netdev - Re: IXP4xx networking and phylib

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:36:44 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Hendrik Sattler <post@...drik-sattler.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IXP4xx networking and phylib

Hi,

Added CC: netdev.

Hendrik Sattler <post@...drik-sattler.de> writes:

> My IXP465 MII port is connected to a Marvell switch (port 5). This port 
> is "always on" and has no PHY registers. It is configured in hardware. The 
> switch ports 1-4 have phy registers but that's not the matter.
> The problem is that there is no standard way in the platform info to tell the 
> driver (now phylib) that there are _no_ PHY registers.
>
> Is there a standard way to say: enable the ethernet interface and be done with 
> it?
> I currently do this by patching the driver. The PHYLIB patch makes that even 
> easier but it would be better to not need patching at all (at least one 
> driver less to patch).
>
> Maybe something like:
>   if (phyid < 0)
>      /* only enable the interface but there are no PHY registers */
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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