dt-bindings: net: don't confuse with generic PHY property

This complements commit 9a94b3a (dt-binding: phy: don't confuse with Ethernet phy properties). The generic PHY 'phys' property sometime appears in the same node with the Ethernet PHY 'phy' or 'phy-handle' properties. Add a warning in ethernet.txt to reduce confusion. Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
adn770 · Sep 9, 2017 · c43593d · c43593d
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 The following properties are common to the Ethernet controllers:
 
+NOTE: All 'phy*' properties documented below are Ethernet specific. For the
+generic PHY 'phys' property, see
+Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/phy-bindings.txt.
+
 - local-mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was
   assigned to the network device;
 - mac-address: array of 6 bytes, specifies the MAC address that was last used by