Subject: Re: [RFC 2/3] net: Provide switchdev driver for NXP's More Than IP L2 switch

From: Lukasz Majewski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:14:29 +0200

Hi Andrew,

> > The best I could get would be:
> > 
> > &eth_switch {
> > 	compatible = "imx,mtip-l2switch";
> > 	reg = <0x800f8000 0x400>, <0x800fC000 0x4000>;
> > 
> > 	interrupts = <100>;
> > 	status = "okay";
> > 
> > 	ethernet-ports {
> > 		port1@1 {
> > 			reg = <1>;
> > 			label = "eth0";
> > 			phys = <&mac0 0>;
> > 		};
> > 
> > 		port2@2 {
> > 			reg = <2>;
> > 			label = "eth1";
> > 			phys = <&mac1 1>;
> > 		};
> > 	};
> > };
> > 
> > Which would abuse the "phys" properties usages - as 'mac[01]' are
> > referring to ethernet controllers.  
> 
> This is not how a dedicated driver would have its binding. We should
> not establish this as ABI.
> 
> So, sorry, but no.

Thanks for the clear statement about upstream requirements.

>     Andrew

Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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