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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 3/5] dt-bindings: net: Add HPE GXP UMAC
On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 02:35:48PM +0000, Hawkins, Nick wrote:
> > > > Do both ports get the sane MAC address?
> > >
> > > No they do not. The first one will get the MAC address, the second
> > > will be an external phy we are managing via the MDIO path.
>
> > Then please put the mac-address property in the correct place, inside
> port@0.
>
> Greetings Andrew,
>
> I was mistaken, the Mac address belongs with UMAC,
> not the phys. The reason ports are listed here is
> because having two separate phy-handles
> in one node is not allowed. The layout of the
> hardware inside the GXP is unconventional.

It is not that unconventional. See

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt

This is an Ethernet block, with two MACs inside it. Each MAC gets its
own subblock containing MAC specific properties like the MAC address,
phy-handle, etc.

Andrew

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