netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Add 405EX support to new EMAC driver

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Message-ID: <20071102160304.GA5277@lixom.net>
Date:	Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:03:04 -0500
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Stefan Roese <sr@...x.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Add 405EX support to new EMAC driver

On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:14:43AM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> This patch adds support for the 405EX to the new EMAC driver. Some as on
> AXON, the 405EX handles the MDIO via the RGMII bridge.

Hi,

This isn't feedback on your patch as much as on "new-emac" in general:

Isn't this the case where there should really be device tree properties
instead? If you had an "ibm,emac-has-axon-stacr" property in the device
node, then you don't have to modify the driver for every new board out
there. Same for the other device properties, of course.

I thought this was what having the device tree was all about. :(

-Olof
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