* [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: don't confuse with generic PHY property
@ 2017-09-07 8:09 Baruch Siach
2017-09-09 3:50 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Baruch Siach @ 2017-09-07 8:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller, Rob Herring, Mark Rutland
Cc: netdev, devicetree, Baruch Siach
This complements commit 9a94b3a4bd (dt-binding: phy: don't confuse with
Ethernet phy properties).
The generic PHY 'phys' property sometime appears in the same node with
the Ethernet PHY 'phy' or 'phy-handle' properties. Add a warning in
ethernet.txt to reduce confusion.
Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
index 7da86f22a13b..2974e63ba311 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
The following properties are common to the Ethernet controllers:
+NOTE: All 'phy*' properties documented below are Ethernet specific. For the
+generic PHY 'phys' property, see
+Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/phy-bindings.txt.
+
- local-mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was
assigned to the network device;
- mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was last used by
--
2.14.1
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* Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: don't confuse with generic PHY property
2017-09-07 8:09 [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: don't confuse with generic PHY property Baruch Siach
@ 2017-09-09 3:50 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2017-09-09 3:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: baruch; +Cc: robh+dt, mark.rutland, netdev, devicetree
From: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 11:09:59 +0300
> This complements commit 9a94b3a4bd (dt-binding: phy: don't confuse with
> Ethernet phy properties).
>
> The generic PHY 'phys' property sometime appears in the same node with
> the Ethernet PHY 'phy' or 'phy-handle' properties. Add a warning in
> ethernet.txt to reduce confusion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
Applied.
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