netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] stmmac: Add IMG Pistachio platform glue layer

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Message-ID: <CAL1qeaE__xSh-xFS43oLoVYzsc=hJXiYikw=OOt59-wOCTkYWQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 7 Apr 2015 13:40:17 -0700
From:	Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@...omium.org>
To:	James Hartley <James.Hartley@...tec.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Govindraj Raja <Govindraj.Raja@...tec.com>,
	Damien Horsley <Damien.Horsley@...tec.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] stmmac: Add IMG Pistachio platform glue layer

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 10:16 AM, James Hartley <James.Hartley@...tec.com> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: abrestic@...gle.com [mailto:abrestic@...gle.com] On Behalf Of
>> Andrew Bresticker
>> Sent: 06 April 2015 23:28
>> To: Arnd Bergmann; James Hartley
>> Cc: David S. Miller; Giuseppe Cavallaro; devicetree@...r.kernel.org;
>> netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Govindraj Raja
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] stmmac: Add IMG Pistachio platform glue layer
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>> > On Monday 06 April 2015 14:42:38 Andrew Bresticker wrote:
>> >> At the moment, the only additional setup required for the DWMAC on
>> >> the IMG Pistachio SoC is to request and enable a separate gate clock
>> >> for the register interface.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@...omium.org>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Govindraj Raja <govindraj.raja@...tec.com>
>> >> Cc: James Hartley <james.hartley@...tec.com>
>> >
>> > Why do you need a special glue driver for that?
>> >
>> > Since you don't do anything special, I'd say it should be possible to
>> > handle this with just the default driver.
>>
>> Right, at the moment we only need to request and enable a second clock,
>> which could be added to the core driver.  If we don't expect to have to
>> extend this driver to deal with other configurations (which IIRC there were
>> some concerns about when I wrote this), then I'm fine with folding this change
>> into the core driver - James?
>
> Weren't the concerns about USB not Ethernet?  I don't remember anything that
> would stop us extending the driver for eth.

OK, let's try this then: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6174881/

-Andrew
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