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net: macb: Add phy-handle DT support

This optional binding (as described in the ethernet DT bindings doc)
directs the netdev to the phydev to use. This is useful for a phy
chip that has >1 phy in it, and two netdevs are using the same phy
chip (i.e. the second mac's phy lives on the first mac's MDIO bus)

The devicetree snippet would look something like this:

ethernet@feedf00d {
...
phy-handle = <&phy0> // the first netdev is physically wired to phy0
...
phy0: phy@0 {
...
reg = <0x0> // MDIO address 0
...
}
phy1: phy@1 {
...
reg = <0x1> // MDIO address 1
...
}
...
}

ethernet@deadbeef {
...
phy-handle = <&phy1> // tells the driver to use phy1 on the
// first mac's mdio bus (it's wired thusly)
...
}

The work done to add the phy_node in the first place (dacdbb4dfc1a1:
"net: macb: add fixed-link node support") will consume the
device_node (if found).

Signed-off-by: Brad Mouring <brad.mouring@ni.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

authored by

Brad Mouring and committed by
David S. Miller
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drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
··· 488 488 } 489 489 bp->phy_node = of_node_get(np); 490 490 } else { 491 - /* fallback to standard phy registration if no phy were 492 - * found during dt phy registration 491 + bp->phy_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "phy-handle", 0); 492 + /* fallback to standard phy registration if no 493 + * phy-handle was found nor any phy found during 494 + * dt phy registration 493 495 */ 494 - if (!phy_find_first(bp->mii_bus)) { 496 + if (!bp->phy_node && !phy_find_first(bp->mii_bus)) { 495 497 for (i = 0; i < PHY_MAX_ADDR; i++) { 496 498 struct phy_device *phydev; 497 499