netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net: phy: Broadcom BCM7xxx PHY workaround update

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Message-Id: <20140919.154104.286842667424203847.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:41:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net: phy: Broadcom BCM7xxx PHY workaround
 update

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:52:56 -0700

> This patch sets the change to of_phy_connect() that you have seen before,
> this time with the full context of why it is useful and applicable here.
> 
> Due to some design decision, the internal PHY on Broadcom BCM7xxx chips
> is not entirely self contained and does not report its internal revision
> through MII_PHYSID2, that is left to external PHY designs.
> 
> This forces us to get the PHY revision from the GENET and SF2 switch drivers
> because those two peripherals integrate such a PHY and do contain the PHY
> revision in their registers.
> 
> The approach taken here is hopefully easy to extend to similar needs for
> other chips/ as well.

Series applied, thanks Florian.
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