Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] dt-bindings: dp83867: add binding for io_impedance_ctrl nvmem cell

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Jun 14 2022 - 01:41:01 EST


On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 13:54:30 +0200 Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> On 06/06/2022 23.58, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >> There is no documented mapping from the 32 possible values of the
> >> IO_IMPEDANCE_CTRL field to values in the range 35-70 ohms
> >
> > There have been a few active TI engineers submitting patches to TI PHY
> > drivers. Please could you reach out to them and ask if they can
> > provide documentation.
> >
> > Having magic values in DT is not the preferred why to use it. Ideally
> > you should store Ohms in the cell and convert to the register value.
>
> We've already asked TI for more detailed information, but apparently the
> data sheet already says all there is to know. I should have worded the
> commit message differently. Something like
>
> There is no fixed mapping from register values to values in the range
> 35-70 ohms; it varies from chip to chip, and even that target range is
> approximate.

The series was waiting for Andrew to come back but it ended up getting
marked as Changes Requested in PW. Would you mind reposting with the
modification to the commit message?