netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/7] net: dsa: ar8xxx: add regmap support

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Date:	Sun, 31 May 2015 01:38:55 +0300
From:	Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	Mathieu Olivari <mathieu@...eaurora.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, robh+dt@...nel.org,
	pawel.moll@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
	ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk, galak@...eaurora.org,
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	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, sfeldma@...il.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] net: dsa: ar8xxx: add regmap support

2015-05-29 20:59 GMT+03:00 Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>:
> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:36:49AM -0700, Mathieu Olivari wrote:
>> Alternatively, we could have something similar to what happens for the phy
>> in the wireless subsystems. Wireless PHYs are not registered as net_device
>> but they can still be listed, queried or configured through netlink.
>
> It is a reasonable idea, but you retrieve most of the useful
> information using ethtool. That, as far as i know, operates on
> net_devices, not phys.
>
May be it's time to rework Ethernet cards handling to decouple
"Network interfaces" from "Ethernet ports"?

-- 
Sergey
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