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[net-next,RFC,v3,4/4] dt-bindings: Document bindings for Marvell Aquantia PHY

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Series [net-next,RFC,v3,1/4] net: phy: aquantia: move to separate directory | expand

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Christian Marangi Nov. 2, 2023, 3 p.m. UTC 
Document bindings for Marvell Aquantia PHY.

The Marvell Aquantia PHY require a firmware to work correctly and there
at least 3 way to load this firmware.

Describe all the different way and document the binding "firmware-name"
to load the PHY firmware from userspace.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
---
Changes v3:
- Make DT description more OS agnostic
- Use custom select to fix dtbs checks
Changes v2:
- Add DT patch

 .../bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml        | 126 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 126 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml

Comments

Conor Dooley Nov. 3, 2023, 1:08 p.m. UTC | #1 
Yo,

On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 04:00:32PM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Document bindings for Marvell Aquantia PHY.
> 
> The Marvell Aquantia PHY require a firmware to work correctly and there
> at least 3 way to load this firmware.
> 
> Describe all the different way and document the binding "firmware-name"
> to load the PHY firmware from userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes v3:
> - Make DT description more OS agnostic
> - Use custom select to fix dtbs checks
> Changes v2:
> - Add DT patch
> 
>  .../bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml        | 126 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 126 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..d43cf28a4d61
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Marvell Aquantia Ethernet PHY
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
> +
> +description: |
> +  Marvell Aquantia Ethernet PHY require a firmware to be loaded to actually
> +  work.
> +
> +  This can be done and is implemented by OEM in 3 different way:
> +    - Attached SPI directly to the PHY with the firmware. The PHY will

You a word here? Should that not be "SPI flash"?

> +      self load the firmware in the presence of this configuration.

> +    - Dedicated partition on system NAND with firmware in it. NVMEM
> +      subsystem will be used and the declared NVMEM cell will load
> +      the firmware to the PHY using the PHY mailbox interface.
> +    - Manually provided firmware loaded from a file in the filesystem.
> +
> +  If declared, NVMEM will always take priority over filesystem provided
> +  firmware.

This section here reads entirely like "software policy". The first
bullet in your list is fine - as that is what the PHY will do itself.
The second and third bullets here seem like two different ways that
someone could integrate their system, and I am not objecting to either
of those ways of doing things.
The priority system that you mention however I don't think is suitable
for a description of the hardware - the PHY itself doesn't require that
an external-to-it flash device take priority over something in the
filesystem, right?
Christian Marangi Nov. 6, 2023, 4:47 p.m. UTC | #2 
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 01:08:45PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> Yo,
> 
> On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 04:00:32PM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > Document bindings for Marvell Aquantia PHY.
> > 
> > The Marvell Aquantia PHY require a firmware to work correctly and there
> > at least 3 way to load this firmware.
> > 
> > Describe all the different way and document the binding "firmware-name"
> > to load the PHY firmware from userspace.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Changes v3:
> > - Make DT description more OS agnostic
> > - Use custom select to fix dtbs checks
> > Changes v2:
> > - Add DT patch
> > 
> >  .../bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml        | 126 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 126 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..d43cf28a4d61
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: Marvell Aquantia Ethernet PHY
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > +  - Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
> > +
> > +description: |
> > +  Marvell Aquantia Ethernet PHY require a firmware to be loaded to actually
> > +  work.
> > +
> > +  This can be done and is implemented by OEM in 3 different way:
> > +    - Attached SPI directly to the PHY with the firmware. The PHY will
> 
> You a word here? Should that not be "SPI flash"?
>

Added!

> > +      self load the firmware in the presence of this configuration.
> 
> > +    - Dedicated partition on system NAND with firmware in it. NVMEM
> > +      subsystem will be used and the declared NVMEM cell will load
> > +      the firmware to the PHY using the PHY mailbox interface.
> > +    - Manually provided firmware loaded from a file in the filesystem.
> > +
> > +  If declared, NVMEM will always take priority over filesystem provided
> > +  firmware.
> 
> This section here reads entirely like "software policy". The first
> bullet in your list is fine - as that is what the PHY will do itself.
> The second and third bullets here seem like two different ways that
> someone could integrate their system, and I am not objecting to either
> of those ways of doing things.
> The priority system that you mention however I don't think is suitable
> for a description of the hardware - the PHY itself doesn't require that
> an external-to-it flash device take priority over something in the
> filesystem, right?
> 

Yes the priority system is just something in software and nothing about
hardware. I dropped in v5. Thanks for the review!
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d43cf28a4d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ 
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/net/marvell,aquantia.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Marvell Aquantia Ethernet PHY
+
+maintainers:
+  - Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
+
+description: |
+  Marvell Aquantia Ethernet PHY require a firmware to be loaded to actually
+  work.
+
+  This can be done and is implemented by OEM in 3 different way:
+    - Attached SPI directly to the PHY with the firmware. The PHY will
+      self load the firmware in the presence of this configuration.
+    - Dedicated partition on system NAND with firmware in it. NVMEM
+      subsystem will be used and the declared NVMEM cell will load
+      the firmware to the PHY using the PHY mailbox interface.
+    - Manually provided firmware loaded from a file in the filesystem.
+
+  If declared, NVMEM will always take priority over filesystem provided
+  firmware.
+
+allOf:
+  - $ref: ethernet-phy.yaml#
+
+select:
+  properties:
+    compatible:
+      contains:
+        enum:
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b445
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b460
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b4a2
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b4d0
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b4e0
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b5c2
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b4b0
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b662
+          - ethernet-phy-id03a1.b712
+          - ethernet-phy-id31c3.1c12
+  required:
+    - compatible
+
+properties:
+  reg:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  firmware-name:
+    description: specify the name of PHY firmware to load
+
+  nvmem-cells:
+    description: phandle to the firmware nvmem cell
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  nvmem-cell-names:
+    const: firmware
+
+required:
+  - compatible
+  - reg
+
+unevaluatedProperties: false
+
+examples:
+  - |
+    mdio {
+        #address-cells = <1>;
+        #size-cells = <0>;
+
+        ethernet-phy@0 {
+            /*  Only needed to make DT lint tools work. Do not copy/paste
+             *  into real DTS files.
+             */
+            compatible = "ethernet-phy-id31c3.1c12",
+                         "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45";
+
+            reg = <0>;
+            firmware-name = "AQR-G4_v5.4.C-AQR_CIG_WF-1945_0x8_ID44776_VER1630.cld";
+        };
+
+        ethernet-phy@1 {
+            /*  Only needed to make DT lint tools work. Do not copy/paste
+             *  into real DTS files.
+             */
+            compatible = "ethernet-phy-id31c3.1c12",
+                         "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45";
+
+            reg = <0>;
+            nvmem-cells = <&aqr_fw>;
+            nvmem-cell-names = "firmware";
+        };
+    };
+
+    flash {
+        compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
+        #address-cells = <1>;
+        #size-cells = <1>;
+
+        partitions {
+            compatible = "fixed-partitions";
+            #address-cells = <1>;
+            #size-cells = <1>;
+
+            /* ... */
+
+            partition@650000 {
+                compatible = "nvmem-cells";
+                label = "0:ethphyfw";
+                reg = <0x650000 0x80000>;
+                read-only;
+                #address-cells = <1>;
+                #size-cells = <1>;
+
+                aqr_fw: aqr_fw@0 {
+                    reg = <0x0 0x5f42a>;
+                };
+            };
+
+            /* ... */
+
+        };
+    };