linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH net-next 10/10] net: stmmac: Try to get C45 PHY if everything else fails

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:33:59 +0000
From:   Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 10/10] net: stmmac: Try to get C45 PHY if
 everything else fails

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

> There have been some drivers gaining patches for ACPI. That is
> probably the better long term solution, ask ACPI where is the PHY and
> what MDIO protocol to use to talk to it.

Hmmm, I'm not sure this is going to work that way ...

My setup is a PCI EP which is hot-pluggable and as far as I know ACPI 
has only static content (????)