netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/net/fec: Fix dual MAC support on i.MX28

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Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:22:56 +0800
From:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...escale.com>
To:	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/net/fec: Fix dual MAC support on i.MX28

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 09:04:00AM +0100, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Shawn Guo writes:
> > Hi Lothar,
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 05:37:35PM +0100, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> > > The variant of the FEC chip found on i.MX28 features two distinct
> > > ethernet MACs that both share a single MII interface. When
> > > deconfiguring the eth0 interface, the MII interface is currently being
> > > switched off, so that the second MAC won't work any more.
> > > 
> > I'm wondering what the use case is you intend to support with this
> > patch.
> > 
> The patch enables the use of both MACs independently from each other.
> Without this patch deconfiguring eth0 would leave eth1 in an unusable
> state.
> 
Ah, I see.  Just tested it.  It really helps.  Thanks for the patch.

With the patch cleaned up, please add:

Acked-by: <shawn.guo@...escale.com>
Tested-by: <shawn.guo@...escale.com>

-- 
Regards,
Shawn

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