netdev - Re: fsl_pq_mdio: Clean up tbi address configuration

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Date:	Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:13:35 +0200
From:	Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
To:	Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fsl_pq_mdio: Clean up tbi address configuration

Hi Andy,

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 05:10:39AM -0000, Andy Fleming wrote:
> The code for setting the address of the internal TBI PHY was
> convoluted enough without a maze of ifdefs. Clean it up a bit
> so we allow the logic to fail down to -ENODEV at the end of
> the if/else ladder, rather than using ifdefs to repeat the same
> failure code over and over.
> 
> Also, remove the support for the auto-configuration. I'm not aware of
> anyone using it, and it ends up using the bus mutex before it's been
> initialized.

With this applied I'm getting

fsl-pq_mdio: probe of ffe24000.mdio failed with error -16

on my P1011 board which does not have a "tbi-phy" node. I'll post a fix 
shortly.

baruch

> Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>

baruch

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