Re: [PATCH 4/6] dt-bindings: net: add hisilicon-femac

[Yang Xiwen]

On 2/16/2024 10:10 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > I've tried accessing MDIO address space and MAC controller address space in
> > u-boot with `md` and `mw` [1]. From the result, i guess the CLK_BUS is the
> > System Bus clock (AHB Bus clock), and the CLK_MAC is the clock shared by
> > both MDIO bus and MAC. The MAC has a internal clock divider to divide the
> > input clock(54MHz in common) to a configurable variable rate.
> In general, sharing a clock is not a problem. The clock API does
> reference counting. So if two consumers enable the clock, it will not
> be disabled until two consumes disable the clock. So it should not be
> an issue for both the MAC and the MDIO driver to consume the clock.
>
> However, the funny PHY reset code is going to be key here. We need to
> understand that in more detail.

I don't know about details too much, either. All the resources i have is 
a brief TRM and the downstream linux kernel code[1], U-Boot code[2]. The 
idea of managing all clocks and resets in MAC driver is taken from 
hix5hd2_gmac.c(in the same directory).

> Talking about details, you commit messages need improving. The commit
> message is your chance to answer all the reviewers questions before
> they even ask them. Removing a binding was always going to need
> justification, so you needed to have that in the commit message.  In
> order to review a DT bindings, having an overview of what the hardware
> actually looks like is needed. So that is something which you can add
> to the commit messages.
Thanks for your comment. Also sorry for the inconvenience I brought.
> Please take a look at your patches from the perspective of a reviewer,
> somebody how knows nothing about this device. What information is
> needed to understand the patches?
Will rewrite commit logs in next version.
>         Andrew

[1]: 
https://github.com/JasonFreeLab/HiSTBLinuxV100R005C00SPC050/blob/fd20f78ab02934e71474dbb1d933c6ec911b01c9/source/kernel/linux-4.4.y/drivers/net/ethernet/hieth/hieth.c#L1281

[2]: 
https://github.com/JasonFreeLab/HiSTBLinuxV100R005C00SPC050/blob/fd20f78ab02934e71474dbb1d933c6ec911b01c9/source/boot/fastboot/drivers/net/hisfv300/sys.c#L50

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Regards,
Yang Xiwen