Re: [PATCH] devicetree: net: micrel-ksz90x1.txt: Properly explain skew settings

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Thu Oct 06 2016 - 07:04:55 EST


On 10/05/2016 07:03 AM, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> The KSZ9031 skew registers contain an offset, the chip's default value
> is "neutral" which does not add any skew. Programming a 0 into a skew
> property will actually set it the maximal negative adjustment and not
> to a neutral position as one would expect.
>
> Explain this situation in the devicetree binding documentation and list
> the settings that the chip considers neutral.
>
> Changing the implementation to accept negative values would have been
> a better solution, but would break existing configurations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
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Florian