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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt index e6a9d1c30878..f0421ee3c714 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Required properties: specifies a reference to the associating hardware driver node. see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt - port-id: is the index of port provided by DSAF (the accelerator). DSAF can - connect to 8 PHYs. Port 0 to 1 are both used for adminstration purpose. They + connect to 8 PHYs. Port 0 to 1 are both used for administration purpose. They are called debug ports. The remaining 6 PHYs are taken according to the mode of DSAF. @@ -36,6 +36,34 @@ Required properties: | | | | | | external port + This attribute is remained for compatible purpose. It is not recommended to + use it in new code. + +- port-idx-in-ae: is the index of port provided by AE. + In NIC mode of DSAF, all 6 PHYs of service DSAF are taken as ethernet ports + to the CPU. The port-idx-in-ae can be 0 to 5. Here is the diagram: + +-----+---------------+ + | CPU | + +-+-+-+---+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | | | | | | | | + debug debug service + port port port + (0) (0) (0-5) + + In Switch mode of DSAF, all 6 PHYs of service DSAF are taken as physical + ports connected to a LAN Switch while the CPU side assume itself have one + single NIC connected to this switch. In this case, the port-idx-in-ae + will be 0 only. + +-----+-----+------+------+ + | CPU | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | | service| port(0) + debug debug +------------+ + port port | switch | + (0) (0) +-+-+-+-+-+-++ + | | | | | | + external port + - local-mac-address: mac addr of the ethernet interface Example: @@ -43,6 +71,6 @@ Example: ethernet@0{ compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1"; ae-handle = <&dsaf0>; - port-id = <0>; + port-idx-in-ae = <0>; local-mac-address = [a2 14 e4 4b 56 76]; }; |