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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9ecd43d8792c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +The following properties are common to the Ethernet controllers: + +- local-mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was + assigned to the network device; +- mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was last used by + the boot program; should be used in cases where the MAC address assigned to + the device by the boot program is different from the "local-mac-address" + property; +- max-speed: number, specifies maximum speed in Mbit/s supported by the device; +- max-frame-size: number, maximum transfer unit (IEEE defined MTU), rather than + the maximum frame size (there's contradiction in ePAPR). +- phy-mode: string, operation mode of the PHY interface; supported values are + "mii", "gmii", "sgmii", "tbi", "rev-mii", "rmii", "rgmii", "rgmii-id", + "rgmii-rxid", "rgmii-txid", "rtbi", "smii", "xgmii"; this is now a de-facto + standard property; +- phy-connection-type: the same as "phy-mode" property but described in ePAPR; +- phy-handle: phandle, specifies a reference to a node representing a PHY + device; this property is described in ePAPR and so preferred; +- phy: the same as "phy-handle" property, not recommended for new bindings. +- phy-device: the same as "phy-handle" property, not recommended for new + bindings. + +Child nodes of the Ethernet controller are typically the individual PHY devices +connected via the MDIO bus (sometimes the MDIO bus controller is separate). +They are described in the phy.txt file in this same directory. |