netdev - Re: [PATCH 6/7 v2] fs_enet: Be an of_platform device when CONFIG_PPC_CPM_NEW

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Date:	Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:36:24 -0500
From:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
Cc:	jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7 v2] fs_enet: Be an of_platform device when CONFIG_PPC_CPM_NEW_BINDING is set.

On Aug 17, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Scott Wood wrote:

> The existing OF glue code was crufty and broken.  Rather than fix  
> it, it
> will be removed, and the ethernet driver now talks to the device tree
> directly.
>
> The old, non-CONFIG_PPC_CPM_NEW_BINDING code can go away once CPM
> platforms are dropped from arch/ppc (which will hopefully be soon),  
> and
> existing arch/powerpc boards that I wasn't able to test on for this
> patchset get converted (which should be even sooner).
>
> mii-bitbang.c now also uses the generic bitbang code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
> ---
> Sorry, the previous version of this patch had bb_ops in the wrong
> place, and wouldn't build when not using the new binding.

This patch seems to mix moving to using the device tree directly w/o  
some other modifications.  Can it be broken into those two changes as  
they'd be easier to review.

- k
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