netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/7] net: dsa: ar8xxx: add regmap support

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Message-ID: <20150529175913.GB19580@lunn.ch>
Date:	Fri, 29 May 2015 19:59:13 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Mathieu Olivari <mathieu@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	'Florian Fainelli' <f.fainelli@...il.com>, robh+dt@...nel.org,
	pawel.moll@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
	ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk, galak@...eaurora.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, linux@...ck-us.net, gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com,
	jiri@...nulli.us, leitec@...ticky.com, fabf@...net.be,
	pavel.nakonechny@...tlab.ru, joe@...ches.com, sfeldma@...il.com,
	nbd@...nwrt.org, juhosg@...nwrt.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] net: dsa: ar8xxx: add regmap support

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:36:49AM -0700, Mathieu Olivari wrote:
> Alternatively, we could have something similar to what happens for the phy
> in the wireless subsystems. Wireless PHYs are not registered as net_device
> but they can still be listed, queried or configured through netlink.

It is a reasonable idea, but you retrieve most of the useful
information using ethtool. That, as far as i know, operates on
net_devices, not phys.

	     Andrew
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