d-402a-82f0-21641ea894a1@lunn.ch> <308b676.2d03.19bb0caebed.Coremail.lizhi2@eswincomputing.com> <59cec617-0189-4dc3-bc3f-6346155a62ae@lunn.ch> <4e2a55e7.3662.19be8cb9c3c.Coremail.lizhi2@eswincomputing.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Bo Gan In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Krzysztof, On 1/23/26 02:07, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 23/01/2026 08:39, Bo Gan wrote: >>> I assume the address of the interface is fixed. So you can just key >>> off that to distinguish the two instances. >>> >>> Since this is an internal property, not a board property, it is not >>> clear it actually belongs on DT. >>> >>> Andrew >> >> IMO, they should be in DT to provide maximum flexibility. The SoC .dtsi > > This is not the purpose of DT. Please rather use arguments in terms of > DT rules (see docs, presentations). > Any examples? links? Thank you for your patience. I'd say if the board .dts never overrides the eswin,rx-clk-invert, (E.g., the SoC .dtsi has rx-clk-invert, later the board /delete-property/'s it) then yes, it can be treated as something inherent to the mac, and then "use arguments in terms of DT rules". I was thinking about use cases like: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230714104521.18751-3-samin.guo@starfivetech.com/ > We really do not care about maximum flexibility. > > Best regards, > Krzysztof Bo