2014-03-12 14:35 GMT-07:00 Rob Herring <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Jason Gunthorpe > <[email protected]> wrote: >> This makes the generic of_mdiobus_register parse the DT compatible string for >> the pattern ethernet-phy-idAAAA.BBBB. If present it should be a value that >> matches the phy-id register normally readable through MDIO. >> >> When the ID is given the phy autoprobing is defeated and the phy is >> created directly. >> >> This is necessary to support phy's that cannot be autoprobed when >> of_mdiobus_register is called. Specifically, my case has the phy in reset at >> of_mdiobus_register, the reset is only released once the ethernet driver >> starts, before it attaches to the phy. >> >> Tested on ARM Kirkwood with phy id 0x01410e90 (Marvell 88E1318) >> >> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <[email protected]> >> Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]> >> --- >> drivers/of/of_mdio.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- >> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> There was some reworking of the original code in v3.14-rc6, this resolves the >> merge conflicts and I retested the resolved patch on Kirkwood. >> >> Florian, do you know what path to mainline a this patch should take? > > Via David's net tree.
In that case, this is probably more relevant for the 'net-next' tree since it is not a bug fix and we are fairly late in the 3.14 cycle? -- Florian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
