Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] dt-bindings: net: Add support for Spacemit K3 dwmac

Inochi Amaoto
2026-01-20T22:31:35Z

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 02:48:12PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > IIRC, the "phy" clock is used to pass the phy from the mac core, I will
> > double check if it is possible to connect to the phy directly.
>
> Are you saying this is the reference clock output from the MAC being
> fed to the PHY? That would be a clock provider, not a clock consumer.
>
> Or is it the reference clock output from the PHY going to the MAC?
> Then the MAC would be a consumer.
>
> And there are some designs which have a third party generate the
> clock, and both the MAC and the PHY consume it.
>

I have confirmed the clock is directly from the the clock tree and
is consumed only by the PHY. It seems like I have got a wrong
information about this. So let's remove it and let the phy consume
the clock if it use this clock.

Regards,
Inochi