diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index 0c2434822094d66945a07ce9afe9564cd682b608..76733a3962f05ae30aec247db6a08bbf353df13c 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -1250,6 +1250,12 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
       network device.  This is used by the bootwrapper to interpret
       MAC addresses passed by the firmware when no information other
       than indices is available to associate an address with a device.
+    - phy-connection-type : a string naming the controller/PHY interface type,
+      i.e., "mii" (default), "rmii", "gmii", "rgmii", "rgmii-id", "sgmii",
+      "tbi", or "rtbi".  This property is only really needed if the connection
+      is of type "rgmii-id", as all other connection types are detected by
+      hardware.
+
 
   Example:
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8641_hpcn.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8641_hpcn.dts
index db56a02b748fdc2f5e907fdfad629ea05018b24e..6a78a2b37c0876e98701bd18f97d53b77abce7ec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8641_hpcn.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8641_hpcn.dts
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 			interrupts = <1d 2 1e 2 22 2>;
 			interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
 			phy-handle = <&phy0>;
+			phy-connection-type = "rgmii-id";
 		};
 
 		ethernet@25000 {
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@
 			interrupts = <23 2 24 2 28 2>;
 			interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
 			phy-handle = <&phy1>;
+			phy-connection-type = "rgmii-id";
 		};
 		
 		ethernet@26000 {
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@
 			interrupts = <1F 2 20 2 21 2>;
 			interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
 			phy-handle = <&phy2>;
+			phy-connection-type = "rgmii-id";
 		};
 
 		ethernet@27000 {
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@
 			interrupts = <25 2 26 2 27 2>;
 			interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
 			phy-handle = <&phy3>;
+			phy-connection-type = "rgmii-id";
 		};
 		serial@4500 {
 			device_type = "serial";