How to describe I2C and MDIO bus multiplexers with the device tree?

[David Daney]

On 08/03/2011 03:04 PM, David Daney wrote:
>
> I have a board (ASCII art representation below) that has a bunch of
> PHY devices that are connected behind a MDIO bus switch/multiplexer.
> This multiplexer is in turn controlled by GPIO pins on a I2C GPIO port
> expander. which is in turn on a I2C bus switch/multiplexer.
>
> There is another switch/multiplexer that is controlled directly via I2C.
>
> Q: How can this be represented?
>
> My attempt is below...
>
> I2C-0 MDIO-1 MDIO-0
> | | |
> | |--------------| | |

Crap, my mailer ate the ASCII art.

Attached is the text file that should make it through.


>
> Some notes/questions:
>
> o mdio-mux at 0 is a child of soc at 0, but conceptually it might just as
> well be floating in space.
>
> o The parent-bus property of both mdio-mux at 0 and mdio-mux at 77 denotes
> the connection of the multiplexer to its 'parent' bus.
>
> o The cell-index property of the multiplexed bus instances denotes the
> sub-bus of the switch/multiplexer the children are connected to.
> Would a different property name be better here?
>
> o For mdio-mux at 0 the driver will use the cell-index to determine how
> to program the gpios that control the switch/multiplexer.
>
> Am I totally insane?
> David Daney

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