The Linux kernel dwmac-stm32 driver currently supports three DT
properties used to configure whether PHY clock are generated by
the MAC or supplied to the MAC from the PHY.

Originally there were two properties, st,eth-clk-sel and
st,eth-ref-clk-sel, each used to configure MAC clocking in
different bus mode and for different MAC clock frequency.
Since it is possible to determine the MAC 'eth-ck' clock
frequency from the clock subsystem and PHY bus mode from
the 'phy-mode' property, two disparate DT properties are
no longer required to configure MAC clocking.

Linux kernel commit
1bb694e20839 ("net: ethernet: stmmac: simplify phy modes management for stm32")
introduced a third, unified, property st,ext-phyclk. This property
covers both use cases of st,eth-clk-sel and st,eth-ref-clk-sel DT
properties, as well as a new use case for 25 MHz clock generated
by the MAC.

The third property st,ext-phyclk is so far undocumented,
document it.

Below table summarizes the clock requirement and clock sources for
supported PHY interface modes.
 __________________________________________________________________________
|PHY_MODE | Normal | PHY wo crystal|   PHY wo crystal   |No 125Mhz from PHY|
|         |        |      25MHz    |        50MHz       |                  |

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  MII    |    -   |     eth-ck    |        n/a         |       n/a        |
|         |        | st,ext-phyclk |                    |                  |

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  GMII   |    -   |     eth-ck    |        n/a         |       n/a        |
|         |        | st,ext-phyclk |                    |                  |

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| RGMII   |    -   |     eth-ck    |        n/a         |      eth-ck      |
|         |        | st,ext-phyclk |                    | st,eth-clk-sel or|
|         |        |               |                    | st,ext-phyclk    |

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| RMII    |    -   |     eth-ck    |      eth-ck        |       n/a        |
|         |        | st,ext-phyclk | st,eth-ref-clk-sel |                  |
|         |        |               | or st,ext-phyclk   |                  |

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Signed-off-by: Christophe Roullier <christophe.roullier@foss.st.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stm32-dwmac.yaml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stm32-dwmac.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stm32-dwmac.yaml
index 80937b28fa046..529665d4fc911 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stm32-dwmac.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stm32-dwmac.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ properties:
   phy-supply:
     description: PHY regulator
 
+  st,ext-phyclk:
+    description:
+      set this property in RMII mode when you have PHY without crystal 50MHz and want to
+      select RCC clock instead of ETH_REF_CLK. OR in RGMII mode when you want to select
+      RCC clock instead of ETH_CLK125.
+    type: boolean
+
   st,eth-clk-sel:
     description:
       set this property in RGMII PHY when you want to select RCC clock instead of ETH_CLK125.
-- 
2.25.1

On 25/03/2024 10:42, Christophe Roullier wrote:
> The Linux kernel dwmac-stm32 driver currently supports three DT
> properties used to configure whether PHY clock are generated by
> the MAC or supplied to the MAC from the PHY.
> 
> Originally there were two properties, st,eth-clk-sel and
> st,eth-ref-clk-sel, each used to configure MAC clocking in
> different bus mode and for different MAC clock frequency.
> Since it is possible to determine the MAC 'eth-ck' clock
> frequency from the clock subsystem and PHY bus mode from
> the 'phy-mode' property, two disparate DT properties are
> no longer required to configure MAC clocking.
> 
> Linux kernel commit
> 1bb694e20839 ("net: ethernet: stmmac: simplify phy modes management for stm32")

Don't wrap. Word commit must be followed by the commit. Syntax is:
commit deadbeef ("foo
bar").

> introduced a third, unified, property st,ext-phyclk. This property
> covers both use cases of st,eth-clk-sel and st,eth-ref-clk-sel DT
> properties, as well as a new use case for 25 MHz clock generated
> by the MAC.
> 

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof