linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/7] net: ethernet: bgmac: move BCMA MDIO Phy code into a separate file

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2016 22:02:19 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
Cc:	zajec5@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, f.fainelli@...il.com,
	hauke@...ke-m.de, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/7] net: ethernet: bgmac: move BCMA MDIO Phy code into a
 separate file

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 03:34:40PM -0400, Jon Mason wrote:
> Move the BCMA MDIO phy into a separate file, as it is very tightly
> coupled with the BCMA bus.  This will help with the upcoming BCMA
> removal from the bgmac driver.  Optimally, this should be moved into
> phy drivers, but it is too tightly coupled with the bgmac driver to
> effectively move it without more changes to the driver.

It is quite common to have the MII bus driver as a sub driver of the
MAC driver, if they are tightly coupled. The MII drivers in
drivers/net/phy are all independent of the MAC driver and use a
different space in the register sets. This does not seem the case
here, so i think the split you have made is O.K, and i don't see a
need to move it into phy.

     Andrew