* [PATCH] dt-bindings: add an explanation for internal phy-mode
@ 2019-04-20 18:14 Corentin Labbe
2019-04-21 17:32 ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-21 18:24 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Corentin Labbe @ 2019-04-20 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: davem, mark.rutland, robh+dt
Cc: devicetree, linux-kernel, netdev, Corentin Labbe
When working on the Allwinner internal PHY, the first work was to use
the "internal" mode, but some answer was made my mail on what are really
internal mean for PHY.
This patch write that in the doc.
Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@baylibre.com>
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
index cfc376bc977a..78b098d2d4e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/phy-bindings.txt.
Specification).
- phy-mode: string, operation mode of the PHY interface. This is now a de-facto
standard property; supported values are:
- * "internal"
+ * "internal" (Internal means there is not a standard bus between the MAC and
+ the PHY, something proprietary is being used to embed the PHY in the MAC.)
* "mii"
* "gmii"
* "sgmii"
--
2.21.0
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* Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: add an explanation for internal phy-mode
2019-04-20 18:14 [PATCH] dt-bindings: add an explanation for internal phy-mode Corentin Labbe
@ 2019-04-21 17:32 ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-21 18:24 ` David Miller
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Lunn @ 2019-04-21 17:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Corentin Labbe
Cc: davem, mark.rutland, robh+dt, devicetree, linux-kernel, netdev
On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 06:14:33PM +0000, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> When working on the Allwinner internal PHY, the first work was to use
> the "internal" mode, but some answer was made my mail on what are really
> internal mean for PHY.
>
> This patch write that in the doc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@baylibre.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Andrew
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* Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: add an explanation for internal phy-mode
2019-04-20 18:14 [PATCH] dt-bindings: add an explanation for internal phy-mode Corentin Labbe
2019-04-21 17:32 ` Andrew Lunn
@ 2019-04-21 18:24 ` David Miller
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2019-04-21 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: clabbe; +Cc: mark.rutland, robh+dt, devicetree, linux-kernel, netdev
From: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@baylibre.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 18:14:33 +0000
> When working on the Allwinner internal PHY, the first work was to use
> the "internal" mode, but some answer was made my mail on what are really
> internal mean for PHY.
>
> This patch write that in the doc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@baylibre.com>
Applied, thank you.
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