netdev - Re: [PATCH] fsl_pq_mdio: Clean up tbi address configuration

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Date:	Tue, 6 Dec 2011 23:35:31 -0600
From:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	afleming@...escale.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsl_pq_mdio: Clean up tbi address configuration


On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:41 PM, David Miller wrote:

> From: Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 23:38:14 -0600
> 
>> Any comment on getting this patch pulled into net.git?
> 
> It requires a DT patch or related set of changes which have need
> to be done differently as per feedback.
> 
> My understanding is there are two patches required, this revert plus
> the changes to add the tbi property to the DT which are missing it.
> 
> That's why these tbi changes went in to begin with, to handle DT
> which lack the property, or something like that.  So you can't
> just revert this thing without also fixing the DT that lack the
> tbi property, or else you break those systems.

We need this patch in 3.2 regardless of DT.  Currently we get the oops on 3.2 on ALL systems.  Andy should be working up a device tree patch to fix the subset of .dts that are missing the tbi property.

What happens in 'next' is slightly different issue.

- k--
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