netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] netdev/of/phy: Add MDIO bus multiplexer support.

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Date:	Fri, 9 Sep 2011 18:22:32 -0500
From:	Andy Fleming <afleming@...il.com>
To:	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] netdev/of/phy: Add MDIO bus multiplexer support.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:01 PM, David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com> wrote:
> This patch adds a somewhat generic framework for MDIO bus
> multiplexers.  It is modeled on the I2C multiplexer.
>
> The multiplexer is needed if there are multiple PHYs with the same
> address connected to the same MDIO bus adepter, or if there is
> insufficient electrical drive capability for all the connected PHY
> devices.
>
> Conceptually it could look something like this:
>
>                   ------------------
>                   | Control Signal |
>                   --------+---------
>                           |
>  ---------------   --------+------
>  | MDIO MASTER |---| Multiplexer |
>  ---------------   --+-------+----
>                     |       |
>                     C       C
>                     h       h
>                     i       i
>                     l       l
>                     d       d
>                     |       |
>     ---------       A       B   ---------
>     |       |       |       |   |       |
>     | PHY@1 +-------+       +---+ PHY@1 |
>     |       |       |       |   |       |
>     ---------       |       |   ---------
>     ---------       |       |   ---------
>     |       |       |       |   |       |
>     | PHY@2 +-------+       +---+ PHY@2 |
>     |       |                   |       |
>     ---------                   ---------
>
> This framework configures the bus topology from device tree data.  The
> mechanics of switching the multiplexer is left to device specific
> drivers.
>
> The follow-on patch contains a multiplexer driven by GPIO lines.


It's amazing how various companies' board designers have come up with
the same brain-dead PHY topologies. We (Freescale) have some similar
code in our tree, but it's not this generically applicable.

>
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>
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