netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: systemport: use the new fixed PHY helpers

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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2014 22:19:46 +0200
From:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: systemport: use the new fixed PHY
 helpers

Dear Florian Fainelli,

On Mon, 19 May 2014 12:43:43 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> +	priv->phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_dn, bcm_sysport_adj_link,
> +					0, priv->phy_interface);
>  	if (!priv->phydev) {
>  		netdev_err(dev, "could not attach to PHY\n");
>  		return -ENODEV;
> @@ -1551,6 +1551,20 @@ static int bcm_sysport_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (priv->phy_interface < 0)
>  		priv->phy_interface = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_GMII;
>  
> +	/* SYSTEMPORT uses the old 'fixed-link' 5-digit property which is
> +	 * deprecated, we need to register the fixed PHY using the Ethernet
> +	 * MAC node since we do not have a 'fixed-link' subnode.
> +	 */

Actually even if you use the new fixed PHY DT binding, the DT node
linked to the PHY is the Ethernet MAC node. This is because I didn't
want to have a difference between how things are handled between the
old and the new binding.

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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