From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: "Sverdlin, Alexander" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
Cc: "olteanv@gmail.com" <olteanv@gmail.com>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: honor "max-speed" for implicit PHYs on user ports
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:28:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7d3e83e9-df2d-4fc3-9ee0-75c401555ffc@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ba41f79205ff4c0c90de71a6be2dd4e2e9ade0f7.camel@siemens.com>
> However, after reading the whole referenced thread, I still have a question:
> will MFD approach (with both drivers and dt-bindings) will be a requirement
> for any new drivers or a simpler approach with "mdio {}" node under the
> switch node will still be acceptable?
There is a long history of MAC drivers having MDIO drivers embedded in
them. So i see no need for an MFD just to have an MDIO device. If
there are additional drivers, GPIO, I2C, etc, then an MFD makes sense.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-12-20 8:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-19 17:38 [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: honor "max-speed" for implicit PHYs on user ports A. Sverdlin
2024-12-19 17:46 ` Vladimir Oltean
2024-12-19 18:50 ` Sverdlin, Alexander
2024-12-19 19:36 ` Vladimir Oltean
2024-12-20 7:17 ` Sverdlin, Alexander
2024-12-20 7:30 ` Sverdlin, Alexander
2024-12-20 8:28 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2024-12-20 10:15 ` Vladimir Oltean
2024-12-19 17:46 ` Andrew Lunn
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