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From: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt.kanzenbach@linutronix.de>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
Cc: Christian Eggers <ceggers@arri.de>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Helmut Grohne <helmut.grohne@intenta.de>,
	Paul Barker <pbarker@konsulko.com>,
	Codrin Ciubotariu <codrin.ciubotariu@microchip.com>,
	George McCollister <george.mccollister@gmail.com>,
	Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
	Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@microchip.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@microchip.com>,
	Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/9] dt-bindings: net: dsa: convert ksz bindings document to yaml
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:54:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h7qmil8j.fsf@kurt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3cf2e7f8-7dc8-323f-0cee-5a025f748426@gmail.com>

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On Wed Oct 21 2020, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 10/21/2020 5:16 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 08:52:01AM +0200, Kurt Kanzenbach wrote:
>>> On Mon Oct 19 2020, Christian Eggers wrote:
>>> The node names should be switch. See dsa.yaml.
>>>
>>>> +            compatible = "microchip,ksz9477";
>>>> +            reg = <0>;
>>>> +            reset-gpios = <&gpio5 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
>>>> +
>>>> +            spi-max-frequency = <44000000>;
>>>> +            spi-cpha;
>>>> +            spi-cpol;
>>>> +
>>>> +            ports {
>>>
>>> ethernet-ports are preferred.
>> 
>> This is backwards to me, instead of an 'ethernet-switch' with 'ports',
>> we have a 'switch' with 'ethernet-ports'. Whatever.
>
> The rationale AFAIR was that dual Ethernet port controllers like TI's 
> CPSW needed to describe each port as a pseudo Ethernet MAC and using 
> 'ethernet-ports' as a contained allowed to disambiguate with the 'ports' 
> container used in display subsystem descriptions.

Yes, that was the outcome of previous discussions.

> We should probably enforce or recommend 'ethernet-switch' to be used
> as the node name for Ethernet switch devices though.

After using grep, it seems like 'ethernet-switch' as well as simply
'switch' are being used today. Yes, maybe both should be allowed.

Thanks,
Kurt

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-22 10:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-19 17:24 [RFC PATCH 0/9] net: dsa: microchip: PTP support for KSZ956x Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 1/9] dt-bindings: net: dsa: convert ksz bindings document to yaml Christian Eggers
2020-10-21  6:52   ` Kurt Kanzenbach
2020-10-21  8:46     ` Christian Eggers
2020-10-22  0:16     ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-22  0:40       ` Florian Fainelli
2020-10-22 10:54         ` Kurt Kanzenbach [this message]
2020-10-22 12:37           ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-22 19:17             ` Florian Fainelli
2020-10-26 13:54               ` Rob Herring
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 2/9] net: dsa: microchip: split ksz_common.h Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 3/9] net: dsa: microchip: rename ksz9477.c to ksz9477_main.o Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 4/9] dt-bindings: net: dsa: microchip,ksz: add interrupt property Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 5/9] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: basic interrupt support Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 6/9] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: add Posix clock support for chip PTP clock Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 7/9] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: add hardware time stamping support Christian Eggers
2020-10-20  0:10   ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-20  8:39     ` Christian Eggers
2020-10-21 23:39   ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-22  2:42     ` Richard Cochran
2020-10-22  7:30       ` Christian Eggers
2020-10-22 10:17         ` Christian Eggers
2020-10-30 18:24           ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-11-01  9:35             ` Christian Eggers
2020-11-01 11:10               ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-11-01 22:14                 ` Christian Eggers
2020-11-01 23:41                   ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-11-01 23:55                     ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-11-02 10:35                     ` Christian Eggers
2020-11-02 12:28                       ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-22  3:02     ` Richard Cochran
2020-10-22  9:01       ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-22 10:50         ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-22 11:11           ` Christian Eggers
2020-10-22 11:32             ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-22 14:34               ` Richard Cochran
2020-11-05 20:18               ` Christian Eggers
2020-11-10  1:42                 ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-11-10 14:36                   ` Christian Eggers
2020-11-10 16:40                     ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-11-10 19:32                       ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-11-11 21:49                         ` Christian Eggers
2020-11-11 21:50                         ` Christian Eggers
2020-11-12 15:28                         ` Christian Eggers
2020-11-12 15:38                           ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-11-17 11:27                           ` Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 8/9] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: add Pulse Per Second (PPS) support Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:46   ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-20  8:38     ` Christian Eggers
2020-10-19 17:24 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 9/9] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: add periodic output support Christian Eggers

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