netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layerfunctionality

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Message-ID: <003c01c84a3e$15d3a9c0$02ac10ac@Jocke>
Date:	Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:13:08 +0100
From:	"Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
To:	"'Vitaly Bordug'" <vitb@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"'Paul Mackerras'" <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linuxppc-dev'" <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layerfunctionality

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> linuxppc-dev-bounces+joakim.tjernlund=transmode.se@...abs.org 
> [mailto:linuxppc-dev-bounces+joakim.tjernlund=transmode.se@ozl
> abs.org] On Behalf Of Vitaly Bordug
> Sent: den 6 december 2007 23:51
> To: Paul Mackerras
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev
> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not 
> duplicate PHY layerfunctionality
> 
> 
> With that patch fixed.c now fully emulates MDIO bus, thus no need
> to duplicate PHY layer functionality. That, in turn, drastically
> simplifies the code, and drops down line count.
> 
> As an additional bonus, now there is no need to register MDIO bus
> for each PHY, all emulated PHYs placed on the platform fixed MDIO bus.
> There is also no more need to pre-allocate PHYs via .config option,
> this is all now handled dynamically.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...mvista.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <vitb@...nel.crashing.org>
> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>

What happened to this patch set? Is it sitting in a tree somewhere waiting
for 2.4.25 or does it need more work?

 Jocke

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