Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: ipq5018: Add pinctrl for MDIO bus

Kathiravan Thirumoorthy <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-arm-msm,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/11/2026 8:54 PM, Jie Luo wrote:
>
> On 8/11/2026 10:00 PM, Kathiravan Thirumoorthy wrote:
>> On 8/11/2026 7:06 PM, Luo Jie wrote:
>>> The external MDIO bus (mdio1) needs its MDC/MDIO lines configured via
>>> TLMM pinctrl; without this the pins are left in their default state and
>>> the bus does not function on boards that enable it.
>> Should we move the TLMM definitions to the board DTS file rather than
>> keeping it in the SoC DTSI?
> The MDC/MDIO pin-group definition is SoC-specific. On IPQ5018, only
> these two TLMM pins support the MDIO interface—one for MDC and one for
> MDIO—with no alternative pin assignments available. Therefore, the
> definition can remain in the IPQ5018 pinctrl/SoC DTSI for reuse.

Thanks, As discussed, please send this change along with its consumer.
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