Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: ipq5018: Add pinctrl for MDIO bus
Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 11:24:13PM +0800, 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. Is it expected that the drive strength is also common to all boards? -- With best wishes Dmitry