netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/7] IBM Akebono: Add support for a new PHY to the IBM emac driver

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Date:	Tue, 5 Nov 2013 18:23:52 -0800
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Alistair Popple <alistair@...ple.id.au>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] IBM Akebono: Add support for a new PHY to the IBM
 emac driver

2013/11/5 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>:
> On Wed, 2013-11-06 at 12:38 +1100, Alistair Popple wrote:
>> > Right, rgmii_mode_name() just has informative purposes and should be
>> > removed, I would suggest using standard device tree bindings
>> property
>> > (phy-mode) anyway such that you could use of_get_phy_mode() and use
>> > phy_interface_t types.
>>
>> Ok, that's what is currently done in the core IBM EMAC driver. As this
>> is used
>> just for informative purposes I will remove it. Thanks.
>
> Why ? Information is useful...

Not the way they are currently handled:

+       /* Check if we need to attach to a RGMII */
+       if (!rgmii_valid_mode(mode)) {
+               dev_err(&ofdev->dev, "unsupported settings !\n");

Considering that nothing useful is being printed, that or nothing at
all really looks identical to me.
--
Florian
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