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Date:	Fri, 2 Dec 2011 01:20:19 -0600
From:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pq3: Add default tbi address


On Dec 2, 2011, at 1:05 AM, Andy Fleming wrote:

> The MDIO driver has been changed so that it no longer supports
> scanning the MDIO bus for a free address for the TBI PHY. This
> feature was fragile, and required scanning the bus before the bus
> was fully up and registered. The intended way for FSL devices to
> specify the TBI PHY's address is via a tbi node in the device tree.
> All of the device trees had such a node, except for the recent p1/p2
> trees. Rather than hand-fixing all of those boards, set a default
> value (most boards were using 0x11, anyway), and any board which
> wants to change it from that default can then override it in its
> board dts file.
> 
> This fixes an issue where p1/p2 boards would fail to bring up
> Ethernet, due to not finding a tbi node.

Is this only needed on 1st controller because its what has external PHY control?

> Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec1-0.dtsi |    5 +++++
> arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec2-0.dtsi |    5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

This doesn't seem correct, meaning this should really be in the board .dts not in the IP.

I think the driver should check and warn if this property doesn't exist.

> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec1-0.dtsi b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec1-0.dtsi
> index a1979ae..0a42e21 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec1-0.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec1-0.dtsi
> @@ -50,4 +50,9 @@ mdio@...20 {
> 	#size-cells = <0>;
> 	compatible = "fsl,gianfar-mdio";
> 	reg = <0x24520 0x20>;
> +
> +	tbi-phy@11 {
> +		device-type = "tbi-phy";
> +		reg = <0x11>;
> +	};
> };
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec2-0.dtsi b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec2-0.dtsi
> index 1382fec..964670a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec2-0.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/pq3-etsec2-0.dtsi
> @@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ mdio@...00 {
> 	#size-cells = <0>;
> 	compatible = "fsl,etsec2-mdio";
> 	reg = <0x24000 0x1000 0xb0030 0x4>;
> +
> +	tbi-phy@11 {
> +		device-type = "tbi-phy";
> +		reg = <0x11>;
> +	};
> };
> 
> ethernet@...00 {
> -- 
> 1.7.3.4
> 

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