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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:33:44 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] MIPS: mscc: Add switch to ocelot
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On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 10:22:30PM +0100, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 23/03/2018 at 14:17:48 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > On 03/23/2018 01:11 PM, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > > +
> > > +			phy0: ethernet-phy@0 {
> > > +				reg = <0>;
> > > +			};
> > > +			phy1: ethernet-phy@1 {
> > > +				reg = <1>;
> > > +			};
> > > +			phy2: ethernet-phy@2 {
> > > +				reg = <2>;
> > > +			};
> > > +			phy3: ethernet-phy@3 {
> > > +				reg = <3>;
> > > +			};
> > 
> > These PHYs should be defined at the board DTS level.
> 
> Those are internal PHYs, present on the SoC, I doubt anyone will have
> anything different while using the same SoC.

With DSA, there is no need to list internal PHYs.

That is the trade off of having a standalone MDIO bus driver.  Maybe
add a phandle to the internal MDIO bus? The switch driver could then
follow the phandle, and direct connect the internal PHYs?

       Andrew