netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: fec: Add support for multiple phys on mdiobus

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Message-ID: <50FD02B8.8080401@grandegger.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:56:24 +0100
From:	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
To:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	shawn.guo@...aro.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: Add support for multiple phys on mdiobus

On 01/21/2013 09:37 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> There may be multiple phys on an mdio bus. This series adds support
> for this to the fec driver. I recently had a board which has a switch
> connected to the fec's mdio bus, so I had to pick the correct phy.

Pick one PHY from a switch port? Well, does a PHY-less (or fixed-link)
configuration for a switch not make more sense? Various ARM Ethernet
contoller drivers do not support it. I recently needed a hack for an
AT91 board.

Wolfgang.

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