Re: [net-next PATCH 4/6] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-controller: permit to define multiple PCS

[Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 11:18:12AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 12:58:40AM +0100, 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
> 
> typo
> 
> > interface mode type.
> 
> What limitation? It already supports multiple PCS phandles. It doesn't 
> support arg cells. If you want that, either you have to fix the number 
> of cells or define a #pcs-handle-cells property. You've done neither 
> here.
> 
> Adding #pcs-handle-cells will also require some updates to the dtschema 
> tools.
>

I might be confused by doesn't 

pcs-handle:
  items:
    maxItems: 1

limit it to 

pcs-handle = <&foo>;

and make it not valid 

pcs-handle = <&foo1>, <&foo2>;

?

The cells property will come but only when there will be an actual user
for it (I assume QCOM PCS will make use of it)

> > 
> > It's very common for SoCs to have a dedicated PCS for SGMII mode and one
> > for USXGMII mode.
> > 
> > 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 45819b235800..a260ab8e056e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
> > @@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ 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.
> > -- 
> > 2.48.1
> > 

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