Re: [PATCH net-next v6 11/17] dt-bindings: net: pse-pd: Add another way of describing several PSE PIs

[Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 11:25:06AM +0200, Kory Maincent wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 09:31:42 -0500
> Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > >   
> > > > > +
> > > > > +          polarity-supported:
> > > > > +            $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string-array
> > > > > +            description:
> > > > > +              Polarity configuration supported by the PSE PI pairsets.
> > > > > +            minItems: 1
> > > > > +            maxItems: 4
> > > > > +            items:
> > > > > +              enum:
> > > > > +                - MDI-X
> > > > > +                - MDI
> > > > > +                - X
> > > > > +                - S
> > > > > +
> > > > > +          vpwr-supply:
> > > > > +            description: Regulator power supply for the PSE PI.    
> > > > 
> > > > I don't see this being used anywhere.  
> > > 
> > > Right, I forgot to add it to the PD692x0 and TPS23881 binding example!  
> > 
> > But is this really common/generic? I would think input power rails would 
> > be chip specific.
> 
> I think as each PSE PI are seen as a regulator we may want it generic to track
> each PI parent. Having the parent regulator described like that would force the
> devicetree to describe where the power come from.
> In contrary, for example, on the pd692x0 controller the regulators are connected
> to the managers (PD69208) and not directly to the PIs. So the devicetree would
> not really fit the hardware. It is indeed chip specific but having described
> like that would be more simple.
> 
> If we decided to make it chip specific the core would have a callback to ask
> the driver to fill the regulator_init_data structure for each PI before
> registering the regulators. It is feasible.
> 
> Mmh in fact I am still unsure about the solution.
> 
> Oleksij as you were the first to push the idea. Have you more argument in mind
> to make it generic?
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ZeObuKHkPN3tiWz_@pengutronix.de/

There can be different, chip specific power consumer, for example the
one which is feeding the PSE controller it self, but also there are common
providers/consumers  those which are used to feed PSE PIs. In case of
pd692x0 based setup, the managers are actual regulator responsible to
control power rails connected to PSE PIs, so managers should use this
common provider. Not sure how TI is designed, but it will have same type
of consumer to feed PSE PIs as well.

Regards,
Oleksij
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