linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: macb: shrink macb_platform

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Date:   Fri, 03 May 2019 10:26:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com
Cc:     claudiu.beznea@...rochip.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, michal.simek@...inx.com,
        harini.katakam@...inx.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: macb: shrink macb_platform_data structure

From: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 12:36:58 +0200

> This structure was used intensively for machine specific values
> when DT was not used. Since the removal of AVR32 from the kernel,
> this structure is only used for passing clocks from PCI macb wrapper, all
> other fields being 0.
> All other known platforms use DT.
> 
> Remove the leftovers but make sure that PCI macb still works as
> expected by using default values:
> - phydev->irq is set to PHY_POLL by mdiobus_alloc()
> - mii_bus->phy_mask is cleared while allocating it
> - bp->phy_interface is set to PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII if mode not found
> in DT.
> 
> This simplifies driver probe path and particularly phy handling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>

Applied.