Message ID | 20220819120109.3857571-3-o.rempel@pengutronix.de (mailing list archive) |
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State | Changes Requested |
Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
Headers | show |
Series | None | expand |
On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 02:01:04PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote: > Add property to reference node representing a PoDL Power Sourcing Equipment. > > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de> > --- > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > index ed1415a4381f2..49c74e177c788 100644 > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > @@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ properties: > Mark the corresponding energy efficient ethernet mode as > broken and request the ethernet to stop advertising it. > > + ieee802.3-podl-pse: > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle > + description: > + Specifies a reference to a node representing a Power over Data Lines > + Power Sourcing Equipment. Ah, here is the consumer. Why do you anything more than just a -supply property here for the PoE/PoDL supply? The only reason I see is you happen to want a separate driver for this and a separate node happens to be a convenient way to instantiate drivers in Linux. Convince me otherwise. Rob
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 01:45:34PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 02:01:04PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote: > > Add property to reference node representing a PoDL Power Sourcing Equipment. > > > > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de> > > --- > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml | 6 ++++++ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > > index ed1415a4381f2..49c74e177c788 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > > @@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ properties: > > Mark the corresponding energy efficient ethernet mode as > > broken and request the ethernet to stop advertising it. > > > > + ieee802.3-podl-pse: > > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle > > + description: > > + Specifies a reference to a node representing a Power over Data Lines > > + Power Sourcing Equipment. > > Ah, here is the consumer. > > Why do you anything more than just a -supply property here for the > PoE/PoDL supply? The only reason I see is you happen to want a separate > driver for this and a separate node happens to be a convenient way to > instantiate drivers in Linux. Convince me otherwise. The regulator binding provides a lot of very useful properties, which look to do a good job describing the regulator part of a PoE/PeDL supplier side. What however is missing is the communication part, the power provider and the power consumer communicate with each other, via a serial protocol. They negotiate the supply of power, a sleep mode where power is reduced, but not removed, etc. So a Power Sourcing Equipment driver is very likely to have a regulator embedded in it, but its more than a regulator. Andrew
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 09:34:47PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 01:45:34PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 02:01:04PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote: > > > Add property to reference node representing a PoDL Power Sourcing Equipment. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de> > > > --- > > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml | 6 ++++++ > > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > > > index ed1415a4381f2..49c74e177c788 100644 > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml > > > @@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ properties: > > > Mark the corresponding energy efficient ethernet mode as > > > broken and request the ethernet to stop advertising it. > > > > > > + ieee802.3-podl-pse: > > > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle > > > + description: > > > + Specifies a reference to a node representing a Power over Data Lines > > > + Power Sourcing Equipment. > > > > Ah, here is the consumer. > > > > Why do you anything more than just a -supply property here for the > > PoE/PoDL supply? The only reason I see is you happen to want a separate > > driver for this and a separate node happens to be a convenient way to > > instantiate drivers in Linux. Convince me otherwise. > > The regulator binding provides a lot of very useful properties, which > look to do a good job describing the regulator part of a PoE/PeDL > supplier side. What however is missing is the communication part, the > power provider and the power consumer communicate with each other, via > a serial protocol. They negotiate the supply of power, a sleep mode > where power is reduced, but not removed, etc. > > So a Power Sourcing Equipment driver is very likely to have a > regulator embedded in it, but its more than a regulator. @Rob, is it enough to convince? Regards, Oleksij
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml index ed1415a4381f2..49c74e177c788 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml @@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ properties: Mark the corresponding energy efficient ethernet mode as broken and request the ethernet to stop advertising it. + ieee802.3-podl-pse: + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle + description: + Specifies a reference to a node representing a Power over Data Lines + Power Sourcing Equipment. + phy-is-integrated: $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag description:
Add property to reference node representing a PoDL Power Sourcing Equipment. Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de> --- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)