netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: add init-regs for of

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Message-ID: <530213A4.4030400@codethink.co.uk>
Date:	Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:50:28 +0000
From:	Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
To:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-sh@...r.kernel.org" <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: add init-regs for of_phy support

On 17/02/14 13:44, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 01:08:04PM +0000, Ben Dooks wrote:
>> Add new init-regs field for of_phy nodes and make sure these
>> get applied when the phy is configured.
>>
>> This allows any phy node in an fdt to initialise registers
>> that may not be set as standard by the driver at initialisation
>> time, such as LED controls.
>
> Why not have a driver for the particular PHY? If it's not standard we
> don't need to pretend it is. If it has some extensions then the standard
> compatible string can be a fallback entry in the compatible list.

I was trying to provide some useful and reasonably generic code
to setup PHYs without having to add specific arguments to each of
them.

I could have added something like ksz8041,led-mode1 = <1> and
updated the micrel driver.

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Ben Dooks				http://www.codethink.co.uk/
Senior Engineer				Codethink - Providing Genius
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