From: Kory Maincent Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:02:39 +0000 (+0200) Subject: dt-bindings: pse: tps23881: Clarify channels property description X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=42fa8f17e453ca142d3ed1b2a7b264bf52e8599e;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git dt-bindings: pse: tps23881: Clarify channels property description Improve the channels property description to better explain the relationship between physical delivery channels and PSE PI pairsets. The previous description was unclear about how channels are referenced and used in the port matrix mapping. Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250620-poe_doc_improve-v1-1-96357bb95d52@bootlin.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni --- diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/pse-pd/ti,tps23881.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/pse-pd/ti,tps23881.yaml index 3a5f960d8489a..bb1ee33986555 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/pse-pd/ti,tps23881.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/pse-pd/ti,tps23881.yaml @@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ properties: maxItems: 1 channels: - description: each set of 8 ports can be assigned to one physical - channels or two for PoE4. This parameter describes the configuration - of the ports conversion matrix that establishes relationship between - the logical ports and the physical channels. + description: | + Defines the 8 physical delivery channels on the controller that can + be referenced by PSE PIs through their "pairsets" property. The actual + port matrix mapping is created when PSE PIs reference these channels in + their pairsets. For 4-pair operation, two channels from the same group + (0-3 or 4-7) must be referenced by a single PSE PI. type: object additionalProperties: false