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dt-bindings: ethernet-phy: add MII-Lite phy interface type
authorKamil Horák - 2N <kamilh@axis.com>
Tue, 8 Jul 2025 09:01:38 +0000 (11:01 +0200)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 02:32:31 +0000 (19:32 -0700)
commitfbe937473f3ab8e2ba163840f5563108881340dd
treedc93c283d7a14cbbf20add5ae324931052e2009e
parent67c0170566b55b1f6ee3567c94ff679104277e2d
dt-bindings: ethernet-phy: add MII-Lite phy interface type

Some Broadcom PHYs are capable to operate in simplified MII mode,
without TXER, RXER, CRS and COL signals as defined for the MII.
The MII-Lite mode can be used on most Ethernet controllers with full
MII interface by just leaving the input signals (RXER, CRS, COL)
inactive. The absence of COL signal makes half-duplex link modes
impossible but does not interfere with BroadR-Reach link modes on
Broadcom PHYs, because they are all full-duplex only.

Add new interface type "mii-lite" to phy-connection-type enum.

Signed-off-by: Kamil Horák - 2N <kamilh@axis.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250708090140.61355-3-kamilh@axis.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml