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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:30:04 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: net: xilinx_gmii2rgmii: Convert to json
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 08:53:34PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 13/07/2023 17:59, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >>> +examples:
> >>> +  - |
> >>> +    mdio {
> >>> +        #address-cells = <1>;
> >>> +        #size-cells = <0>;
> >>> +        phy: ethernet-phy@0 {
> >>> +            reg = <0>;
> >>> +        };
> >>
> >> Drop this node, quite obvious.
> > 
> > Dumb question. Isn't it needed since it is referenced by phy-handle =
> > <&phy> below. Without it, the fragment is not valid DT and so the
> > checking tools will fail?
> 
> No, because the example is compiled with silencing missing phandles.

Ah, thanks.

This is a rather odd device, there is no other like it in mainline, so
i think having that PHY is useful, even if you think it is obvious
what is going on here.

     Andrew