netdev - Re: [PATCH 38/39] mv643xx_eth: add PHY-less mode

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Message-ID: <20080605124944.GW3807@farnsworth.org>
Date:	Thu, 5 Jun 2008 05:49:44 -0700
From:	Dale Farnsworth <dale@...nsworth.org>
To:	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 38/39] mv643xx_eth: add PHY-less mode

On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 01:02:53PM +0200, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> On some boards, the mv643xx_eth MAC isn't connected to a PHY but
> directly (via the MII/GMII/RGMII interface) to another MAC-layer
> device.  This patch allows specifying ->phy_addr = -1 to skip all
> PHY-related initialisation and run-time poking in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...vell.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c |   87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Dale Farnsworth <dale@...nsworth.org>
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