linux-kernel - Re: [net-next: PATCH 0/8] Armada 7k/8k PP2 ACPI support

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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:59:17 +0100
From:   Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Antoine Ténart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Gregory Clément 
        <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
        nadavh@...vell.com, Neta Zur Hershkovits <neta@...vell.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Grzegorz Jaszczyk <jaz@...ihalf.com>,
        Tomasz Nowicki <tn@...ihalf.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next: PATCH 0/8] Armada 7k/8k PP2 ACPI support

Hi David,

2017-12-19 19:48 GMT+01:00 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:
> From: Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 10:17:56 +0100
>
>> Above support configures 1G to use its PHY normally. 10G can work now
>> only with the link interrupt mode. Somehow reading of the
>> string property in fwnode_mdiobus_child_is_phy works only with
>> DT and cannot cope with 10G PHY nodes as in:
>> https://pastebin.com/3JnYpU0A
>>
>> Above root cause will be further checked. In the meantime I will
>> appreciate any comments or remarks for the kernel patches.
>
> I would like you to figure this out before these changes go in.
>

Of course! v2 will not have such problem, I've been waiting however
for the feedback about the ACPI representation. Anyway, I'm strongly
leaning towards using _ADR/_CID objects in PHY's nodes for ACPI, so
maybe I'll just issue the v2 in order to push the discussion a bit
forward.

Thanks,
Marcin